Priceline CEO on Why Amsterdam Is Better for Business Than Silicon Valley
Photo Credit: Priceline Group CEO Darren Huston feels that Silicon Valley has nothing on the Netherlands when it comes to attracting tech talent. Pictured is a Booking.com careers page. Booking.com
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The Priceline Group's culture is fairly buttoned up so the company wouldn't think about doing Airbnb-style apartment rentals at this juncture, but if the legal hassles eventually get sorted out, then Priceline would take a hard look.
Priceline Group CEO Darren Huston much prefers Amsterdam, where its largest brand, Booking.com, is based, to the supposed allures of Silicon Valley.
"You would think it was a negative, but I'd say it's a big positive," Huston told the Wall Street Journal, referring to being based in Europe. "It's almost like we're fishing in a different pond and we're the thing to do [for job seekers in Europe]."
"In Silicon Valley, people are walking in one door and out the other door every single day," Huston said. "In the Netherlands, the government works very much wit
