Our Story
Enabling travel for more than a quarter of a century.
We have been enabling travel for more than 25 years. Explore our history, key milestones & timelines and values that have made our successes and growth possible.
Our Story
We have been enabling travel for more than 25 years. Explore our history, key milestones & timelines and values that have made our successes and growth possible.
In 1998, Webjet began as a small start-up seeking to disrupt traditional norms in the highly competitive online travel industry. In just over 10 years, Webjet OTA became the #1 OTA in the Australian and New Zealand market. Our success was fuelled by a culture founded on customer focus, innovation, and creativity.
We took this culture overseas in 2013 when we established WebBeds in Dubai, and again sought to disrupt the industry, although this time in B2B travel trade (wholesale) distribution. In just over 6 years, WebBeds became the #2 global B2B provider.
And then in 2016, we acquired GoSee (then Online Republic) as we saw a company with massive potential, with a culture that was extremely similar to ours and with established leadership positions in their travel B2C travel verticals.
We acquired Trip Ninja, a travel tech business providing complex travel itinerary automation technology, that will allow the Webjet OTA to offer highly competitive, complex multi-stop travel itineraries. Trip Ninja’s proprietary technology improves content efficiency so that travel intermediaries can achieve their goals faster, and more profitably, using sophisticated machine learning technology and AI-driven algorithms.
In 2024, Webjet Group demerged from the Web Travel Group (formerly Webjet Limited) creating two independent and simplified companies, improving our ability to pursue independent strategic priorities and growth agendas relevant to our businesses.
Today, our digital consumer travel brands sell travel all over the world, supported by smart technology we build and invest in that differentiates our offerings and make booking and transacting travel better.
You can find out more about our businesses in Our Brands section.
Meet the team responsible for the success of the Webjet Group and its businesses.
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