>> WELCOME BACK TO BETWEEN
BELLS EVERYONE THE MAGAZINE
AND WEBSITE APPLE AND LEISURE
IS MAKING SOME NOISE ON WALL
STREET TODAY QUITE LITERALLY
THE BRAND RINGING THE OPENING
BELL THIS MORNING, THE NEW YORK
STOCK EXCHANGE IN CELEBRATION
OF ITS NEW LISTING TEAM.
AND NOW THE BRAND WAS ALSO
RECENTLY IT FIRED BY WYNDHAM
DESTINATIONS AND JOINING US
TO DISCUSS ALL OF THAT AND MORE
IS THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF
BRAND OFFICER OF THE TRAVEL AND
LEISURE GROUP, NO APPROX KEY NO
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US HERE ON BETWEEN BELLS SO HOW
DID IT FEEL TO RING THE BELL
THIS MORNING.
>> I WAS AN EXCITING MORNING
FOR AS YOU MENTIONED WHEN
DESTINATIONS WIRED THE ICONIC
BRAND TRAVEL AND LEISURE ABOUT
A
MONTH AGO AND TODAY WE GRANTED
THE COMPANY AND RING THE BELL
WITH OUR NEW LIST THING T N L
AND IT'S EXCITING TIME FOR ALL
OF US.
>> YES, SO HOW DID THIS
ACQUISITION COME ABOUT WITH
WINDHAM DURING A PANDEMIC.
>> WELL TRAVEL AND LEISURE HAS
50 YEARS OF PRODUCING SOME
OF THAT BEST TRAVEL CONTENT IN
THE WORLD AND IT'S AN
INCREDIBLY TRUSTED AND THEN MY
OR BRAND IN THE TRAVEL SPACE.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE
ABILITY TO BRING THAT TRAVEL
EXPERIENCE TO MORE
AND MORE PEOPLE WE'VE ALWAYS
HAD THE THE MAGAZINE OUT THERE
TO READ AND BEANS FIRED BY THE
TRAVEL, BUT NEVER A
DIRECT CONNECT SHOULD ACTUALLY
GO AND BOOK THE TRIPS AND
EXPERIENCES YOU READ ABOUT AND
AS WE GO OUT OF THE PANDEMIC
AND LEISURE TRAVEL BEGIN
TO COME BACK STRONGLY WE THINK
THAT THIS IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE TRUSTED
ADVICE OF TRAVEL LEISURE ACT,
BUT THAT TRAVELERS FINGERTIPS.
>> I DO WANT TO TALK WITH YOU
ABOUT THE NEW BOOKING PLATFORM
IN JUST
A MOM. BUT ALSO WHEN IT COMES
TO THIS ACQUISITION. WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT YOUR
LOOK LOOKING FORWARD TO WITH
HAVING A PART OF YOUR MISSION.
>> WELL THE THESE ARE BRAND
WILL REALLY TRANSCEND ALL TYPES
OF TRAVELERS WITHIN NORTH
AMERICA AND WITHIN THE LAW
WORLD, IT'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE
ASPIRATIONAL BRAND WITH GREAT
CONTENT AND AN INCREDIBLE
TRUSTED HISTORY WITH OUR NEW
BOOKING PLATFORM BOOK TL DOT
COM IT FOR THE FIRST TIME
REALLY CONNECTS ALL OF THAT
EDITORIAL CONTENT OF THE
ARTICLES THAT THEY'RE WRITING
FOR THE MAGAZINE THE WEB
SITE DIRECTLY WITH THE WAY TO
GO AND BOOK THOSE EXPERIENCES
SO FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU CAN
NOT ONLY PLANET DREAM THAT
BUT ALSO GO AHEAD AND BOOK.
>> THAT SOUNDS SO EXCITING,
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I THINK
DURING THIS TIME
OF YEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL
HOLDING ON TO THEIR NEW YEAR'S
RESOLUTIONS MAY BE CREATING
VISION BOARDS OF WHERE THEY'D
LIKE TO TRAVEL, I KNOW IN
THE PAST TRAVEL AND LEISURE HAS
BEEN A HUGE DISTURB YEAR FOR A
LOT OF THOSE IMAGES ME
PERSONALLY.
>> BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
BOOKING PLOT ARMY MENTION
BOOKED HE NOW DOT COM TELL US
MORE ABOUT THE PLOT.
>> WHITE USERS CAN EXPECT TO
EXPERIENCE AND THE PROCESS OF
LAUNCHING THIS DURING THIS
TIME.
>> WRITES A BOOK HE KNOW ABOUT
COM WILL OFFER HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS ACTIVITIES HOTELS
CAR RENTALS AIRLINES. IT'S A
GREAT PLACE TO GO AND DREAM AND
BOOK YOUR
NEXT TRIP. WHAT I'M ALSO REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT IS THIS SUMMER
WILL BE LAUNCHING
A SUBSCRIPTION A CLUB WHERE FOR
AROUND $10 A MONTH NOT ONLY
WILL YOU GET AN INCOME
CREDIBLE VALUE AS YOU THINK
ABOUT YOUR NEXT
VACATIONS BUT ALSO SOME AMAZING
EXPERIENCES AND ITINERARIES
CURE AIDED BY THE EDITORIAL
TEAM AT TRAVEL LEISURE. SO
AGAIN REALLY CONNECTING
ALL OF THOSE VISION BOARDS THAT
YOU'VE BEEN PLANNING WITH
ACTUALLY GETTING OUT
THEY'RE DOING IT THAT SOME OF
THE BEST DESTINATIONS IN THE
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.
>> NO I ALSO WANT TO ASK YOU
HOW THE COMPANY HAS HAD TO
PIVOT DURING THIS TIME AND
REALLY CORPORATION HAVE FRONT
OF MIND. THE IDEA OF TRAVELING
DURING A PANDEMIC FOR
CUSTOMERS.
>> WELL WE'RE REALLY
BULLISH ON TRAVEL AND IN
PARTICULAR WE BELIEVE THAT
LEISURE TRAVEL WILL BE SOME OF
THE FIRST
TO RETURN. EVERYBODY I KNOW IS
SO EXCITED TO GET OUT WHEN IT'S
SAFE AGAIN AND
GET HELP THEIR LIVING ROOM AND
THE DINING ROOM AND GO
SOMEWHERE NEW AND CERTAINLY I
THINK DURING THIS PANDEMIC
REMIND ALL OF US THAT TRAVEL IS
A WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE AND
SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD REALLY
ENJOYED EVERY OPPORTUNITY
WE CAN SO WE'VE TAKEN THIS
OPPORTUNITY DURING THE PANDEMIC
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
POSITIONED WITH A TRUSTED
STORY BRAND THAT PEOPLE KNOW
WHEN THEY GET BACK OUT THERE
AND CAN TRAVEL AGAIN TRAVEL
LEISURE IS GOING TO TAKE THEM
TO THE MOST AMAZING PLACES
AROUND THE WORLD.
>> AND BEFORE WE LET YOU GO
WHAT CAN CUSTOMERS BACK FROM
THIS PLATFORM THAT THEY CAN'T
GET ON ANY OTHER COMPETITOR
PLATFORM.
>> WELL ONLY TRAVEL AND LEISURE
AND BOOKED IN L A DOT COM WILL
HAVE ALL OF THE AMAZING CONTENT
BY
THE END TORY UL STAFF OF TRAVEL
LEISURE. IT'S A TRUSTED
RESEARCH RESOURCE WITH REALLY
EXPERT ADVICE. SO GOING
THERE AND READING ABOUT ALL OF
THE GREAT TRIPS YOU CAN TAKE
AND BOOKING ONLINE WILL MAKE
SURE THAT YOU'VE GOT INCREDIBLE
EXPERIENCE WHEN IT'S SAFE TO
GET OUT AND GO AGAIN.
>> IT SOUNDS INCREDIBLE I'