Booking.com Champions Women in Tech
Booking.com, the global technology leader connecting travellers with the widest choice of incredible places to stay, announced an exclusive partnership with the ‘Women in Tech’ track of Web Summit. As part of this initiative, Web Summit and Booking.com are together launching ‘Women In Tech Mentor Programme’, the first Women in Tech Track mentoring initiative at the event.
Web Summit is one of the world’s most highly regarded technology events which brings together Fortune 500 companies, groundbreaking startups and world-class speakers to celebrate the latest advancements in technology. The ‘Women In Tech Mentor Programme’ is a new component of Web Summit’s Women in Tech initiative which was launched in 2015 and aims to encourage open discussion about gender diversity in the technology industry. The on-site mentorship programme will give attendees an opportunity to hear from some of the most inspiring women in the technology industry and get one-to-one mentoring sessions to help them on their journey to charting their own path in tech.
As part of this initiative, Web Summit has pledged to give away 14,000 free tickets to women interested in attending the 2017 event. Since the start of this programme two years ago, the percentage of female attendees has risen to 42% which makes Web Summit one of the most gender balanced tech events globally.
“Diversity of all kinds has been core to Booking.com’s culture since the company was founded 20 years ago. Our workforce is truly global, it consists of 150 different nationalities, and more than half is made up by women”, said Gillian Tans, CEO of Booking.com.
