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Creating a Google-Crushing Superapp With Hopper CEO Frederic Lalonde
Creating a Google-Crushing Superapp With Hopper CEO Frederic Lalonde
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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Dec 19, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Hopper has big plans ahead in its ongoing mission to continue being the best at lowering the cost of travel for consumers — it’s betting on the future of superapps for travel, which are already popular in Asia.
“There will be a Western global superapp for travel — it may be owned by Google, Facebook or Alibaba, but it will be a superapp and we’re trying to become that,” said Frederic Lalonde, CEO of Hopper, at Skift Global Forum, in conversation with Skift founding editor Dennis Schaal.
Listen now for the full interview.
Read more coverage of the travel industry at skift.com/news
“There will be a Western global superapp for travel — it may be owned by Google, Facebook or Alibaba, but it will be a superapp and we’re trying to become that,” said Frederic Lalonde, CEO of Hopper, at Skift Global Forum, in conversation with Skift founding editor Dennis Schaal.
Listen now for the full interview.
Read more coverage of the travel industry at skift.com/news
Released:
Dec 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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