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TripAdvisor CEO Says Economic Turbulence Won't Stop People From Traveling

TripAdvisor president and CEO Stephen Kaufer co-founded the tourism website in 2000. (Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images)
TripAdvisor president and CEO Stephen Kaufer co-founded the tourism website in 2000. (Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images)

Before the stock market plummeted, travel industry watchers were predicting that this Labor Day could break records for airline travel.

As part of Here & Now’s “View from the Top” conversation series, host Jeremy Hobson speaks with TripAdvisor co-founder, CEO and president Stephen Kaufer. TripAdvisor calls itself the world’s largest travel site.

Kaufer says the financial turbulence “might have a temporary effect” but “people will continue to travel no matter whether the weather’s a bit choppy at the moment or not.”

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