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Mint
a day ago
- Business
- Mint
Agodas Indian employee base to 'grow significantly': CEO Omri Morgenshtern
New Delhi, Jun 13 (PTI) Travel booking platform Agoda CEO Omri Morgenshtern on Friday said India is a key market for the company and expects its Indian nationality employee base to "grow significantly" from 800 at present. Indians comprise the second largest employee base in terms of nationality for the Singapore-headquartered company. With 300 employees stationed within India and the remaining 500 stationed globally. "And I expect it to grow significantly, both on the ground in India and outside," in an interview to PTI, Omri said. Talking about Agoda's expansion plans for India, he shared that India's growth is hard to ignore and it is one of the biggest opportunities, stressing that India is a super important market for the company." Omri termed the London-bound Air India plane crash on Thursday "tragic", underscoring the importance of ensuring safety for passengers, while expressing confidence that "all companies involved put safety above all". Air India's Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, operating a flight from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, crashed soon after the take-off on Thursday afternoon. Out of the 242 people on board the plane, only one person survived. Meanwhile, Aviation watchdog DGCA on Friday ordered enhanced safety inspection of Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet powered by GEnx engines, a day after 241 people onboard died in the plane crash in Ahmedabad. Responding to a question on the impact of the recent Pahalgam terror attack on India's hospitality sector, the Agoda CEO said while May saw a dip in booking numbers, the platform witnessed a "tremendous pickup and recovery" in June.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Agoda Celebrates Two Decades of Bridging the World Through Travel with Birthday Discounts
MANILA, Philippines, May 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital travel platform Agoda is celebrating its 20th birthday this week, marking two decades of helping travelers see the world for less. To mark the occasion, Agoda is running a sales campaign with global discounts of up to 70% on May 21st. Founded in 2005 with its headquarters in Singapore, Agoda has grown into a global travel marketplace and a prominent tech employer in APAC. Over the years, Agoda has expanded its offerings from hotels in Southeast Asia to a global digital platform with over 5 million hotels and holiday properties, more than 130,000 flight routes, and over 360,000 activities and experiences. Over the last twenty years, Agoda developed a search experience that helps travelers find and book their dream trip on Agoda with ease and at the best available rates. To create this experience: Agoda records over 2 billion user interactions daily. These can be anything from a click or a scroll to selecting a filter option to find the perfect stay. Agoda handles 1 trillion price checks per day to find the best possible deals in accommodation, flights, and activities for its customers. Agoda runs over a thousand experiments daily to improve the user experience. The Agoda platform processes 12 petabytes (PB) of data each month – that's 12,000,000,000,000,000 bytes of storage per year. The Agoda mobile app has been downloaded more than 87 million times – making it the most downloaded OTA app in APAC outside of China according to Agoda CEO Omri Morgenshtern shared: "As we celebrate Agoda's 20th Birthday, we can proudly say that Agoda has truly become one of Asia Pacific's preferred travel marketplaces. Agoda's success comes from building a true tech company at scale. A piece of Silicon Valley in APAC. It's a story of relentless focus on pricing and a deep understanding of Asian cultures." Agoda's focus on innovation will continue to play a pivotal role in the company's future success, believes Morgenshtern. "There is growing demand among customers for more personalized experiences when booking travel. Understanding which properties and flights are perfect for which travelers is what we do well at Agoda, and innovative technologies like gen AI allow us to evolve our travel booking experience even further. We're in great shape to continue bridging the world through travel for the next 20 years." Building on its commitment to localization, Agoda's deep ties to the markets it serves extend beyond technology and travel. Through initiatives like the Eco Deals campaign, which has raised over USD 1.3 million for the World Wide Fund for Nature, technology workshops for students in Thailand to develop workplace skills, and over 17,000 volunteer hours contributed by Agodans to charitable causes globally, the company continues to give back, particularly in the APAC region, while fostering meaningful connections worldwide. The Birthday sale, with discounts of up to 70% on 21 May can be found on and in the Agoda mobile app. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Agoda
The Star
26-04-2025
- Business
- The Star
Digital travel platform celebrates birthday with travel discounts in May
Enjoy a trip to Bangkok, one of the top holiday destinations in APAC, with Agoda's birthday sale. — Unsplash It may not be your birthday but you're the one getting the gifts. Digital travel platform Agoda is turning 20 on May 19, and it plans to celebrate with a "global birthday sale". The company will be giving discounts of up to 70% on their platform. "As we celebrate Agoda's 20th birthday, we can proudly say that Agoda has become one of Asia Pacific's preferred travel marketplaces," Agoda's CEO, Omri Morgenshtern, said in a press statement. He added that the company's success comes from its strong tech foundation and "deep understanding of Asian cultures". It plans to keep improving with Artificial Intelligence and other tools to offer more personalised travel options. To meet customers', Agoda has developed a search experience that assists travellers in finding and booking their trip with ease. It does so by performing daily tasks that include handling one trillion price checks, recording over two billion user interactions, and running over 1,000 experiments to improve user experience. It also performs the monthly task of processing 12 petabytes (PB) of data, which translates to 12,000,000,000,000,000 bytes of yearly storage. The travel platform also gives back to the community, especially in the APAC region, through campaigns like Eco Deals, which has raised over RM5.7mil for wildlife conservation and tech workshops for students in Thailand. Agoda's 20th Birthday Sale will run from May 7-21 on and through its mobile app.
