{"id":350,"date":"2020-09-14T16:04:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T13:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turizmpress.com\/en\/?p=350"},"modified":"2020-09-14T16:04:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T13:04:36","slug":"booking-com-to-close-5-offices-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turizmpress.com\/en\/technology\/booking-com-to-close-5-offices-globally\/","title":{"rendered":"Booking.com to close 5 offices globally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Booking.com, one of the giants of online travel, is closing at least five offices globally, including two offices in the UK (London and Cambridge), Bellevue-Washington (USA) Toronto (Canada) and Split (Croatia).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>According to the Shorttermrentalz portal, the company announced the layoffs and other cost measures on Thursday, September 10, during a live meeting with more than 800 employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Booking.com announced in early August that 25% of the company&#8217;s employees had to be redundant due to the covid-19 crisis .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>400 workers in the UK, 235 in Washington, about 500 in Canada, and 10 in Croatia are expected to be affected by the relevant decisions. 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