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" Education is crucial in determining which profession women will choose, so it's important to spark interest in technologies at an early age. "
Gillian Tans
Women
Spark
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" There are more and more properties joining us to benefit from and leverage our global online marketing expertise. "
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" We will invest more into China to make sure that our brand gets more known to Chinese customers. "
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" We know that companies which have more women in leadership positions have a better performance. "
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" From our earliest days, Booking.com has been deploying technology to help strip the friction out of travel. "
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" I don't think there's ever a wrong answer as long as people are willing to learn, share. You're never done learning. "
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" An American customer can book in English all over the world, but also, somebody from Japan or China can book in their own language everywhere. We translate all of our content into these languages, and that's quite unique. We service our direct customers - the innkeepers - as well in their own language. "
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" Whether you are checking luggage or bringing a carry-on, always weigh and measure your bags to make sure they are below the airline's size and weight restrictions. Excess baggage fees can be costly. Avoid all baggage fees by only bringing a carry-on. "
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" If firms were made to hire according to quotas, it might optimize the percentage of women in the industry, but that doesn't necessarily translate into more quality products for the customer. "
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" Things like chatbots, machine learning tools, natural language processing, or sentiment analysis are applications of artificial intelligence that may one day profoundly change how we think about and transact in travel and local experiences. "
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" India has a sizeable chunk of the Asian travel market - both inbound and outbound travel. "
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" Booking travel is not like shopping or groceries or booking a restaurant. It's much less frequent, so understanding what works just takes a lot more time. "
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" I think companies need to take more ownership over the gender gap themselves because if everybody does that, then overall, it will improve. "
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" Booking.com started with just a website, but we've always thought of our company as being more than just a website. "
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More
" Eventually, people should just say 'give me the best hotel in a certain date in a certain location.' "
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" There are a lot of threats out there. Amazon can enter the travel market. Google could enter the accommodation space. But that is not something that we actively focus on. "
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" We want to make sure that we have the right products for Chinese people. "
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" If you run a global business, it's so important that you understand what happens in each place, and you can't do that remotely. I don't want to go anywhere and leave and not have seen the people who work for us. That doesn't feel good. "
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" As a company powered by technology and digital innovation, Booking.com believes strongly in ensuring equal access and opportunity for all within the technology sector. "
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" Not only do we need more women in the technology sector, we also clearly need to refocus energy on improving gender equality in the global economy. "
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" My mother was from an entrepreneurial family and very creative. She always pushed me to take risks, to do things I wouldn't have thought of. "
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Mother
Risks
Thought
" We are a bottom-up culture, and we need a communications platform that can facilitate that. "
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" Friction still exists in travel, and we are on a quest to go even further to make the entire experience - from planning to staying and beyond - even easier with technology. "
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" If you're afraid of failure or getting it wrong, you'll never truly innovate or disrupt the market. "
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" I travel very light. I never want to check a bag. My only standards are a few sets of clothes, my white sneakers, my blue backpack, and my laptop. I don't have any special things otherwise. "
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" Instead of traveling on a weekend, begin your trip on a Tuesday or Wednesday, which are often the cheapest days to fly. Being flexible with timing can help with savings. "
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" One in five of our customers books for business. But it's scaling very fast. As a result, we have tools for medium or small-sized companies to allow them set their price and give basic reporting functionality. "
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" Every customer is different, and the travel experience is completely fluid, but the end goal is to find the best solutions. "
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" I found the Internet really fascinating. "
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" What always drove me was my curiosity. That's what made me join Booking and not be afraid to leave a very successful job and then go into a startup. "
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