The people who founded Booking.com recognized the importance of great customer service, and they created an incredibly solid foundation. Nevertheless, when I Darren Huston arrived, it was a relatively small operation. We didn’t support every language,...
Darren Huston discusses about the company’s euro bond offering and share his outlook on online travel. Listen to the conversation between Darren Huston and Simon on CNBC.com Darren Huston – We just did a euro bond offering that we’re really proud of....
Darren Huston was born on the 3rd of January 1966 in Canada. After completing grade school, Huston completed his secondary school studies in Italy at the United World College of the Adriatic. He went on to gain a BS in Economics at Trent University. Darren...
I Darren Huston , grew up in Canada, where I spoke English at home. I learned French as well as Italian when I was a teenager, and after college I worked in the Canadian government, where my boss was from Quebec and would speak to me only in French. After...
I Darren Huston , spent time with him when I was running Microsoft in Japan. I just really respect the fact that he’s such a curious person and how much he reads. He’s already solved one set of issues and now he wants to go solve global health issues....
I am Darren Huston, well known business person. Everybody praised my business decision which leads my organization several steps ahead. Well-being a business person I don’t get that much time for personal life but whenever I get sometime I also love to...
While Microsoft Advertising was busy on Wednesday helping T-Mobile stream a live Ellie Goulding concert across three screens, a first for both companies, CEO Steve Ballmer was thinking of the next big opportunity in advertising. Microsoft has “a deep...
Darren Huston, class of 1994 Huston became president and CEO of popular travel booking service Priceline in early 2014, after spending almost three years as CEO of Microsoft Japan. Huston was also the CEO of Booking.com, and has served as senior vice...
Hello from Trent,” I say. It’s late January and, talking to a Trent alum who’s working abroad, I figure I can jog a few memories and start a conversation by adding: “It’s going to negative 16 degrees tonight. Do you recall those chilly walks across the...
It’s hard to feel sorry for Darren Huston . After all, he runs the world’s biggest travel company which shows no signs of stopping and which has been gobbling up almost everything in its path. Let’s do the numbers first before we get to the sorry part....
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...
The Amsterdam-based unit of Priceline Group that dominates the European online travel market. Darren Huston became CEO and president of Priceline Group itself, which has come from dot-com laughingstock to the fifth most-valuable United States Internet...
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...
This year is turning out to be extraordinary compared to other ever for investors of all stripes, with almost each and every benefit class on track to complete 2019 in the green. The S&P 500 is up over 25% and checking. Treasurys additionally took off...
Darren Huston was trying to watch a hockey game, half-listening to a headhunter talk about a company he had never heard of before. But as the headhunter went on, the then-45-year-old executive in charge of Microsoft’s global consumer and online businesses...
Slickspaces is bringing automation and technology to both guests and hosts at vacation rental properties through things like smart locks and voice-led tools. With ex-Booking Holdings CEO Darren Huston serving as executive chairman, a new funding round...
Warsaw, 18 May 2018 – Allegro, a leading online marketplace in Poland, today announces the appointment of Francois Nuyts as Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 August 2018. Przemyslaw Budkowski, the current CEO, will be stepping down to pursue...
Expedia’s acquisitions versus the Priceline Group’s “competitive moat.” Rock, paper, scissors. It’s an interesting contest and in the $1.4 trillion global travel market, both companies can be winners. Expedia is trending upward and Priceline is showing...
China has been unkind to the U.S. Internet giants Google, Facebook and Amazon.com. But as a growing China spurs demand for foreign travel, Darren Huston a smaller player—Priceline Group—is trying to change the narrative. Rather than going head to head...
Priceline Group had a better-than-expected 2014, with gross travel bookings of $50.3 billion, up from almost $40 billion a year ago. Gross profit for the year was $7.6 billion, up by a third from the prior year. In the fourth quarter of 2014, Priceline...
The Priceline Group (PCLN) today announced that Microsoft executive Darren Huston , 45, has been named Chief Executive Officer of Booking.com. Booking.com is part of The Priceline Group and is the number-one online hotel reservation service in the world,...
Allegro, a leading online marketplace in Poland, today announces the appointment of Francois Nuyts as Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 August 2018. Przemyslaw Budkowski, the current CEO, will be stepping down to pursue other business interests....
Slickspaces automates guest entry, check-in, and check-out processes for property managers, apartments, bed and breakfasts, hotels, and other accommodations providers. The Vancouver-based company has raised $3 million in funding, including an investment...
One of the Priceline Group’s issues is its name. As much as officials of the parent company appreciate the legacy of its namesake Priceline.com and its longtime TV point man William Shatner, they cringe whenever journalists and pundits associate the Group,...
Darren Huston says that ten years from now, no paper work will be involved in the travel. “You’ll have no passport, no credit cards, no confirmation,” predicts the Amsterdam-based Canadian. "You just have to have your phone in your pocket, and if you...