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HAB911

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Fri Feb 10, 2017, 09:35 AM Feb 2017

Expedia CEO's closing remark on earnings call:

'Hopefully we will all be alive to see the end of next year'

Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi ended the travel company's fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday with a remark that had some people doing a double take.

When the CEO was asked for closing remarks, he responded by thanking the company's global employee base for the improved performance in 2016 and then added, "Hopefully we will all be alive to see the end of next year."

CNBC reached out to Expedia for comment. A spokesman responded, "We do not have anything additional to share."

Still, Khosrowshahi's comment did result in several tweets, including one that called him a "Trump critic."

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/09/expedia-ceos-closing-remark-on-fourth-quarter-earnings-raises-eyebrows.html
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Expedia CEO's closing remark on earnings call: (Original Post) HAB911 Feb 2017 OP
I use Expedia a lot, FoxNewsSucks Feb 2017 #1

FoxNewsSucks

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1. I use Expedia a lot,
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 10:01 AM
Feb 2017

and this makes me feel a little better about that. Generally I try to use local business as much as possible and hate it when I have to use some corporate giant like Amazon or Expedia. I do wish their call center was in the US, otherwise it is pretty good.

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