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Skyscanner

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29: 1148: 367: 227:. Skyscanner opened an office in Singapore in September 2011, which is headquarters for its Asia-Pacific operations. In 2012, a Beijing office was added, as Skyscanner began a partnership with 792: 269:
In 2020, after COVID-19, 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.
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purchased an interest in Skyscanner that valued the company at $ 800 million. In June 2014, Skyscanner acquired Youbibi, a travel search engine company based in
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By 2013, the company employed over 180 people. In February 2013, Skyscanner announced plans to open a United States base in
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In January 2016, the company raised $ 192 million based on a $ 1.6 billion valuation for the company.
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By February 2015, the company employed 600 people, double the employment of 18 months earlier.
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In 2009, the year after SEP invested in the business, Skyscanner reported its first profit.
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professionals. The Edinburgh office was opened in 2004.
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In 2017, Ctrip bought the Trip.com domain and launched
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Index


Subsidiary
Edinburgh
CEO
chairperson
Parent
Trip.com Group
www.skyscanner.com
search aggregator
travel agency
Edinburgh
Scotland
information technology
Zoombu
Baidu
Miami
Sequoia Capital
Shenzhen
Trip.com Group
Trip.com
Booking.com
Super.com
Kayak
JetRadar
"Skyscanner soars to record revenues under Chinese ownership"
"United by a love of travel"
"How to launch a great business"
The Independent
"In pictures: inside Skyscanner's head office"
"Travel firm secures major investment"

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