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Booking Holdings CEO Says Travel Recovery Will Take Years, Not Quarters

PYMNTS

Booking Holdings , the world’s largest online travel company, continues to feel the weight of the pandemic, warning investors Thursday (Nov. But the company also said that it continues to innovate with things like an in-house “seamless payments network.”. 5) that the outbreak’s current U.S. 31, saving as much as $300 million annually.

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Didi Checks Into Hotel Booking Industry

PYMNTS

China’s largest ridehailing app Didi Chuxing is breaking into the hotel booking business. And according to reports, Booking — formerly known as Priceline — will offer Didi’s on-demand car services through its Booking.com apps via an integration. In addition, Didi customers can book hotels through Booking.com and its sister site Agoda.

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My Summer Internship Experience With the Marketing Team at Perficient

Perficient

Over the past ten weeks, I have had the amazing opportunity to work as a marketing intern with the corporate communications team at Perficient. During my internship, I have been so lucky to dip my toe in several areas of marketing that I am interested in, which has helped me improve my skills and get a feel for different career paths.

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Beautycounter Embraces D2C Innovation With Purpose

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No matter how innovative they are, companies still need to get paid. And not many companies this year have combined business model creativity with payments innovation more than Beautycounter. While all the innovations and the business awards are nice to have, Renfrew is most proud of her work as a beauty industry activist.

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Travel Firm Booking Invests $500M In Didi Chuxing

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Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing has received $500 million in funding from Booking Holdings. Instead, according to reports , Booking — formerly known as Priceline — will offer Didi’s on-demand car services through its Booking.com apps via an integration.

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What Innovators Can Learn From Netflix

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Netflix Co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings has written a new book about building the video-streaming powerhouse that now has nearly 200 million subscribers globally, as of the end of July. In the book, he freely admits that his formula might not work for every company. Between 2008 and 2019, the DVD rentals market dropped like a stone.

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Best Banking Books To Create The Modern Banker

South State Correspondent

One common question we field is recommendations of books to improve either bank performance or personal performance. These books span a range of banking topics but emphasize second-order thinking, productivity, building client relationships, and innovation. The book also contains the best appendix that you will ever read.