lastminute.com
lastminute.com group is a European travel-tech leader that simplifies and personalizes travel through a portfolio of well-known brands. They specialize in dynamic holiday packages, leveraging proprietary technology to offer millions of customers a wide range of travel and leisure experiences.
Company facts
- Founded
- 1998
- Headquarters
- Netherlands
- CEO
- Alessandro Petazzi
About
At lastminute.com, we are at the forefront of revolutionizing the travel industry through groundbreaking technology and a relentless focus on innovation. As a European Travel-Tech leader, particularly in dynamic holiday packages, our core mission is to simplify, personalize, and enhance the travel experience for millions. We achieve this by leveraging our proprietary Dynamic Holiday Packaging engine, which allows us to offer unlimited real-time travel combinations, providing customers with exclusive deals and added protection as a fully licensed European tour operator. Our technological prowess extends to a sophisticated tech stack that includes tools like SAS, Docker, Spring Boot, Google Cloud, and OpenText (formerly Vertica), enabling us to manage and analyze vast amounts of data to deliver tailored travel solutions. This commitment to technology allows us to process billions of dynamic travel deals daily, distributing them across various channels, including our own websites, mobile apps, and partners like Facebook and Google. Innovation is embedded in our DNA, driving us to continuously evolve and adapt to the ever-changing travel landscape. We have embraced a 'Mobile First' design philosophy, recognizing the increasing dominance of mobile devices in travel planning and booking. Our investment in Big Data applications and a dedicated Data Science team allows us to harness the power of analytics to optimize marketing strategies and personalize customer offerings. Furthermore, we are pioneering new ways for travel brands to monetize content through our 'ContentHub' CMS, which integrates our programmatic adtech stack, enabling partners to create engaging microsites and generate publisher revenue seamlessly. Through strategic collaborations with technology partners like Thoughtworks and Productsup, we are constantly enhancing our engineering excellence, streamlining processes, and ensuring our platforms are scalable and efficient. Our vision is to design the future of travel and tourism, using digital technology as an enabler to create extraordinary impacts and provide a comprehensive, inspiring, and user-friendly booking experience for travelers across 40 countries and in 17 languages.