Name: trivago
Website:www.trivago.com
Owner:Expedia,Inc.
Do you know trivago if you love staying in a hotel or love to travel this is for you.i remember the first time I see the commercial of trivago I tell my self it's a interesting concept actually see what hotel type you want find best hotel for you .it help you to find the best hotel that suit to you budget they do to make people life easier.
TRIVAGO APP
trivago offers a free app for its Hotel Search product on both iOS and Android.In addition to the hotel search feature, the app provides interactive maps and displays accommodations in close proximity to the user's current location.
The trivago App has been listed in Mashable's 25 Apps to save you money,USA Today's 10 best apps for booking your stay,the Independent in Ireland as an app to save you time and money and Australia's News.com.au as one of the top apps to take on holiday.
The company was founded in Düsseldorf, Germany in January 2005. Seeing an opportunity in the hotel search space, the founding team developed Germany’s first hotel search engine. Shortly after launch, Stubner resigned as Managing Director, but the three other founders remain.
Initially, trivago received €1 million from investors, including the Samwer brothers, Florian Heinemann and Christian Vollmann. In 2008, trivago received $1.14 million in Series B funding from the British company HOWZAT media LLP. [5] In December 2010, trivago sold a quarter of the company for $52.86M to a US investment fund, Insight Venture Partners.
In December 2012, Expedia, an American travel company, announced that it would acquire a 61.6% stake in trivago for US$632 million.The deal was completed in 2013.
In December 2014, trivago acquired mobile app product and development company Rheinfabrik. After the acquisition, Rheinfabrik remains independent from trivago in its work.[8
In 2015, Andrej Lehnertand Johannes Thomas (Hotel Sales, Business) joined trivago's Managing Director team. In 2015, trivago reported more than $500 million in revenue,[11] and said its revenue had doubled every year from 2008 to 2015.
In March 2016, trivago announced it had acquired 52.3% of Cloud-PMS company Base7booking, after taking majority control of the Switzerland-based company in the third quarter of 2015. trivago integrated Base7booking's property management system, which enables small and independent hoteliers to manage daily operations, run reports, send invoices and manage digital and email marketing.
In April 2016, trivago reached 1000 employees and began building a new campus in Düsseldorf.
On December, 16, 2016, trivago became publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol. Expedia retains 64.7% of voting rights and 59.7% of economic rights.
My conclusion:
It's a great thing that they make trivago it make the life of so many people easier .it also help you love to travel and have no time to do research to find your best location.
