Travel

Trivago Corporate Office

Trivago is an online discount hotel reservation service. Founded in Dusseldorf, Germany, in 2004 by Peter Vinnemeier, Malte Siewert, and Rolf Schrömgen. This trio still owns 40% of the company, and Expedia purchased 61% of the company in 2012.

Trivago has grown tremendously over the past decade. It now operates in 55 countries around the world. The company has more than 1,000 employees and had $4 billion in revenue in 2015. The company claims to be the largest hotel search engine in the world, with more than 250 booking sites.

The company also offers a free app for both Android and iOS devices. Each hotel listed must receive at least 20 ratings before Trivago assigns the hotel a rating. Ratings are from 0 to 100 and are based entirely on results from “mystery shoppers”.

In July 2018, Trivago lost more than 30% of its stock price as the company struggled to compete with businesses such as Booking.com. The company then began laying off employees to counter the loss of profits.

Trivago is listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol: TRVG

Company headquarters for North America are located in New York, New York.

Trivago

History

Trivago is listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol: TRVG

Company headquarters for North America are located in New York, New York.

Airbnb Corporate Office

Airbnb was founded in 2008 by roommates Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia. When the pair found that they were having trouble paying the rent on their expensive San Francisco apartment, they converted the living room into a “guest room” with three beds. They rented this space out to short-term renters and offered a homemade breakfast as well.

Airbnb offers vacation rentals from private individuals who rent out rooms, entire houses, or guest houses. Both hosts and guests post pictures and offer feedback afterward. This creative concept has been praised by many, however, it has seen a few problems, including a recent (May 2016) lawsuit brought about by a guest who says they were denied a reservation based on their race. A class action lawsuit was opened against Airbnb due to discrimination based on race in July 2017.

Airbnb lost nearly half of its value due to the coronavirus, which is also putting a damper on the expected opening of their IPO.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, Airbnb began pushing their virtual “home classes”, where property owners can not only highlight their rentals for later in the year, but they also feature some type of class, such as Korean cooking, yoga, or learning to play guitar.

The company now lists rentals in more than 191 countries, and 34,000 cities, and boasts more than 6 million guests.

Airbnb maintains a corporate office in San Francisco, California.

Airbnb

History

Airbnb lost nearly half of its value due to the coronavirus, which is also putting a damper on the expected opening of their IPO.

The company now lists rentals in more than 191 countries, and 34,000 cities, and boasts more than 6 million guests.

Airbnb maintains a corporate office in San Francisco, California.

Hotwire.Com Corporate Office

Hotwire.Com is an online travel site that offers discount airline tickets and hotel reservations, usually from unsold travel inventory from other sites. The company was founded in 2000 by six airlines and Karl Peterson, Eric Grosse, Gregg Brockway, and Spencer Rascoff. Hotwire.Com is based out of Seattle, Washington.

Hotwire.Com functions as an operating system of Expedia. When Expedia and other sites have hotel accommodations and airline seats that are unsold, they often are turned over to Hotwire. The company does not use an auction format, but shows their pricing upfront. The company removed all airline booking fees in 2007, something few other companies have done.

Hotwire.Com uses an “opaque” sales model. While the time and price are shown, the exact name of the hotel or airline is not revealed until after the client has purchased their ticket. This is to avoid direct competition with other travel partners.

Hotwire doesn’t do a lot of paid advertising but in late 2021, it released a new ad, the first in nearly 4 years.

Also in late 2021, the company released a survey which ranked the best cities for a quick weekend getaway and Palm Springs, California, came out on top.

Hotwire.Com

History

Hotwire doesn’t do a lot of paid advertising but in late 2021, it released a new ad, the first in nearly 4 years.

Also in late 2021, the company released a survey which ranked the best cities for a quick weekend getaway and Palm Springs, California, came out on top.

Hotels.Com Corporate Office

Hotels.Com was founded in 1991 as part of the Hotel Reservation Network by David Litman and Robert Deiner. The company was purchased by Expedia in 2001. Hotels.Com is an online hotel and vacation package reservation service that offers discounted prices from hotel company websites.

The company has seen substantial international growth since 2002, with hotel bookings for Japan, Central, and South America, China, Australia, and the Middle East. Hotels.Com launched a mobile phone app for both Android and iPhones in 2011. The company also has a loyalty program which offers additional discounts for continued booking on the site.

In a 2017 review, Forbes says that they found cheaper prices by calling the hotel directly.

Hotels.com also offers a low price guarantee and offers hotel deals in more than 34 languages. The company states it has partnerships with approximately 325,000 hotels in 19,000 locations around the globe.

In April 2021, the company began a program where winners who entered “travel expenses” incurred during the quarantine of 2020 could win $2,741 in travel credit.

The corporate office for Hotels.com is located in Dallas, Texas.

Hotels.Com

History

In a 2017 review, Forbes says that they found cheaper prices by calling the hotel directly.

In April 2021, the company began a program where winners who entered “travel expenses” incurred during the quarantine of 2020 could win $2,741 in travel credit.

The corporate office for Hotels.com is located in Dallas, Texas.

CheapOAir Corporate Office

CheapOAir was founded by current CEO Sam Jain in 2005. The company is headquartered in New York, New York, and is a subsidiary of Fareportal, Inc. CheapOAir is on online travel service that offers discount airline tickets, hotel reservations, rental cars, and vacation packages.

The company is the 9th largest online travel service and offers app’s for both Android and IOS cell phones. CheapOAir has received numerous recognitions in magazines and newspapers such as The New York Times, USA Today, and Fortune. The company’s website receives more than 20 million visitors each year (2014) and has agreements with 450 airlines. The company states that they have discounts on approximately 100 million airline tickets at any given time.

CheapOAir was the first online travel agency to offer ancillary items American Airlines and US Air, such as WiFi services, upgraded seating, and early boarding privileges.

The founder and CEO of CheapOAir says that on a normal day, the company receives about 20,000 phone calls. Due to flight cancellations because of the coronavirus, they now receive 200,000 calls each and every day.

CheapOAir maintains their corporate office in New York, New York.

CheapOAir

History

CheapOAir was the first online travel agency to offer ancillary items American Airlines and US Air, such as WiFi services, upgraded seating, and early boarding privileges.

CheapOAir maintains their corporate office in New York, New York.