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" I am a woman, and I am proud to say that I work in technology. But I also recognise that the combination of those two facts puts me in the minority. "
Gillian Tans
Me
Work
Woman
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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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" 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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Book
Service
World
" With any previous transition we made with technology, it hasn't been the case that we need less people. "
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Need
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Transition
" 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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Market
Focus
" Recognizing that female participation in technology is lower than it should be, we are committed to bolstering female tech talent, eliminating obstacles and challenges they face, and fostering diversity. "
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Face
Challenges
" 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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Learning
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" Typically, I get to the office around eight o'clock. I have a very mixed schedule, and I always try to keep time for things that are not planned. You need time for whatever might pop up in the week. "
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You
Time
Week
" Technology's great, but you can only be as good in technology as your people are. "
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Good
You
Technology
" 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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Experience
Planning
Technology
" Pack snacks. Food prices once you pass through airport security or within blocks of a major tourist attraction can be double the price. Pack travel-friendly snacks or visit a grocery store in the destination you are visiting to get a better price. "
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Better
Food
Destination
" Many people think we are a technology company, but we are totally customer-led. "
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Company
Many
" People always travel no matter what. "
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People
Always
Travel
" There is a misperception among job seekers that opportunities for women in tech exist only for those with coding or engineering experience. To be sure, technology firms do need women with these skills, but they also need women with expertise in other areas, like marketing and finance. "
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Job
Experience
Need
" The culture of Booking.com has been very good for me because it's a culture where you're allowed to fail. When you think about taking risks, if it's OK to fail, you actually do a lot more. And you learn a lot quicker. "
Gillian Tans
Me
Think
You
" For me, it's about taking things that do not take a lot of space. Don't take a lot of shoes. I tend to pack a lot of dresses, for instance, because they take up less space. "
Gillian Tans
Dresses
Shoes
Up
" India is a fast-growth market and is developing a lot. We continue to increase our partners here and make investments. "
Gillian Tans
Here
Continue
Partners
" 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. "
Gillian Tans
Customer
More
Products
" On the one hand, you have markets such as Singapore and Thailand, with an extremely strong inbound booker market and a well-developed tourism industry. You also have markets that are just opening up to tourists, like Myanmar, that have massive growth potential and then markets that are extremely fragmented within themselves such as Indonesia. "
Gillian Tans
You
Growth
Potential
" China's domestic travel is increasing, and that's why we are building our teams here in China. "
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Here
Travel
Our
" If you're afraid of failure or getting it wrong, you'll never truly innovate or disrupt the market. "
Gillian Tans
Never
Afraid
Failure
" 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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Only
Always
You
" There are more and more properties joining us to benefit from and leverage our global online marketing expertise. "
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More
Marketing
Us
" 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. "
Gillian Tans
Work
Feel Good
Business
" 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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Technology
Women
Equality
" We are a bottom-up culture, and we need a communications platform that can facilitate that. "
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Platform
Culture
Facilitate
" We have built out the diversity of our product teams, and we saw the caliber of our testing and experimentation improve significantly. "
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Product
Testing
Improve
" We know that companies which have more women in leadership positions have a better performance. "
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Leadership
Performance
Know
" We found we were able to create better, customer-centric product features more quickly with a more diverse product team. "
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More
Create
Better
" 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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Innovation
Opportunity
Technology
" From our earliest days, Booking.com has been deploying technology to help strip the friction out of travel. "
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Help
Travel
Technology