Booking.com Overview
Booking.com B.V. operates as a travel e-commerce company. The Company offers accommodation, car rental, and flight ticketing services. Booking.com serves customers worldwide. The R&D center in Israel, which was established after the acquisition of Evature, is dedicated to implementing new technologies into Booking.com's digital marketing efforts and data-based model. The product teams focus on marketplace AI technologies such as computer vision, voice user interaction and travel communities social product.
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Office Tour: Booking.com Offices - Tel Aviv
Shirli Zamir Design Studio has designed the Booking.com offices in Tel Aviv, Israel, with a focus on creating a sense of home, sustainability, and creativity. The design incorporates recycled and re-used materials from the local environment, aiming to reduce the environmental footprint. The office is designed to feel warm and cozy, resembling a home or neighborhood. The project aims to connect global and local elements, merging different cultural and social backgrounds. The design is varied, imperfect, functional, fun, and green.
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"Tourists come to Israel despite expensive prices"
Booking.com, the Amsterdam-based online travel agency, has become a popular platform for booking accommodations worldwide. The company, which lists over 28 million accommodations in 200 countries, has been operating in Israel for the past 10 years. According to a recent survey, 56% of Israelis book their vacation accommodations in Israel through Booking.com. The company also operates a development center in Tel Aviv with over 50 employees. Despite criticisms about high prices, Booking.com continues to attract customers due to its credibility and user-friendly platform.
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Booking.com Israel development center moves to Azrieli Sarona
Online travel company Booking.com is expanding its Tel Aviv development centre and moving to the Azrieli Sarona tower. From July, the company will lease 500 square metres, or half of the 57th floor, in Teddy Sagis LABS shared workspace. The move comes just six months after Booking.com set up offices in the Mindspace shared workspace on Ahad Haam Street. LABS Israel offers workspaces for companies of all sizes and stages, and is part of an international chain of co-workspaces set up by the Teddy Sagi Group.
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Booking.com Buys Evature for Its Chatbot Talent
Booking.com has acquired Evature, a chatbot start-up based in Tel Aviv, to support research and development efforts in deep learning and artificial intelligence. The deal is seen as an acqui-hire, with only a small sum likely involved. Evatures virtual agent, Eva, conducts natural language interactions with customers on behalf of travel companies. As part of the acquisition, five of Evatures employees will move to Booking.coms headquarters development center in Amsterdam. The acquisition aligns with the broader industry interest in machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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Booking.com To Open R&D Center In Israel
Booking.com is opening a research and development center in Tel Aviv and plans to recruit dozens of local employees. The company was founded in 1996 and was sold to Priceline in 2005 for $135 million. It currently employs over 15,000 people and books around 1.2 million room nights per day.
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Employees: 51-200
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| Website | www.booking.com |
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Menachem Begin Road 146, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Menachem Begin Road 146, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Office Tour: Booking.com Offices - Tel Aviv
Shirli Zamir Design Studio has designed the Booking.com offices in Tel Aviv, Israel, with a focus on creating a sense of home, sustainability, and creativity. The design incorporates recycled and re-used materials from the local environment, aiming to reduce the environmental footprint. The office is designed to feel warm and cozy, resembling a home or neighborhood. The project aims to connect global and local elements, merging different cultural and social backgrounds. The design is varied, imperfect, functional, fun, and green.
CustomersPartners
growth-positive
"Tourists come to Israel despite expensive prices"
Booking.com, the Amsterdam-based online travel agency, has become a popular platform for booking accommodations worldwide. The company, which lists over 28 million accommodations in 200 countries, has been operating in Israel for the past 10 years. According to a recent survey, 56% of Israelis book their vacation accommodations in Israel through Booking.com. The company also operates a development center in Tel Aviv with over 50 employees. Despite criticisms about high prices, Booking.com continues to attract customers due to its credibility and user-friendly platform.
CustomersPartners
growth-positive
Booking.com Israel development center moves to Azrieli Sarona
Online travel company Booking.com is expanding its Tel Aviv development centre and moving to the Azrieli Sarona tower. From July, the company will lease 500 square metres, or half of the 57th floor, in Teddy Sagis LABS shared workspace. The move comes just six months after Booking.com set up offices in the Mindspace shared workspace on Ahad Haam Street. LABS Israel offers workspaces for companies of all sizes and stages, and is part of an international chain of co-workspaces set up by the Teddy Sagi Group.
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growth-positive
Booking.com Buys Evature for Its Chatbot Talent
Booking.com has acquired Evature, a chatbot start-up based in Tel Aviv, to support research and development efforts in deep learning and artificial intelligence. The deal is seen as an acqui-hire, with only a small sum likely involved. Evatures virtual agent, Eva, conducts natural language interactions with customers on behalf of travel companies. As part of the acquisition, five of Evatures employees will move to Booking.coms headquarters development center in Amsterdam. The acquisition aligns with the broader industry interest in machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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growth-positive
Booking.com To Open R&D Center In Israel
Booking.com is opening a research and development center in Tel Aviv and plans to recruit dozens of local employees. The company was founded in 1996 and was sold to Priceline in 2005 for $135 million. It currently employs over 15,000 people and books around 1.2 million room nights per day.
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Booking.com Team
Employee Info
| Employees (range) | 51-200 |
| Exact count | 90 |
| Team members | 3 |
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Admin Info
| Confidence | 68/100 |
| Missing | product stage, sector, founding month, business model, video or image, funding rounds, markets, not claimed |
| BI Verification | Yanina Wainscheinker |
| Crunchbase | booking-com |
| Last updater | Maor Perlov |
| Updater email | maor.perlov@sncentral.org |
| Last update | 2024-07-22T00:00:00.000Z |
| Created | 2017-07-30T00:00:00.000Z |
| Status detail | Acquired by The Priceline Group on 7, 2005 |