Expedia CEO Says Rumors of an Online Booking War Are Exaggerated

Andrew Sheivachman

September 27th, 2016 at 2:30 PM EDT

Photo Credit: Expedia Inc. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi (R) onstage at Skift Global Forum in New York, Sept. 27, 2016. Skift

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Always a cool character, Dara Khosrowshahi is steering a basically steady ship as online travel competitors become more disruptive.

Expedia Inc. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi had a laugh when asked if emerging travel companies like Airbnb were likely to eat Expedia's lunch any time soon in the online travel marketplace. "Not yet," replied Khosrowshahi, "I'm very well fed." He also said at the Skift Global Forum 2016 in New York City Tuesday that the very notion that hotel companies like Marriott International and airlines are at war with online travel booking sites is a mistak

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