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- It's really our mission to have happy travelers.
We want our customers to have the best time
they can have in a destination,
do stuff they would've never even imagined they could do
when they're on their holiday.
- Trip Advisor is the largest
and most popular travel brand in the world.
Here on the Experiences Team we're putting together
the biggest and best selection of things to do
so that millions of travelers around the world
can plan and book their next vacation.
- Our teams are so excited about the challenge
of disrupting a market that is very much offline.
Right now we are completely recreating the way we work
with suppliers and the way they can sell their tours
and experiences and activities on our platform.
We're making the business of selling experiences
far easier and more lucrative than it's ever been.
- Any time I get on the phone with a partner,
no matter where they are in the world,
usually the very first thing we talk about is
where did you go that weekend,
what'd you do, what vacation you were on most recently?
I mean you can really feel that love of adventure.
That's something that's so uniquely shared
within this industry.
- We're a global company, we have offices around the world
and that's part of what makes it interesting.
We have people that bring different points of view
and have diverse backgrounds.
- What I love about this place
is that there's so much openness
and there's so much cross collaboration,
I talk to people in London,
I talk to people in Sydney, all day.
- Our culture is very team oriented.
Collaborations are not just encouraged,
it's actually recognized as the most important thing.
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- We've built a creative environment designed
to support collaboration.
This means we have everything from stand up meeting rooms
through to couches, break out areas.
We've got a bar, a huge kitchen and fantastic terraces.
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- A big part of our company culture is making sure
that we're finding new opportunities and ways
to connect both internally within the office,
but externally outside, as well.
You know, we have sports leagues,
we celebrate every single holiday.
I mean working for an international company
and all of our employees come together to cook food
and just really share their personal cultures, as well.
- So there's a lot of opportunities
at Trip Advisor for career development
and mobility within the organization.
I started out as a product manager
in a vacation rental brands in the U.K.
and now seven years later I'm leading
a large product team here in San Francisco
on the other side of the world
for the Experiences Business Unit.
- Our world spans a large array of technologies,
languages and systems.
You could be working on a search
engine marketing platform today,
a data science problem tomorrow
and a website enhancement the day after.
- As you work on different part of system, you get to learn.
All the code base is public.
Everybody has access to everything.
If you're code, you can look at anybody's code.
That culture of openness actually makes you
a better doppler because you'd understand different styles
of coding and different styles of tech.
- I think that Trip Advisor allows you to fail,
but picks you up as you go.
So you always have support,
you can learn and adapt on the job.
- Engineers are more than just about building the solution,
they're part of the solution from start to finish.
They work with product managers to come up with ideas.
And then they sometimes work with user experience designers
to actually test the ideas.
They're not just handed a spec to build,
they're involved in all aspects of product development.
- Part of a company culture is acknowledging that
as a brand we have a tremendous impact on global community.
We have a lot of volunteer programs
that we can get involved with.
And you get to choose the ones that are meaningful to you.
- Experiences are the reason that people travel.
It's not to stay in a hotel,
it's not to take a primped flight somewhere,
it's really to make memories with their family and friends.
So it really feels like the business
that we're in has a purpose.
We've been rebuilding for growth over the past year.
It's really rewarding to feel like we're working
on something that's going to have
a long lasting impact on travelers.
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- The experienced world is growing so fast.
You know, I wanna be able to kinda shape
the Experience industry as it grows.
And that's kinda what we're doing here.
We have an awesome team, it's a super collaborative effort.
We're looking to make travel more accessible
and we're also looking to provide
the best traveler experience possible.
It's awesome knowing I'm a part of an industry leader
like Trip Advisor Experiences.
- Travel's one of my greatest passions,
so to be able to be part of a company
that really supports that and helps support my desire
to wanna see more of the world is really exciting.
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