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Number of employees at selected leading travel companies worldwide in 2024

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Release date

June 2025

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2024

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companies are ranked based on the highest gross sales in 2024

Supplementary notes

¹ Expedia Group did not take part in the survey provided by the source. Data came from the groups' public financial reports.

² 2024 data for American Express Travel was not available. In 2021, the source reported that the company had 5,845 employees.

³ Internova Travel Group: 3,217 full-time and 65 part-time employees.

⁴ 2024 data for Hopper was not available. In 2023, the source reported that the company had 700 full-time and one part-time employees.

⁵ Direct Travel: 1,800 full-time and 99 part-time employees.

⁶ AAA Travel: 3,878 full-time and 126 part-time employees.

⁷ World Travel Holdings: 1,285 full-time and eight part-time employees.

⁸ ATPI: 2,291 full-time and 187 part-time employees.

⁹ Arrivia: 2,087 full-time and five part-time employees.

¹⁰ World Travel Inc.: 486 full-time and 12 part-time employees.

The source only included companies generating at least 125 million U.S. dollars in travel sales in 2024, with a minimum of 15 percent of the sales volume in the United States. The companies also had to be the agent of record on the transaction from a supplier's perspective.

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Booking Holdings, whose brands include Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, and Kayak, recorded over * employees in 2024. That year, Expedia Group - operating brands such as Expedia, Hotels.com, Vrbo, and Trivago - employed roughly * ��Ǳ��.��

The two giants of the online travel market

In 2024, Booking Holdings was the leading travel company worldwide based on gross sales, at over *** billion U.S. dollars. Expedia Group ranked second, with gross sales surpassing *** billion U.S. dollars. In comparison, gross sales of all the other firms in the ranking amounted to under ** billion U.S. dollars, except American Express Global Business Travel.

What are the most visited travel websites?

As of February 2026, the website of Booking Holdings' brand Booking.com topped the ranking of the most visited travel and tourism websites worldwide. Meanwhile, the web page of Expedia, a brand of Expedia Group, placed seventh.