I don't think there's any change in the medium to long term trends in China, it's not that travel is immune: people might go shorter distances, they might trade down...but they still move.

Darren Huston

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I’m a hands-on operator, and I have a background in software. Right outside my door, they are building the site. There’s not a semicolon on any of our sites that isn’t A/B tested. ~ Darren Huston

Everything goes through a lifecycle. The real question is what’s the sustainable business model for these companies. A real business is up to the cash flow you make, and if there’s no model at the end of the day, things will fall out. A lot of ideas do come through that [unicorn] space, but eventually, every one of these companies has to grow up.” Darren Huston on the fate of ridesharing “unicorns” Uber and Blablacar.

Travel is growing at twice the rate of GDP. Do-it-yourself travel is growing faster than packaged travel. And online is growing faster than offline. So we've got three tail winds.

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We have a lot more to do in the U.S..

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We are one of their largest partners.

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