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" We will invest more into China to make sure that our brand gets more known to Chinese customers. "
Gillian Tans
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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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" When you start very young and you start to work, you're going to fail. That's how you learn. "
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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've always been curious and taken many risks, but that is quite atypical for a woman. On the other hand, I think that's the only way to grow beyond yourself. "
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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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" China's domestic travel is increasing, and that's why we are building our teams here in China. "
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" Japan is a very important market for us and has grown remarkably as one of the most popular travel destinations in the world. "
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" If you look around Booking.com, it's a very gender-balanced company. "
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" There are a few books I can recommend, but one you should read for sure is 'Do More Faster,' a book full of advice for young entrepreneurs. Looking back at the early days of Booking.com, I recognize a lot of things that feature in this the book - like 'fail fast, learn quickly.' "
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" Understand tipping culture. Whereas Americans tip 15-20% when dining out, most European countries don't tip, as a service charge is typically included in the bill. Make sure you're not over-tipping by doing research before traveling. "
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" Our mission is to empower people to experience the world. "
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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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" As a company, we believe in free and open borders. We feel this best facilitates the exchange of cultural values and ideas. "
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" 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. "
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