Not your typical travel company

At Booking.com, our mission is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. So we’re going beyond being the best place to book any kind of accommodation to become the ultimate travel platform. And the place to book it all – from room nights and day tours to airport transfers and in-stay services. Helping us do this is a diverse community of over 17 500 employees across 200+ global offices, all connected by a love of travel and a passion for innovation.

Our Story

It all started with one man and a rather good idea. Dutch entrepreneur Geert-Jan Bruinsma realized how useful it would be to connect hotels and guests. From a small office in Amsterdam, he built a website called Bookings.nl. This little startup grew steadily in its first few years. The formula for success was pretty simple: working hard to get it right for our customers.

By 2005, we were well on our way to becoming the market leader for European bookers. This growth did not go unnoticed by other large players in the travelsphere. The Priceline Group (now Booking Holdings) acquired Bookings.nl in 2006 to give us the Booking.com we know today. Despite evolving from a small startup to a global player, little has changed about our company culture. We’re open, inclusive and always ready to overcome any challenge. We might be over 20 years old, but we’re just getting started.

At Booking.com, we believe both technology and travel can be powers for good in the world. Through our Booking Booster initiative, we support sustainable tourism startups, providing advice, mentoring and even investment. While our Booking Cares programme enables our employees to dedicate time (in business hours) to local causes.

We make sure our employees feel at home, wherever in the world they work with us. Every office has groups, clubs and sports teams staff can join, meet people and find common interests. We offer language courses, partner old employees with new, and give everyone the ability to share ideas, advice and, of course, their travel stories.

OUR VALUES

OUR VALUES

OUR VALUES

OUR VALUES

OUR VALUES

We get the right results the right way. For each other, our communities and the world around us.