Our Story
Enabling travel for more than a quarter of a century.
We have been enabling travel for more than 25 years. Explore our history, key milestones & timelines and values that have made our successes and growth possible.
Our Story
We have been enabling travel for more than 25 years. Explore our history, key milestones & timelines and values that have made our successes and growth possible.
In 1998, Webjet began as a small start-up seeking to disrupt traditional norms in the highly competitive online travel industry. In just over 10 years, Webjet OTA became the #1 OTA in the Australian and New Zealand market. Our success was fuelled by a culture founded on customer focus, innovation, and creativity.
We took this culture overseas in 2013 when we established WebBeds in Dubai, and again sought to disrupt the industry, although this time in B2B travel trade (wholesale) distribution. In just over 6 years, WebBeds became the #2 global B2B provider.
And then in 2016, we acquired GoSee (then Online Republic) as we saw a company with massive potential, with a culture that was extremely similar to ours and with established leadership positions in their travel B2C travel verticals.
We acquire Trip Ninja, a travel tech business providing complex travel itinerary automation technology, that will allow the Webjet OTA to offer highly competitive, complex multi-stop travel itineraries. Trip Ninja’s proprietary technology improves content efficiency so that travel intermediaries can achieve their goals faster, and more profitably, using sophisticated machine learning technology and AI-driven algorithms.
In 2024, Webjet Group demerged from the Web Travel Group (formerly Webjet Limited) creating two independent and simplified companies, improving our ability to pursue independent strategic priorities and growth agendas relevant to our businesses.
Today, our digital consumer travel brands sell travel all over the world, supported by smart technology we build and invest in that differentiates our offerings and make booking and transacting travel better.
You can find out more about our businesses in Our Brands section.
All of our successes and growth have been made possible by our culture, embodied in our people, which is underpinned by five key values – Respect, Integrity, Delivering Value, Agility & Hunger to Win. Ensuring we remain true to our values will be a key driver for delivering on future successes.
Our people are our greatest asset. They bring passion, commitment, dedication, and pride in what they do. We respect each other, we value collaboration, we are prepared to have robust debate and we have fun in what we do.
We are focused on delivering superior outcomes. We always seek to do the right thing and value integrity, accountability and delivering quality in everything we do.
We are focused on delivering high quality products, excellence in customer service, maintaining strong relationships with our supply partners, providing an engaging and supportive work environment for our employees, and delivering value for our shareholders and the broader community.
Unafraid to disrupt traditional norms, we constantly challenge ourselves to look for new ways to win and deliver value. Our people are agile and nimble and we empower them to effect change.
As we grow, we remember our humble roots and always strive to retain the spirit that comes with being the challenger brand. We constantly seek to challenge ourselves to find new growth opportunities, innovations and creative ways to deliver value across all aspects of our business. We value curiosity, being brave and having confidence to try new things.
Meet the team responsible for the success of the Webjet Group and its businesses.
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To help people travel by seamlessly integrating world class technology to offer unparalleled choice and convenience.
To enhance the leadership positions of our online travel marketplaces in Australia and New Zealand.