Trivago Information

trivago was conceptualized in 2005 in Düsseldorf, Germany by 3 university friends: Rolf Schrömgens, Peter Vinnemeier and Stephan Stubner. Like most start-ups, the sites first iteration was deployed from a garage. In 2006 Stephan decided to become a professor, so Malte Siewert joined the founding team. Today, our leadership team consists of CEO Axel Hefer, CFO Matthias Tillmann, CTO James Carter, COO Johannes Thomas, CPO Anna Drüing and CMO Andrej Lehnert. With just 1.4m initial investment, trivago has grown to one of Europes most notable unicorns, with a circa 8bn in valuation. What was once a website only available in Germany, built by 3 guys in a garage, now operates in 55 global markets and employs over 1,200+ talents. We attribute trivago's success to our company culture built on human learning and emotional intelligence. This balance continues to attract the best talents from every corner of the globe. In the beginning, we were not entirely sure what direction we wanted to drive the business model, but we were very sure what kind of company we would like to run. Our team of creative and driven entrepreneurs come together to build a hotel search that is fast, intuitive and unbiased, with the longstanding mission To be the travelers first and independent source of information for finding the ideal hotel. We enable all our advertisers, from independent hoteliers to the largest hotel chains, to grow their businesses by accessing our broad audience of monthly users.