{"id":40222,"date":"2015-06-12T13:58:46","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T18:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=40222"},"modified":"2015-06-12T13:59:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T18:59:00","slug":"tripadvisor-ceos-favorite-place-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/inspiration\/tripadvisor-ceos-favorite-place-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"TripAdvisor CEO&#8217;s Favorite Place? Jerusalem."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40223\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 247px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/TA_0055.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-post-40222 wp-image-40223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/TA_0055-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Kaufer, Trip Advisor CEO, says that Jerusalem is his favorite destination. \" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/TA_0055-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/TA_0055.jpg 539w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Stephen Kaufer, Trip Advisor CEO, says that Jerusalem is his favorite destination.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Stephen Kaufer, the CEO of\u00a0TripAdvisor, an $11 billion company that runs America\u2019s leading user-generated hotel review website, thinks back to all the places he has visited, one stands out as his favorite.<\/p>\n<p>Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh my gosh, looking at all of these amazing structures, the history that you could still visually appreciate from thousands of years ago with modern life going on all around it \u2014 I just thought it was magical,\u201d Kaufer said of his 1989 visit to Israel. \u201cIt instantly turned into my favorite\u00a0trip\u00a0then and ever since.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2015\/06\/10\/news-opinion\/united-states\/tripadvisor-ceo-a-tech-exec-with-a-soft-spot-for-israel\">JTA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Stephen Kaufer, the CEO of\u00a0TripAdvisor, an $11 billion company that runs America\u2019s leading user-generated hotel review website, thinks back to all the places he has visited, one stands out as his favorite. 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