Australian - Businessman | March 3, 1933 -
There's always room for an operator like Airbnb, but it's quite a different thing to my serviced apartments. Airbnb is a different market - it has nothing to do with me.
Harry Triguboff
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We looked into and tested the Airbnb website and found the inquiries generated were at price points substantially lower than the market is prepared to pay us directly. It was clear that there were no real synergies between the level of our offering and what Airbnb clientele is looking for.
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My interest is in the Wests Tigers. Nobody can support a team that is all the time on the bottom; that's a waste of time.
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I'm a businessman, that's all.
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I have never laid a brick in my life. But my people have laid more bricks than anybody else put together. Because I know how to pay.
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I employ thousands of people, maybe 5,000 or 6,000. In my mind, they are all doing well. Because if they are not doing well in their minds, I'm not as strong as I could be.
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I don't get involved in politics. I think that it is a waste of time and money because very often a politician cannot do much, and if you give him money, you embarrass him, so he can't do anything.
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When the unions were fighting me 45 years ago, they could never beat me.
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We had a Jewish school; we had a Jewish club. My father was a main donor. My mother was on the committee of the school.
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I never built houses, only apartments.
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I realized that we have to do everything we can to preserve the Jewish race. I'm very proud of it, and I think it's wonderful.
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Chabad is very important because without Jewish education, Diaspora Jewry would disappear.
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