About Booking.com
Booking.com’s mission is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. By investing in the technology that helps take the friction out of travel, Booking.com’s marketplace seamlessly connects millions of travelers with memorable experiences every day.
From our beginnings as a small Dutch startup in 1996, Booking.com has grown into a global tech success story and one of the world’s leading online travel platforms. With a rich heritage of rapid innovation and leveraging new technologies to advance a more seamless and personalized travel booking process, Booking.com continues to define the way in which we search, book and enjoy travel.
Today, Booking.com connects millions of travelers with incredible places to stay, memorable experiences, and a range of transport options all in one place – while enabling partners all over the world to reach a global audience and incrementally grow their businesses.
Driving this scale are our world-class teams: as a leading global employer, we foster an inclusive and collaborative workplace where thousands of people come together to shape the future of travel.
Booking.com Fast Facts
- Founded in 1996; owned and operated by Booking.com B.V., part of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG)
- Website, app, and 24/7 customer service available in 45 languages.
- Over 370 million verified reviews from real guests who have stayed at each accommodation and booked through Booking.com
- Since 2010, Booking.com has welcomed over 6.8 billion guest arrivals across all properties and over 1.8 billion guest arrivals in our alternative accommodations segment (i.e., homes & apartments)
- More than 32 million total reported accommodations listings worldwide.
- Flights to more than 4,500 destinations worldwide.
- Curated, bookable attractions and experiences in more than 2,300 cities.
- More than 200 car-rental suppliers across the globe and more than 45,000 car pick-up locations across 144 countries.
- 140 offices across 70 countries.