Founded in 1996 in Amsterdam, Booking.com has grown from a small Dutch startup to one of the world’s leading digital travel companies. Part of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), Booking.com’s mission is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

By investing in the technology that helps take the friction out of travel, Booking.com seamlessly connects millions of travellers with memorable experiences, a range of transport options and incredible places to stay - from homes to hotels and much more. As one of the world’s largest travel marketplaces for both established brands and entrepreneurs of all sizes, Booking.com enables properties all over the world to reach a global audience and grow their businesses.

In this session we will explore how Booking.com is using APIs to enable the business to offer new experiences and options to travellers, diving into how success measures evolved as the platform was developed, and how to manage API traffic at scale as the world starts to pack and explore post pandemic.

In this session, you will also discover how Booking.com’s API strategy is:

• Scaling across this global business consisting of multiple companies
• Focussing on delivering key business outcomes
• Helping the business evolve, grow, and orchestrate the most compelling connected trip