As the global online travel market continues to expand, Booking.com sought an online learning platform that could help its younger employees develop their technical and leadership skills to grow individually and push the company forward.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0We were looking to create a culture of learning in general, but wanted to specifically encourage internal Booking.com employees to develop new skills and find new opportunities within our company, rather than leave us after a few years,\u00a0\u00bb explains Kirk Davies, Digital Learning Manager at Booking.com.<\/p>\n
To address its global millennial learning needs, Booking.com wanted to partner with Udemy Business. Since launching Udemy Business, Booking.com\u2019s Digital Learning Team has enabled their employees to \u201cown\u201d their personal development by encouraging them to take courses on topics such as management and leadership development, public
\nspeaking, data science and web development.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0In particular, our younger workforce likes the breadth of courses within Udemy and the flexibility of the mobile app,\u00a0\u00bb says Ajay Jacob, Digital Learning Specialist at Booking.com.<\/p>\n
An employee stated within the company\u2019s internal social channel, \u00ab\u00a0It\u2019s amazing how technology and learning can transform you within minutes! Using Udemy\u2019s iPhone app, I managed to download an amazing course just moments before boarding London Underground and ended my 45 minute train journey (quite boring usually) feeling so
\nempowered.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n
Using Udemy Business, Booking.com immediately saw an increase in engagement compared to their previous learning solution. The average user has already spent 5+ hours learning on the platform. \u201cPreviously, we offered a stipend for employees to access learning from an external provider. Adoption for this was quite low,\u201d states Kirk Davies.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0When we switched over to Udemy Business, we saw engagement increase drastically and heard very positive feedback from employees about the new platform.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n
People at Booking.com are excited to take ownership over their skills development and push their careers forward. \u00ab\u00a0Udemy is a nice way to not only learn something new, but also kickstart your brain a bit by injecting something fresh into it,\u00a0\u00bb shares another Booking.com employee.<\/p>\n
As Booking.com connects more travelers to destinations around the world, they plan to continue to nurture their employees so they can grow and ultimately add value to the business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Booking.com takes millennials on a new learning journey with Udemy for Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":630,"template":"templates\/full-width.php","resource_type":[7],"class_list":["post-731","customers","type-customers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resource_type-case-study","post","with-featured-image"],"acf":{"customer_logo":false,"customer_description":"Founded in 1996, Booking.com is an online accommodations booking website based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The company offers reservations for various hotels for leisure and business markets worldwide and has operated as a subsidiary of The Priceline Group, Inc. since 2005.","case_study_pdf":"https:\/\/info.udemy.com\/rs\/273-CKQ-053\/images\/Udemy - Booking.com - Case Study.pdf","key_results":true,"key_results1_number":"13%","key_results1_text":"of Booking.com user activity spent on mobile","key_results2_number":"5+hrs","key_results2_text":"Average engagement time of Booking.com learners with Udemy for Business content","customer_quote":true,"quote_image":"https:\/\/business.udemy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ajay.jpg.webp","quote_text":"Our younger workforce likes the breadth of courses within Udemy and the flexibility of the mobile app. They can download any course they want and view them in offline mode while they\u2019re commuting to work!","quote_name":"Ajay Jacob","quote_title":" Digital Learning Specialist at Booking.com","has_video":false,"archive_thumbnail":"https:\/\/business.udemy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/booking-resource-thumbnail-596x348-1.png","choose_resource_hubs":["default"],"publish_to_selected_resource_hubs":["yes"],"resource_topics":["integrated_learning","on_demand_learning","leadership_development","learning_culture","technical_upskilling"],"company_logo":"https:\/\/business.udemy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/booking.com.png.webp","show_customer_spotlight":false,"main_heading":"Booking.com Takes Millennials on a New Learning Journey with Udemy Business","case_study_details_paragraph":"
