AMSTERDAM, November 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Former top tech exec from StubHub,
Citibank and Amazon joins leading digital travel
platform
Today Booking.com, one of the world's largest travel e-commerce
companies and a digital technology leader, announced that
Matt Swann has joined the company's
leadership team as Chief Technology Officer. In this role, Matt
will lead Booking.com's full stack technology strategy to support
the company's continued growth as a global technology leader in
travel and experiences, working to create an even more seamless
end-to-end technology experience for travelers.
Matt joins Booking.com from leading Silicon Valley-based event
and ticketing marketplace StubHub, where he also served as CTO,
leading the company's technology strategy to drive growth and
innovation for the business.
"I'm really thrilled to be embarking on this new adventure with
Booking.com," said Swann. "The brand's relentless focus on
customer-centric innovation, along with their continued
applications of new technologies to truly enhance the traveler
experience presents an exciting opportunity to help one of the
world's largest global brands continue to push the boundaries of
technology innovation. I'm looking forward to diving in with the
Booking.com team to help further the brand's mission to help people
experience the world."
"We're very excited to be welcoming Matt to the Booking.com
team," said Gillian Tans, President and Chief Executive Officer at
Booking.com. "His long history leading high-performing tech
organizations in the e-commerce space, as well as his broad
expertise in everything from AI to event ticketing to international
payments will help propel the next waves of innovation and growth
at Booking.com, empowering us to develop entirely new travel
experiences for our customers."
Matt previously served as Chief Information Officer at Citibank,
where he set the technical vision and strategy for one of the
world's largest and most scalable financial platforms, as well as
Vice President and Global Payments Chief at Amazon, where he and
his teams delivered a revolutionary mobile commerce system that
enabled hundreds of millions of customers to buy and sell on the
platform.
Matt holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University and will be relocating
from San Francisco to Amsterdam, where Booking.com's HQ and primary
technology center are located.
About Booking.com:
Established in 1996 in Amsterdam, Booking.com B.V. has grown from a
small Dutch start-up to one of the largest travel e-commerce
companies in the world. Part of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:
BKNG), Booking.com now employs more than 17,000 employees in 198
offices in 70 countries worldwide.
With a mission to empower people to experience the world,
Booking.com invests in digital technology that helps take the
friction out of travel. At Booking.com, we connect travelers with
the world's largest selection of incredible places to stay,
including everything from apartments, vacation homes, and
family-run B&Bs to 5-star luxury resorts, tree houses and even
igloos. The Booking.com website and mobile apps are available in 43
languages, offer 29 million total reported listings and cover more
than 143,000 destinations in 230 countries and territories
worldwide.
Each day, more than 1.5 million room nights are reserved on our
platform. So whether traveling for business or leisure, customers
can instantly book their ideal place to stay quickly and easily
with Booking.com, without booking fees and backed up by our promise
to price match. Via our customer experience team, customers can
reach Booking.com 24/7 for assistance and support in 43 languages,
any time of the day or night.
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CONTACT DETAILS
For further information, please contact the Booking.com Press
Office:mediarelations@booking.com
SOURCE Booking.com