The real gem here is hotel bookings which constitute a dominant 91% of its value.

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Executives sometimes think that control of a particular part of the value chain guarantees success, but the stage of history is littered with dominant companies that collapsed or were forced to change as their playscripts fell apart.

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The British conglomerate thrives by pulling maximum value from natural resources, headlined by its majority interest in African diamond giant De Beers and dominant operations in platinum mining and industrial metal production.

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