Urlaubspiraten.de

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Urlaubspiraten.de

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legal form HolidayPirates GmbH brand
founding 2011
Seat Berlin , Germany
management David Armstrong-Garrycastle
Number of employees 200 (2017)
sales 362 million euros mediated travel sales (2017)
Branch to travel
Website www.urlaubspiraten.de

Urlaubspiraten.de is a website that mediates trips in the German-speaking market. The owner and operator is HolidayPirates GmbH , which is based in Berlin . The website, which originally emerged from a travel blog, publishes travel offers and vouchers. The bloggers look for these offers on the Internet, i. H. with tour operators or other online platforms, and then publish them on the website, the app and on the social media platforms. In addition to the offers, information on travel services, destinations and hotel reviews can be found on the Urlaubspiraten page.

Similar to social commerce companies , users can comment, exchange ideas with other users and receive travel tips from the editors.

history

The travel blog Urlaubspiraten.de started in 2011. The idea comes from Igor Simonow, who began as a student to track down and publish cheap travel offers on the Internet. In 2012 Igor Simonow and Sebastian Kaatz founded HolidayPirates GmbH.

Founder Igor Simonow was awarded the “Top under 30” prize by the tourism trade magazine FVW in September 2014 , which is given annually to young tourism professionals under 30 years of age.

Since November 2014, the management has been strengthened by the former FTI manager David Armstrong, who took up the position of Chief Operating Officer and has been the Group's Chief Executive Officer since mid-2016 . At the beginning of 2018, the C-Level was increased internally by three people, as a result of which the founders left the operational business.

International

In addition to Germany, HolidayPirates GmbH also offers websites in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Poland, France and the USA. In November 2014 VoyagesPirates SAS was founded in Lyon, France, and in February 2015 HolidayPirates Ltd. in London. Since May and June 2015, the offers have also been available for target groups in Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. In 2016, the branch in the USA (Boston) and a technology center in Belgrade were opened.

In Austria and Switzerland, the company operates the offer on the websites Urlaubspiraten.at and Ferienpiraten.ch respectively.

facts and figures

On February 13, 2017, Alexa Internet Inc. listed the site in 747th place among the most visited websites in Germany. In July 2016, around 130 employees worked for the company worldwide. In December 2017, 200 employees worldwide including the foreign subsidiaries were named.

In 2014 the company brokered around 30,000 package tours and around 10,000 flights in Germany and achieved travel sales of 70 million euros. In 2015, brokered travel sales reached 120 million euros. In 2016 it was 258 million euros. For 2017, 362 million euros are given.

In the ranking of the fastest growing online companies by Gründerszene.de, the company reached 8th place across all industries in 2015. In February 2017, over 7.7 million Facebook users liked the fan page . According to SimilarWeb , the German website had over 6.5 million visits in January 2017 . The company is a member of the Federal Association of German Startups and the Travel Industry Club .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Imprint of HolidayPirates GmbH. In: Imprint of HolidayPirates GmbH. Accessed January 31, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Bargain portals on the Internet. In: Spiegel Online. November 8, 2013, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  3. ↑ travel bargains online. In: PC Magazin. July 26, 2013, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Blogs unlock the secret of travel bookings. In: Welt.de. June 8, 2013, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Popular with Facebook users: Urlaubspiraten.de. In: Voices.de. January 15, 2015, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Simonow, Igor - short biography. (No longer available online.) In: Radio Berlin. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016 ; accessed on February 13, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.radioberlin.de
  7. ↑ BERLIN, but great - HolidayPirates. In: Der Tagesspiegel. March 14, 2013, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Holiday portals: How serious are the low-cost providers? In: New Osnabrück Newspaper. March 22, 2014, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  9. ↑ fvw honors Germany's best young tourism professionals. In: fvw media. September 23, 2014, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  10. ↑ HolidayPirates GmbH brings David Armstrong on board. In: HolidayPirates. November 18, 2014, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Section "Our Captains". (No longer available online.) In: HolidayPirates. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017 ; accessed on February 13, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / holidaypirates.group
  12. ↑ Urlaubspiraten founder withdraws from company. In: Gründerszene. January 24, 2018, accessed June 14, 2018 .
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  14. ↑ Travel bargain portal now also in Switzerland. In: hotel revue. June 30, 2015, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Urlaubspiraten founder Igor Simonow. In: Berlin.de. July 12, 2016, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  16. ↑ How popular is urlaubspiraten.de? In: Alexa.com. Retrieved February 13, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Urlaubspiraten founder Igor Simonow. (No longer available online.) In: BerlinOnline. July 12, 2016, archived from the original on August 16, 2016 ; accessed on February 13, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.berlinonline.de
  18. ↑ HolidayPirates Group: Users saved around 173.5 million euros in 2017. In: business24-ch. December 19, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
  19. ↑ This is how holiday pirates live. In: Gründerszene. March 5, 2015, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  20. ↑ Grab the vacation app. In: Focus Online. July 4, 2015, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  21. ↑ On tour with the privateers. In: Berliner Zeitung. March 10, 2016, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  22. ↑ Urlaubspiraten is one of the strongest brands among online travel portals. In: Mittelstand Nachrichten. April 23, 2015, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  23. ↑ Good wind in the sail. In: brand eins. July 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017 .
  24. ↑ The holiday pirates board Switzerland. In: travelnews.ch. July 7, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017 .
  25. ↑ HolidayPirates Group: Users saved around 173.5 million euros in 2017. In: business24-ch. December 19, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
  26. ↑ Hand-picked travel packages at competitive prices. In: Gründerszene. December 20, 2015, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  27. ↑ Holiday pirate likes. In: Facebook. Retrieved February 13, 2017 .
  28. ↑ Traffic Overview. In: Similarweb. Retrieved February 13, 2017 .
  29. ↑ Directory of Members. In: Federal Association of German Startups. Retrieved February 13, 2017 .
  30. ^ Members. In: Travel Industry Club. Retrieved February 13, 2017 .