Trivago UK

trivago was conceptualized in 2005 in Düsseldorf, Germany by 3 university friends: Rolf Schrömgens, Peter Vinnemeier and Stephan Stubner. Like most start-ups, the sites first iteration was deployed from a garage. In 2006 Stephan decided to become a professor, so Malte Siewert joined the founding team. Today, the company's leadership team consists o... f CEO Axel Hefer, CFO Matthias Tillmann, CTO James Carter, COO Johannes Thomas, CPO Anna Drüing and CMO Andrej Lehnert. With just 1.4m initial investment, trivago has grown to one of Europes most notable unicorns, with a circa 8bn in valuation. What was once a website only available in Germany, built by 3 guys in a garage, now operates in 55 global markets and employs over 1,200+ talents. The company attribute trivago's success to the company's company culture built on human learning and emotional intelligence. This balance continues to attract the best talents from every corner of the globe. In the beginning, the company were not entirely sure what direction the company wanted to drive the business model, but the company were very sure what kind of company the company would like to run. The company's team of creative and driven entrepreneurs come together to build a hotel search that is fast, intuitive and unbiased, with the longstanding mission To be the travelers first and independent source of information for finding the ideal hotel. The company enables all the company's advertisers, from independent hoteliers to the largest hotel chains, to grow their businesses by accessing the company's broad audience of monthly users.Read More