Full Video: Google’s Head of Travel at Skift Global Forum 2022
Photo Credit: Google's head of travel Richard Holden with Skift executive editor Dennis Schaal at Skift Global Forum on September 20, 2022 in New York City. Skift / Neil van Niekerk
Skift Take
Google is one of the undisputed heavyweights in online travel. So when one of the key masterminds behind all of its travel platforms and products talks about where the search giant is heading, it's worth paying attention to.
Google's been busy these past few months, updating its options for rail travel but also making the news for its controversial move to remove contrail emissions data. But speaking at Skift Global Forum, Richard Holden, vice president of product management at Google Travel, also shared some future developments, including the return of its own fintech product whose life was cut short by the pandemic.
Watch Holden's full on-stage appearance with Skift founding editor and executive editor, Dennis Schaal, as well as read a transcript of it, below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg9wMi39YdA&t Interview TranscriptDennis Schaal: Hey, everybody. Richard, thank you very much for being here.
Richard Holden: Good To see you, Dennis.
Schaal: So this is the 11th anniversary of the launch of Google Travel. Started out with Google Flights. I remember the whole thing, acquiring ITA software. You've been at Google since 2002. You've seen the devel
