2024 sales: $166 billion
Previous ranking: 1
Employees: 24,300 full-time
800 Connecticut Ave.
Norwalk, CT 06854
Website Executives
EXECUTIVES CEO/DIRECTOR: Glenn Fogel
EVP/CFO: Ewout Steenbergen
EVP/GENERAL COUNSEL: Peter Millones
CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER: Paulo Pisano
COMPANY FACTS
* Publicly held company.
* Provides online travel and related services to consumers and local partners in more than 220 countries and territories with five primary consumer-facing brands: Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, Kayak and OpenTable.
* Subsidiary brands include Rocketmiles, Fareharbor, HotelsCombined, Cheapflights and Momondo.
DEVELOPMENTS
* Booked more than 1.1 billion room nights globally on its platforms.
* Its platforms provided more than 29 million individual listings, facilitated almost 50 million flight tickets and booked 83 million car rental days.
* Advanced its Connected Trip vision to create an easier, more personalized and responsive experience.
* Further innovated its AI capabilities on its AI Trip Planner and Priceline's travel assistant (Penny) as well as on components of other brands. The company worked with leading generative AI organizations on their agentic developments (i.e., AI that has the ability to act autonomously, take initiative and pursue goals).
* Expanded its merchant offerings, providing more flexibility and making it easier for travelers to pay and for partners to grow their businesses.
* Grew its supply of homes and alternative accommodations, reaching 7.9 million by year's end.
* Enhanced and expanded its Genius loyalty program, including into more travel verticals.
LOOKING AHEAD
* Continuing its mission to make it easier for everyone to experience the world and advancing its long-term Connected Trip vision, melding different elements of travel, and enhancing its offerings for travelers and partners through advancements such as generative AI.