Booking.com To Open R&D Center In Israel

July 25, 2017 | Booking.com, the world’s largest hotel booking site, is opening a research and development center in Tel Aviv. It is projected that the company will recruit dozens of local employees by year’s end. Founded in 1996 by Geert-Jan Bruisma in Holland, Booking.com was sold to Priceline in 2005 for $135 million. Today, the corporation employs more than 15,000 people and books approximately 1.2 million room nights per day.