Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel on travel industry trends, M&A, leadership, and more! | E1830

This Week in Startups is brought to you by… Vanta. Compliance and security shouldn't be a deal-breaker for startups to win new business. Vanta makes it easy for companies to get a SOC 2 report fast. TWiST listeners can get $1,000 off for a limited time at vanta.com/twist LinkedIn Marketing. To redeem a $100 LinkedIn ad credit and launch your first campaign, go to linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups DevSquad. Most dev agencies only offer developers. Why? Because product management is hard. Get an entire product team for the cost of one US developer plus 10% off at http://devsquad.com/twist. * Today's show: Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel joins Jason to discuss trends in the travel industry (31:20), healthy M&A environments (24:24), job disruption due to AI (37:22), and much more! * Time stamps: (0:00) Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel joins Jason (2:37) Booking Holdings' companies and their operations (5:30) Shifts in the travel industry (10:52) A look at the ascension of Airbnb (15:25) The impact of alternative accommodations (17:15) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist (18:21) AI's influence on user interfaces (20:55) Uber's entry into travel and Uber's everything app (22:44) Competition in travel (24:24) What makes for healthy M&A in the USA and thoughts on Lina Khan's strategy (28:19) LinkedIn Marketing - Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at https://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups (29:44) Consequences of removing M&A from the table (31:20) Trends in travel over the past two decades (34:14) Advocating for a 32-hour work week in China and the four-day work week debate (37:22) Job disruption due to AI and where will people shift to next (41:01) DevSquad - Get an entire product team for the cost of one US developer plus 10% off at http://devsquad.com/twist (42:19) Traits of generations X, Y, and Z in relation to entrepreneurship and capitalism (45:34) Selecting company leaders and management techniques (48:00) Recovering from COVID-19's impact on the travel industry * Read LAUNCH Fund 4 Deal Memo: https://www.launch.co/fourApply for Funding: https://www.launch.co/apply Buy ANGEL: https://www.angelthebook.com Great recent interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland, PrayingForExits, Jenny Lefcourt Check out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow Jason: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jason Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis * Follow TWiST: Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.founder.university/podcast