Founded in 1996, Booking.com is an online accommodations booking website based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The company offers reservations for various hotels for leisure and business markets worldwide and has operated as a subsidiary of The Priceline Group, Inc. since 2005.<\/p>\n","industry_details_group":{"include_industry_details":true,"industry_details":"Online Travel Agency"},"company_hq_details_group":{"include_company_hq_details":true,"company_hq_details":"Amsterdam, Netherlands"},"number_of_employees_details_group":{"include_number_of_employees_details":true,"number_of_employees_details":"+10,000"},"office_locations_details_group":{"include_office_locations_details":false,"office_locations_details":""},"statistics_repeater":[{"number_or_icon":"number","statistic_number":"13%","statistic_icon":false,"statistic_text":"of Booking.com user activity spent on mobile"},{"number_or_icon":"number","statistic_number":"+5 hrs","statistic_icon":false,"statistic_text":"Average engagement time of learners with Udemy Business content"}],"tabs_group":{"include_challenge_tab":true,"challenge_tab_include_quote":false,"challenge_tab_quote_group":{"tab_quote_text":"","tab_quote_author_name":"","tab_quote_author_title":"","tab_quote_author_photo":false},"challenge_tab_heading":"Developing technical and leadership skills","challenge_tab_text":"
As the global online travel market continues to expand, Booking.com sought an online learning platform that could help its younger employees develop their technical and leadership skills to grow individually and push the company forward.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0We were looking to create a culture of learning in general, but wanted to specifically encourage internal Booking.com employees to develop new skills and find new opportunities within our company, rather than leave us after a few years,\u00a0\u00bb explains Kirk Davies, Digital Learning Manager at Booking.com.<\/p>\n","include_solution_tab":true,"solution_tab_include_quote":true,"solution_tab_quote_group":{"tab_quote_text":"We were looking to create a culture of learning in general, but wanted to specifically encourage internal Booking.com employees to develop new skills and find new opportunities within our company, rather than leave us after a few years","tab_quote_author_name":"Kirk Davies","tab_quote_author_title":"Digital Learning Manager","tab_quote_author_photo":false},"solution_tab_heading":"Learning strategy for a new generation ","solution_tab_text":"
To address its global millennial learning needs, Booking.com wanted to partner with Udemy Business. Since launching Udemy Business, Booking.com\u2019s Digital Learning Team has enabled their employees to \u201cown\u201d their personal development by encouraging them to take courses on topics such as management and leadership development, public speaking, data science and web development.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0In particular, our younger workforce likes the breadth of courses within Udemy and the flexibility of the mobile app,\u00a0\u00bb says Ajay Jacob, Digital Learning Specialist at Booking.com.<\/p>\n
An employee stated within the company\u2019s internal social channel, \u00ab\u00a0It\u2019s amazing how technology and learning can transform you within minutes! Using Udemy\u2019s iPhone app, I managed to download an amazing course just moments before boarding London Underground and ended my 45 minute train journey (quite boring usually) feeling so empowered.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n","include_results_tab":true,"results_tab_include_quote":false,"results_tab_quote_group":{"tab_quote_text":"","tab_quote_author_name":"","tab_quote_author_title":"","tab_quote_author_photo":false},"results_tab_heading":"Boosting Employee Engagement","results_tab_text":"
Using Udemy Business, Booking.com immediately saw an increase in engagement compared to their previous learning solution. The average user has already spent 5+ hours learning on the platform. \u201cPreviously, we offered a stipend for employees to access learning from an external provider. Adoption for this was quite low,\u201d states Kirk Davies.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0When we switched over to Udemy Business, we saw engagement increase drastically and heard very positive feedback from employees about the new platform.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n
People at Booking.com are excited to take ownership over their skills development and push their careers forward. \u00ab\u00a0Udemy is a nice way to not only learn something new, but also kickstart your brain a bit by injecting something fresh into it,\u00a0\u00bb shares another Booking.com employee.<\/p>\n
As Booking.com connects more travelers to destinations around the world, they plan to continue to nurture their employees so they can grow and ultimately add value to the business.<\/p>\n","include_looking_forward_tab":false,"looking_forward_tab_include_quote":false,"looking_forward_tab_quote_group":{"tab_quote_text":"","tab_quote_author_name":"","tab_quote_author_title":"","tab_quote_author_photo":false},"looking_forward_tab_heading":"","looking_forward_tab_text":""},"main_page_quote_group":{"main_page_quote_text":"\/in particular, our younger workforce likes the breadth of courses within Udemy and the flexibility of the mobile app.","main_page_quote_author_name":"Ajay Jacob","main_page_quote_author_title":"Digital Learning Specialist","main_page_quote_author_photo":false},"more_success_stories_repeater":[{"success_story_logo":"https:\/\/business.udemy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/valin.png.webp","success_story_link":"\/case-studies\/valin\/"},{"success_story_logo":"https:\/\/business.udemy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ellation.png.webp","success_story_link":"\/case-studies\/ellation\/"}],"hide_footer":false,"hide_navigation":false},"yoast_head":"\n