EDreams ODIGEO S A : to expand its tech force with 100+ new hires as it continues to outperform the market

eDreams ODIGEO to expand its tech force with 100+ new hires as it continues to outperform the market

• Europe's largest online travel company to hire 100+ new team members to its tech and product innovation divisions.

• This announcement comes as the Company sees continuous outperformance against the wider travel industry, with bookings for the last quarter largely surpassing pre-pandemic levels.

• eDreams ODIGEO operates in a hybrid, flexible working system aimed at driving flexibility and innovation

Barcelona, October 14, 2021. eDreams ODIGEO, Europe's largest online travel company, No 2 in flights globally and one of the largest European e-commerce companies, today announced further expansion with 100+ new employees to be recruited at the company's European tech hubs over the coming weeks.

As one of Europe's leading technology businesses, these hires will continue to bolster eDreams ODIGEO's tech and product teams allowing the company to further develop its industry-leading technology and create an even better, more personalised, customer experience through the use of cutting edge artificial intelligence and a more diverse range of travel products. The majority of openings will be in eDreams ODIGEO tech hub locations in Porto, Barcelona, Madrid and Milan.

This news comes after eDreams ODIGEO's recent trading updates which have shown the strong performance of the business and its success in growing its customer base and market share. Despite some travel restrictions still being in place, eDreams ODIGEO has continued to outperform its peers and in the months of June, July and August Bookings have largely surpassed pre-COVID levels.

As a leading company in the travel tech sector, eDreams ODIGEO is constantly exploring ways to innovate and offer its customers unique and exciting products. Prime, the world's first personalised travel subscription service, recently reached over 1.5 million members and is representative of the kind of innovative products that the Company is focused on developing through tech innovation in the travel sector.

The company recently took a new step in its talent management and operations strategy implementing an industry-first hybrid, flexible working system aimed at driving further flexibility and employee creativity in a post-pandemic environment.

eDreams ODIGEO is one of the largest European e-commerce companies and employs people from 46 nationalities across its European locations, including Barcelona, Madrid, Porto, Paris, Milan, Hamburg, Budapest and London.

Gerrit Goedkoop, Chief Operating Officer of eDreams ODIGEO, commented:"At the heart of our success are the talented people that work here. It is their expertise and effort that drives our technological innovation and allows us to continually set the bar higher in terms of customer experience. Our mission is to raise that bar again and again and to do that in a rapidly changing world we need the best talent. The travel industry is a €1 trillion market, one of the largest industries in the world and the largest e-commerce segment. We are proud to be leading this industry and to be transforming it through our innovative products and services.

"We are 100% committed to developing the people that make our businesses a success. We want to help them unlock their talents and use their unique skills to help the 17 million people that every year choose eDreams ODIGEO's online platforms to discover the world. Our commitment to our staff is embodied in our industry-first flexible working system that combines office and remote work, enabling our teams to deliver while providing comfortable and convenient environments to connect and collaborate, on and offline.

After exceptional growth in trading over the last months now we are thrilled to grow the eDreams ODIGEO family to continue innovating and reinventing travel."

About eDreams ODIGEO

eDreams ODIGEO is one of the world's largest online travel companies and one of the largest e-commerce businesses in Europe. Under its four leading online travel agency brands - eDreams, GO Voyages, Opodo, Travellink, and the metasearch engine Liligo - it serves more than 17 million customers per year across 45 markets. Listed on the Spanish Stock Market, eDreams ODIGEO works with over 650 airlines and has partnerships with 130. The brand offers the best deals in regular flights, low-cost airlines, hotels, cruises, car rental, dynamic packages, holiday packages and travel insurance to make travel easier, more accessible, and better value for consumers across the globe.