Skyscanner
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Skyscanner Ltd. is a British search aggregator and travel agency based in Edinburgh, Scotland and operating since 2002.
History
The company was formed by three information technology professionals.[1] The Edinburgh office was opened in 2004.[2]
In 2009, the year after SEP invested in the business, Skyscanner reported its first profit.[3]
In 2011, Skyscanner acquired Zoombu.[4] Skyscanner opened an office in Singapore in September 2011, which is headquarters for its Asia-Pacific operations.[5] In 2012, a Beijing office was added, as Skyscanner began a partnership with Baidu, China's largest search engine.[6]
By 2013, the company employed over 180 people.[7] In February 2013, Skyscanner announced plans to open a United States base in Miami.[7] In October 2013, Sequoia Capital purchased an interest in Skyscanner that valued the company at $800 million.[8] In June 2014, Skyscanner acquired Youbibi, a travel search engine company based in Shenzhen, China.[9]
By February 2015, the company employed 600 people, double the employment of 18 months earlier.[10]
In January 2016, the company raised $192 million based on a $1.6 billion valuation for the company.[11]
In November 2016, a Chinese company Trip.com Group (formerly Ctrip) bought Skyscanner for $1.75 billion.[12] Following the sale to Ctrip, Skyscanner's largest shareholder, SEP, completed its exit from the business.[13]
In 2017, Ctrip bought the Trip.com domain and launched Trip.com. The original platform became a subsidiary of Skyscanner.[14]
In 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced that it would lay off 300 employees (20% of its staff). It was likely to close two offices in Budapest, Hungary and Sofia, Bulgaria.[15]
In May 2025, the company announced the appointment of Bryan Batista, its chief operations officer, as its new chief executive replacing John Mangelaars.[16] Batista took up the role from 1 June 2025.[16]
See also
References
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External links
- Pages with script errors
- Trip.com Group
- Metasearch engines
- Travel ticket search engines
- Universal Windows Platform apps
- British travel websites
- British companies established in 2002
- Transport companies established in 2002
- Internet properties established in 2002
- 2016 mergers and acquisitions
- British subsidiaries of foreign companies
- Companies based in Edinburgh
- 2002 establishments in Scotland