Glenn Fogel, President and CEO of Booking Holdings and Booking.com
Key topics in this conversation include:
- Booking’s role in sustainable travel
- The objective behind the new Travel Sustainable Badge
- Why standard global criteria isn’t ideal for measuring and regulating sustainable behavior
- How Glenn maintains a skeptical eye on his own perspectives and prioritizes continual learning
- Why enabling an enriching experience of the world needs to be part of the conversation as we work to transform travel
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Links:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennfogel/
- https://www.bookingholdings.com/sustainability/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennfogel/
- https://www.bookingholdings.com/
Glenn’s Bio
Glenn Fogel is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Booking Holdings, a position he has held since January 2017, and Chief Executive Officer of Booking.com, a position he has held since June 2019. He previously served as Head of Worldwide Strategy and Planning, an office he held from November 2010 to December 2016. He was also Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, a position he held from March 2009 to December 2016, and was responsible for worldwide mergers, acquisitions and strategic alliances. Glenn joined Booking Holdings in February 2000. Prior to that, he was a trader at a global asset management firm and prior to that was an investment banker specializing in the air transportation industry. He is a member of the New York State Bar (retired). Glenn is a graduate of Harvard Law School and earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
About Booking Holdings
Booking Holdings is the world’s leading provider of online travel & related services, provided to consumers and local partners in more than 220 countries and territories through six primary consumer-facing brands: Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, Rentalcars.com, KAYAK and OpenTable. Collectively, Booking Holdings operates in more than 40 languages across Europe, North America, South America, the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East and Africa. The mission of Booking Holdings is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.
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