Creating a Google-Crushing Superapp With Hopper CEO Frederic Lalonde

Hopper has big plans ahead in its ongoing mission to continue being the best at lowering the cost of travel for consumers — it’s betting on the future of superapps for travel, which are already popular in Asia. “There will be a Western global superapp for travel — it may be owned by Google, Facebook or Alibaba, but it will be a superapp and we’re trying to become that,” said Frederic Lalonde, CEO of Hopper , at Skift Global Forum, in conversation with Skift founding editor Dennis Schaal . Listen now for the full interview. Read more coverage of the travel industry at skift.com/news