Fred Lalonde | Source | CEO and Founder at Hopper

For the same dollar of travel sold, customers spend 15% more. That’s larger than gaming. There’s an incredible opportunity to develop that.

In recent weeks, we have seen higher domestic bookings and lower international bookings on Hopper, as travelers look to stay closer to home. Since Hopper’s customer base is predominantly younger, leisure travelers and the majority of our bookings have been domestic throughout the pandemic, our domestic bookings still remain stable.

I’ve been an entrepreneur all my life. I started my first company Newtrade technologies in 1997 when I was 19. And I sold it to Expedia in 2002. I ended up joining Expedia as a result of that acquisition, working with and learning from Expedia founders Richard Barton and Lloyd Frink. They’re now doing Zillow among other things. Expedia was a formidable consumer company. And a lot of what we do today at Hopper is inspired by those learnings.