Tiqets names travel-industry expert Laurens Leurink as new CEO

Amsterdam, 20th of April 2020 - Tiqets, the leading ticketing platform for museums & attractions, announced today the appointment of Laurens Leurink as its new CEO.

Leurink is a travel industry expert with decades of experience, including serving as the President of the Global Lodging Group for Expedia as well as the COO and Board Member for Booking.com, where he scaled the business from 6 countries in Europe to 52 countries across the globe. Most recently he was the CEO of Docly, a meditech company in Scandinavia. 

Co-founder Luuc Elzinga will move into a new role as President of Tiqets after 6 years as CEO, during which he grew Tiqets from a small start-up into an industry-leading scale-up that has brought millions of people to cultural attractions worldwide. As President, Elzinga will focus on long-term strategy and key partnerships for the company.

About Tiqets                                        

Since its founding in 2014, Tiqets has been on a mission to make culture more accessible by helping people discover and enjoy museums and attractions around the globe. From iconic experiences to hidden gems, millions of people have used Tiqets to choose their way to explore a city’s culture and breeze through booking.

Backed by investors like Airbnb, HPE, and Investion, the company is headquartered in Amsterdam and now employs 200+ people in Amsterdam, as well as Seattle, Las Vegas, Orlando, Philadelphia, London, Copenhagen, Paris, Barcelona, Rome, Vienna, Bangkok, Tokyo and Osaka. 

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