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We’re excited to share that Agoda’s ranked #6 on WorkVenture’s Top 50 Companies in Thailand 2023! Having moved up two spots from last year, this ranking means a lot to us as we aspire to be a better place for our employees to learn and grow while making a global impact and enjoying their journey. Huge thanks to our People team and all Agodans for continuing to make Agoda one of the best places to work.
Codegoda is a competition for coders by coders, organized annually by Agoda. This year, we’ve continued the success of our very own programming competition with an even bigger and more successful 2022 edition. Behind the scenes, our cross-department team took on the mission of organizing the region’s biggest coding competition. Here’s how we pulled it off.
Agoda’s parent company Booking Holdings has announced the promotion of Omri Morgenshtern to Chief Executive Officer of Agoda, effective 1 July 2022. John Brown will become Chair, Agoda. Omri, currently Chief Operating Officer, has worked for Agoda for eight years, and he has played a critical role alongside John in navigating Agoda’s growth through some of the toughest times in the travel industry. We are excited to see where his passion and vision for tech and travel takes us. Congratulations Omri and John - we look forward to Agoda’s next chapter of growth. 🚀 Read more: https://ago-da.co/3uPZZUZ #agoda #lifeatagoda
We are pleased to share that we have entered into a partnership agreement with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) on a joint integrated marketing campaign. 🇸🇬 Singapore has been Agoda’s home base for over 16 years now, and we are glad to be able to lend our insights, technology and travel expertise to help drive more inbound visitors from the region.
Technology is at the heart of our products. That’s why Tech is one of Agoda’s biggest teams, where smart, analytical, curious individuals solve tough problems and deliver cutting-edge solutions every day. We’re now a team of 1000+ people and growing. Each year, we bring in people from every part of the world to our tech offices in Bangkok, Singapore, India and Israel. Here, you’ll find all you need to know about how we hire for the Tech team at Agoda.
Codegoda is a programming competition by Agoda, with the aim to connect and inspire the coder communities around the world. Read on to find out how it all came about.
Diversity and inclusion are celebrated at Agoda, where our 4,000+ colleagues from 80+ nationalities bring their best to the table. Among our D&I initiatives, Agoda Colors is an important one, as it’s a support group of the LGBTQ+ community and allies across Agoda offices. So to celebrate Pride Month this year, we asked six members of Agoda Colors to share their pride stories. Red more in the link
Amitash Anand and Anjali Sharma, Full Stack Software Engineers, relocated to Bangkok, Thailand in 2020. Read on to learn how their relocation looked like during COVID-19 and how they find the tech community in their new city. 👇
Staying in a hotel room for two weeks is not the best experience one would face, especially when they just move to a new country. At Agoda, we bring in a lot of colleagues from countries across the globe to our biggest offices in Bangkok each year. And due to COVID-19, every person arriving in Thailand is required to stay in a State Quarantine, or in our case, Alternative State Quarantine for 15 days. Our Onboarding team addressed that and initiated what we call the ASQ Care Pack—a package of little things to brighten up one’s quarantine.
What would keep you in a company for 10 years? In September 2020, our CEO John Brown marked his 10th anniversary at Agoda. He began his career here when we were just 200 people and far less structured. He now leads a company that’s 20x larger. Agoda Careers chatted with him about his path to Agoda, being our first non-founder CEO, the challenges of COVID-19, and advice on how to succeed at Agoda.
