Full Video: Booking.com’s Top Europe Executive at Skift Forum Europe 2022
Photo Caption: Carlo Olejniczak with Skift Executive Editor Dennis Schaal
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Booking.com is on track for a strong summer, but Carlo Olejniczak acknowledges his company faces fierce competition from rivals such as Airbnb. He explains his company's strategy in areas such as short-term rentals in the video.
Skift Forum Europe
Skift Forum Europe was held in London, England on March 24, 2022. Find out about future Skift events through the link below.Carlo Olejniczak, Booking.com's vice president and managing director of Europe, Middle East and Africa, addressed a wide range of topics in a conversation with Skift Executive Editor Dennis Schaal at Skift Forum Europe on March 24.
Like Expedia for Business President Ariane Gorin, Olejniczak expressed optimism that tourism in Europe would have a strong summer as bookings for the season were higher than at the same point in 2019. He also said his company has seen a surge in mobile bookings.
Watch the full video of the conversation, as well as read a transcript of it, below, to hear Olejniczak, among other things, touch on the travel trends he's observed as well as the importance of short-term rentals to Booking.com.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXTHx9xBeMYSchaal: I'm back. Hi, Carlo. Thanks for being here.
Olejniczak: With pleasure. Hi everyone.
Schaal: Hey everybody here and online, please bail me out, put in some question
