Igor Simonow

Co-Founder at HolidayPirates

Igor Simonow co-founded the HolidayPirates Group in 2011 and served as the CEO for several years. Under their leadership, HolidayPirates expanded to operate in 10 countries with 6 offices and over 200 employees. In 2018, Igor joined Entrepreneur First as a cohort member, where they contributed to the creation of startups and received funding and support for building cofounding teams and accelerating business growth. Entrepreneur First has a strong track record, having built over 150 companies and a portfolio valued over $1 billion.

Igor Simonow earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management, General from Hochschule Bielefeld, where they studied from 2006 to 2011.

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Dortmund, Germany

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HolidayPirates

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Founded in 2011, the HolidayPirates Group is one of the fastest growing international travel companies, offering the best inspiration source and travel search for flights, hotels, and packages through its multiple travel portals.HolidayPirates has more than 180 employees from 28 different countries, operating across 10 websites in 7 differentlanguages. Currently these are Germany, the UK, The Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Poland, France, Spain, Switzerland, and most recently, the USA. 

 In key markets the group has founded legal entities: VoyagesPirates SAS in France; HolidayPirates Ltd. in London; TravelPirates Corp. in the US; ViajerosPiratas LC in Spain. Other subsidiary companies are Flynder GmbH in Berlin (specialized on flights) and PirateTechnologies d.o.o in Serbia as the groups own technology center.In July 2016 more than 6.8 million Facebook fans had liked HolidayPirates globally making the brand the most popular one globally within the travel industry. Over 4 million App downloads have been carried out so far.With HolidayPirates, instead of confusing product portfolios, travellers can find inspiration for their next holiday at reasonable prices. HolidayPirates' editorial teams publish best value for money hotels, flights, and package trips which are researched daily and compiled from numerous other websites. These are either curated manually or by the own sophisticated search and valuation algorithm.


Headquarters

Berlin, Germany

Employees

51-200

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