Travel Site Opens HQ In Manchester

Booking.com to open a new global HQ in Manchester.

12:30 07 August 2018

Tech giant Booking.com has announced plans to invest £100million in Manchester to further grow its reach. It has revealed that it will occupy 222,000 sq ft of space at Allied London’s St John’s Quarter scheme for its ground transportation division, rentalcars.com. The company will also consolidate its four existing city centre sites in 201 Deansgate, Sunlight House and 35 and 42 Fountain Street.

 

Ian Brown, chief executive of Booking.com's transport division, said: "We are committed to the city of Manchester and to its future as one of Europe’s largest and most important tech hubs,"

 

"Our operations in Manchester form a critical part of our global infrastructure and we have big ambitions to grow here over the next 12 years.

 

"To do this, we need to continue to invest in our people, our offices and technology, and our local community - not least in education and enterprise."

 

Sir Richard Leese, the leader of Manchester City Council, described the announcement as a “major vote of confidence in Manchester.”

 

He said: "As the anchor tenant in Enterprise City, Booking.com's ground transport global headquarters will also help stimulate Europe's fastest growing tech and creative hub.”