Darren Huston Talks About Direct Booking

CEO Darren Huston maintains the company had no interest in acquiring HomeAway because of its business model and the high cost. He attempt to build an effective home rental product.

At the ITB Berlin Convention 2016 , Priceline Group CEO Darren Huston said he’s annoyed by the efforts of hotel brands to push back against online booking sites.

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Darren Huston Priceline tops on hotel bookings

CEO Darren Huston, discusses how macro factors like oil and terrorism impact the travel environment.

Darren Huston hope to show America a fantastic product

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Darren Huston steps up

Darren Huston steps up the company by expanding the market

Darren Huston outlook on travel

Darren Huston outlook on travel

Darren Huston focus on organic growth

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Darren Huston

Title: Darren Huston, President and CEO
Born: January 3, 1966, Hope, British Columbia
Education: BS in economics, Trent University; MA in economics, University of British Columbia; MBA, Harvard Business School
Early Marker: Vice president at Starbucks responsible for acquisitions and new product development.
Big Idea: The former Microsoft exec stepped up
Wave of the Future: M-commerce, App-economy, experiential economy
to the top job at Priceline in January 2014 after running the group's main revenue generator, Amsterdam-based Booking.com. Since 2011 he has been tackling the challenges of its main advertising outlet, Google, increasingly competing with it for travel-related bookings, of expanding its hospitality-related services, such as with its acquisition of OpenTable, and of retaining its customers as they migrate from desktop to mobile devices.

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Darren Huston said company had no interest in acquiring HomeAway

Priceline Group’s attempt to build an effective home rental product is proving a challenge, but CEO Darren Huston maintains the company had no interest in acquiring HomeAway because of its business model and the high cost.

At the ITB Berlin Convention 2016 this morning, Priceline Group CEO Darren Huston said he’s annoyed by the efforts of hotel brands to push back against online booking sites.

To read full article visit @ https://skift.com/2016/03/09/priceline-group-ceo-talks-direct-booking-homeaway-and-unicorns/

Team USA roster update

Williamson, Beal and Harrs make it seven players to withdraw from the team. Now 15 players remain on Team USA's summer roster after names like Zion, Beal, Harden, Harris and A.D. withdrew

The final roster will be announced on Aug. 17

Zion Williamson, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, will not be playing with Team USA this summer at the FIBA World Cup, Team USA director Jerry Colangelo told The Athletic. This comes after Williamson missed most of Las Vegas Summer League due to a bruised knee, and discussions about whether he was out of shape. Per Shams Charania, Williamson and the Pelicans want the rookie to spend the offseason getting "fully integrated" with the franchise.

Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal reportedly dropped out of consideration on Monday as well. He'll miss the event due to the upcoming birth of his child, according to Yahoo's Chris Haynes. Furthermore, Philadelphia 76ers swingman Tobias Harris has removed himself from consideration, per the Philadelphia Inquirer's Keith Pompey.

Read full article @ https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/team-usa-roster-update-zion-williamson-joins-bradley-beal-as-latest-stars-to-withdraw-from-2019-fiba-world-cup/

Paul Viollis & Justin Ckezepis Discussion

Paul Viollis & Justin Ckezepis Talk About Protecting Your Info in Real Estate Transactions.

Our real estate lawyer, Justin Ckezepis, recently went on the popular podcast – The Security Brief with Paul Viollis – to offer advice on how to protect yourself while buying or selling a home. Listen to the podcast here, and continue reading to learn more on this topic.

Read full article @ https://closehere.com/real-estate-law-blog/the-security-breach-paul-viollis-justin-ckezepis-talk-about-protecting-your-info-in-real-estate-transactions/

Priceline Group CEO Darren Huston Talks Direct Booking, HomeAway and Unicorns

Priceline Group's endeavor to build a successful home rental product is demonstrating a test, yet CEO Darren Huston keeps up the organization had no enthusiasm for acquiring HomeAway on account of its plan of action and the staggering expense.

At the ITB Berlin Convention 2016 toward the beginning of today, Priceline Group CEO Darren Huston said he's irritated by the endeavors of hotel brands to push back against online booking sites.

The discussion with Phocuswright organizer Philip Wolf, which incorporated a discourse of Priceline Group's working structure, enabled Darren Huston to give his real appraisal of why he had no enthusiasm for obtaining HomeAway before its deal to Expedia a year ago.

On the two fronts, Priceline's association with hotel chains and its choice not to endeavor to procure HomeAway, Darren Huston was explaining on comments he's made in the course of the most recent couple of months.

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An Engineer.ai Assembly line for apps

Conventional thinking says that one needs to know coding or be an engineer to create an application. Engineer.ai proves it otherwise, getting Artificial Intelligence (AI) to do the job, or at least most of it. Says Sachin Dev Duggal, CEO and founder of Engineer.ai, “I am an engineer and many like me don’t want to do repetitive codes like Facebook login. We have to utilise engineers to do the important things—like the logic and flow of an application and actually thinking through a customer’s problem,” he explains.

Engineer.ai treats app creation as an assembly line production process. When an app needs to be designed, the majority of it is done in the first couple of hours by the AI on his platform. And then, software engineers (from a workforce of 26,000) work on the little parts remaining to complete the app (like how technicians fix a car’s chassis, engine and wheels in a car assembly line), thereby leaving the repetitive work to AI and focusing on the creative parts that actually need human attention. The AI in Engineer.ai platform, called the Builder, draws from a library of ‘Components’ to build the repetitive blocks which have already been built before.

Some 60% of software is ‘Components’ which need not be done again. This could be Facebook login or integration with an analytics provider,” says Sachin Duggal. The rest 40% is business logic and design. To do this, Engineer.ai partners with a number of software companies from whom developers are brought on board, depending on the complexity and features of the project/apps that need to be delivered. The developers’ time do not overlap with their original employers.

Read full story @ https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/technology/an-ai-assembly-line-for-apps/1638580/