Bravofly (website)

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Bravofly.com
Bravofly Logo.jpg
The logo for Bravofly.com
Type of site
Travel agency
Available in English language
French language
Spanish language
German language
Hungarian language
Swedish language
Finnish language
Norwegian language
Headquarters Chiasso, Switzerland
Owner Lastminute.com Group
URL www.bravofly.com

www.bravofly.co.uk
www.bravofly.fr
www.rumbo.es
www.volagratis.com
www.bravofly.de
www.bravofly.hu
www.bravofly.se
www.bravofly.fi

www.bravofly.no
CommercialYes
RegistrationYes
Launched2006;18 years ago (2006)

Bravofly.com is an online travel agency owned by the Lastminute.com Group. [1] It is available to customers in 14 languages. It has offices in Chiasso, Switzerland, where it has its operational headquarters, and in Madrid, Spain.

History

The Bravofly Rumbo Group was founded in 2006, but traces its roots back to 2004, when Fabio Cannavale and Marco Corradino launched Volagratis, a search engine for low cost flights in the Italian market. [2]

In 2006, the headquarters were moved to Chiasso and the company introduced websites for Spain, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. [2]

in November 2012, it acquired Rumbo. [3]

In December 2013, the company announced the acquisition of Jetcost, a French travel meta-search site. [4] [5]

In March 2015, the company acquired Lastminute.com for $120m (£76m). [6] [1]

In April 2014, the company became a public company via an initial public offering on the SIX Swiss Exchange. [2]

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References

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