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Despegar

Travel TechArgentina

Despegar.com Corp. (Despegar) is an online travel company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded in 1999 and operates a booking platform for airline tickets, hotels, package tours, and other travel products in Latin America.

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Despegar at a glance

Despegar is a travel tech company headquartered in Argentina. Xcout recorded 240 job postings from Despegar in the last 90 days, naming tools such as Power BI, HubSpot, Jira.

Industry
Travel Tech
Headquarters
Argentina
Employees
4,500
Job postings recorded (90 days)
240
Xcout AI Rank
5/100 ▼
Xcout Green Rank
0/100

Hiring at Despegar

Xcout recorded 240 job postings from Despegar in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since June 2026.

Tools named in Despegar's job postings

Power BIHubSpotJiraServiceNow

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Hiring vs the trend

In line in AI hiring

Based on 163 job postings in the last 8 weeks (10 Aug – 4 Oct 2026), compared with 46 startup consumer cyclical companies.

This describes a hiring pattern — how often Despegar’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.

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Tech stack

PythonAWSJavaKubernetes

Despegar competitors

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Trip.com09961 · Travel TechChina
65% matchPublic

Trip.com Group Limited, a leading global travel service provider established in 1999 and based in Shanghai, China, offers an extensive range of travel and related solutions to customers worldwide. The company serves as a booking agent for accommodations and diverse transportation methods, including air, rail, long-distance bus, and ferry travel. It offers various packaged tour options, from organized group and semi-group excursions to personalized itineraries that can combine air travel, cruises, or car rentals. To enhance the traveler's journey, Trip.com Group also provides services such as travel insurance (covering flight delays, accidents, and baggage loss), flight status tracking, online check-in, express security screening, and airport VIP lounge access. Additionally, it supports travelers with in-destination services like local transportation, activity and event tickets, visa assistance, and guided tours. For corporate clients, the company delivers comprehensive travel management solutions. These include facilitating business visits, incentive trips, and conferences, complemented by data collection, cost analysis, and an integrated online platform for booking, authorization, and reporting. Beyond its core travel offerings, Trip.com Group is also involved in online advertising and financial services. It operates under several well-known brands, including Ctrip, Qunar, Trip.com, and Skyscanner. The company, originally named Ctrip.com International, Ltd., officially changed to Trip.com Group Limited in October 2019.

Market cap$26.9B
Employees43,574
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Trip.com Group0I50 · Travel TechSingapore, Singapore
65% matchPublic

Trip.com Group Limited operates as a leading global travel platform, delivering a comprehensive array of services to both leisure and business travelers across China and internationally. For individual customers, the company acts as an intermediary, facilitating hotel bookings and providing a broad spectrum of transportation ticketing, including flights, trains, intercity buses, and ferries. To enhance the travel experience, it also offers diverse travel insurance policies (e.g., for flight delays, accidents, or lost baggage) and value-added air travel services such as ticket delivery, online check-in, seat selection, expedited security screening, real-time flight tracking, and exclusive airport lounge access. Beyond individual bookings, Trip.com Group curates various packaged tour products for independent leisure travelers, spanning group, semi-group, and fully customized itineraries. These packages often integrate diverse transportation methods, from air and cruise to bus and car rentals, alongside accommodation. Its in-destination offerings encompass local transport, event tickets, activities, insurance, visa assistance, and professional tour guide services, ensuring comprehensive on-site support. For its corporate clientele, the company furnishes tailored solutions encompassing business visits, incentive travel, and meeting and conference planning. It also provides an advanced Corporate Travel Management System – an integrated online platform that facilitates information management, online booking with authorization workflows, real-time inquiries, and comprehensive travel reporting. This system is designed to enable data collection and analysis, industry benchmarking, and significant cost-saving optimization for businesses. In addition, the group extends into supplementary areas such as online advertising and financial services. The company manages a portfolio of well-known travel brands, including Ctrip, Qunar, Trip.com, and Skyscanner. Originally established in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, in 1999, the entity was initially known as Ctrip.com International, Ltd. before officially rebranding as Trip.com Group Limited in October 2019.

Market cap$27.7B
Employees43,574
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