Author: Duncan MacRae

HomeToGo is the SaaS-enabled marketplace with the world’s largest selection of vacation rentals, listing millions of offers from thousands of trusted partners. Founded in 2014 in Berlin, Germany, the company operates local apps and websites in 25 countries across Europe, North America, South America, Australia, and Asia-Pacific. HomeToGo also operates brands such as Agriturismo.it, AMIVAC, Casamundo, CaseVacanza.it, e-domizil, EscapadaRural, Kurzurlaub, Kurz Mal Weg, Tripping.com and Wimdu. The problem The overall challenge was how to scale search support for 50 million visitors a month. HomeToGo has more than 15 million accommodation offers on its platform, more than any other marketplace in…

The days of sustainability being nothing more than a buzzword, or merely a marketing ploy, are a thing of the past. Today, it’s so much more. It’s the difference between having a habitable planet for future generations – or not. Thankfully, it’s something people and businesses around that planet are really beginning to take seriously. This is certainly the case for Jérôme Goulard, who works as the chief sustainability officer for Orange Business, a global integrator of communications, products and services for multinational corporations. The company, the enterprise division of the Orange Group, was created in 2006 following the merger…