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Glenn Fogel is the head of Booking Holdings, a $100 billion listed US company that also owns the booking platform Booking.com. The American could make it easy for himself and, like many of his US colleagues, only repeat a few tested standard statements about business development in interviews. But Fogel is upset about the latest moves by the EU Commission, which wants to put big tech companies in their place with the Digital Markets Act (DMA):
In addition to giants like Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft, this also affects Booking.com. The travel platform, which was founded in Amsterdam and is still headquartered there, is the heart of the group. The former investment banker Fogel has been at Booking for 24 years and has played a key role in driving the expansion. He has never questioned the two company headquarters in Europe and the USA – until now.
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