Author: Dara Khosrowshahi

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I think my background, coming from Iran, which is a great country but is going through its share of troubles, really allows me to appreciate what we have here.

I think my background, coming from Iran, which is a great country but is going through its share of troubles, really allows me to appreciate what we have here.

- Dara Khosrowshahi

Anytime you introduce volatility, it is not good for business and not good for travel.

Anytime you introduce volatility, it is not good for business and not good for travel.

- Dara Khosrowshahi

While Expedia is outbound-focused, Wotif is much more about domestic travel.

While Expedia is outbound-focused, Wotif is much more about domestic travel.

- Dara Khosrowshahi

Put the right people in the right places, and then you trust them to do the right stuff.

Put the right people in the right places, and then you trust them to do the right stuff.

- Dara Khosrowshahi

When we grew up, our family and kind of gaggle of cousins would go to the south of France for the summers. And we just had a grand time.

When we grew up, our family and kind of gaggle of cousins would go to the south of France for the summers. And we just had a grand time.

- Dara Khosrowshahi

When you let travelers vote with their clicks, and you put that at the center of your decision-making, you build the product they want, and ultimately, their business will follow.

When you let travelers vote with their clicks, and you put that at the center of your decision-making, you build the product they want, and ultimately, their business will follow.

- Dara Khosrowshahi

The American dream is you come here, you believe in democracy, you believe in the Constitution, you work hard, you can make it.

The American dream is you come here, you believe in democracy, you believe in the Constitution, you work hard, you can make it.

- Dara Khosrowshahi

Failure can teach you something, and as long as you're moving very, very quickly, you're going to start piling up the wins. Speed gives you the luxury to be able to fail.

Failure can teach you something, and as long as you're moving very, very quickly, you're going to start piling up the wins. Speed gives you the luxury to be able to fail.

- Dara Khosrowshahi

You have to empower your employees to make their own choices and trust that they will make the right choices.

You have to empower your employees to make their own choices and trust that they will make the right choices.

- Dara Khosrowshahi

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