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As an American, I find there are better tools for finding domestic flights. However, for international flights, Skyscanner is always my go to tool.
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Business is increasingly global. Deals of this nature are not so surprising. Would you expand on your comment?
So if Twitter were bought by a Chinese company it would be the same as being bought by a British company?
Skyscanner is based in Edinburgh, with another large office in Glasgow. This is huge news for the Scottish tech scene, and will hopefully bring much needed cash to help it thrive. There's a lot of interesting stuff happening here in all types of tech. Sadly Scotland's other unicorn, FanDuel, looks set to close its hq in Edinburgh after merging with draft kings. However, that will probably release a lot of talent to h…
Does that mean you're living there? I'm curious what the prospects are like there.
There's been more discussion lately about us Americans looking for work abroad. My wife is finally on board with making a move out of the US as a family, so I'm glad it's being discussed more.
Do they use ITA as their back end software?
As an American, I find there are better tools for finding domestic flights. However, for international flights, Skyscanner is always my go to tool.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
So if Twitter were bought by a Chinese company it would be the same as being bought by a British company?
I have a hard time understanding what's implied by questions like this, particularly in online forums. I'd rather not assume, as that could easily lead to misunderstanding. In the interest of discussion, would you say what you mean rather than make me guess?
As an American, I find there are better tools for finding domestic flights. However, for international flights, Skyscanner is always my go to tool.
The company was formed in 2001 by three IT professionals, Gareth Williams, Barry Smith and Bonamy Grimes, after one of them was frustrated by the difficulties of finding cheap flights to ski resorts. [1] Lessons: scratching a trivial-seeming personal itch can pay off handsomely in the long term. And it takes a loooong time to make it big in travel. Like most travel startup founders who've attended industry events ove…
During my interview process, I had an hour session with Gareth, and since joining the company in February, have had several opportunities to work with him directly.
He is a very kind person, and works hard to take care of both his team and our travelers. It's actually a core part of how we do business: the needs of the traveler come first, and our profit metrics come second.
I'm glad to see people like that be successful.