Industry

Travel & Hospitality Tech

Section 1 / Overview

Which way this sector's hiring is moving

Travel platforms, GDS, hospitality SaaS, and OTAs.

Travel and hospitality tech covers flight and hotel booking engines, online travel agencies, vacation rental platforms, and hotel property management systems. Employers include large consumer travel portals and specialized hospitality software companies operating in India. Engineering teams build high-concurrency inventory search engines, dynamic pricing systems, payment checkout flows, and booking reservation databases.

Top companies hiring
Most active employers over the last 4 weeks, by posting volume.
  • Agoda
  • Cvent
  • Expedia Group
  • Marriott Tech Accelerator
  • Sabre Corp.
  • Amadeus
  • Priceline
  • Airbnb
  • Alkaram Hotel Apartment
  • MakeMyTrip
  • Southwest Airlines
  • Accelya
Weekly postings35 weeks
0204060Dec 28Jan 25Feb 22Mar 22Apr 19May 17Jun 14Jul 12Aug 09Aug 23postings / wk
Weekly posting counts across the sector.
Weekly active companies35 weeks
05101520Dec 28Jan 25Feb 22Mar 22Apr 19May 17Jun 14Jul 12Aug 09Aug 23companies / wk
Distinct companies with at least one posting each week.
Section 2 / Profile Distribution

The roles this sector actually hires

Backend Development leads hiring in travel and hospitality technology with roughly a third of all job postings. Fullstack Development follows as the next major discipline supporting booking platforms and customer web portals.

Rest of marketLeading profile

  1. Backend Development+15
  2. Fullstack Development+5
  3. Frontend Development+5
  4. DevOps & Platform Engineering±0
  5. Enterprise Platforms−14
  6. AI & LLM Applications−2
  7. QA & Testing−1
  8. Generalist Software Engineer±0
  9. Domain-Specific Development±0
  10. Data Analytics & BI−4
  11. Mobile Development+1
  12. Data Engineering−3
  13. Systems & Embedded Engineering−7
  14. Security Engineering±0
  15. Data Science & ML±0

Sorted by share of postings · gap = share − rest of market, in points

Section 3 / Company-Class Distribution

The kinds of companies behind the sector

Travel and hospitality tech hiring is led by Established SMEs, with MNCs & GCCs second and Unicorns & Indian Product a solid third.

This industryRest of markettop employers by openings in the last 2 weeks

  1. Established SMEs6 employers hiring
    This industry~50%
    Rest of market~8%
    • Agoda
    • Expedia Group
    • Marriott Tech Accelerator
    • Accelya
    • BKNG (Booking Holdings)
  2. MNCs & GCCs3 employers hiring
    This industry~25%
    Rest of market~25%
    • Cvent
    • Sabre Corp.
    • Amadeus
  3. Unicorns & Indian Product6 employers hiring
    This industry~15%
    Rest of market~6%
    • MakeMyTrip
    • Priceline
    • Cendyn
    • Headout
    • ITILITE
  4. MAANG & Tier-1 Tech1 employer hiring
    This industry~2%
    Rest of market~5%
    • Airbnb
  5. Funded Startups0 employers hiring
    This industry~2%
    Rest of market~3%

    No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.

  6. Staffing & Bodyshops0 employers hiring
    This industry~1%
    Rest of market~5%

    No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.

  7. Lala Companies0 employers hiring
    This industrynegligible
    Rest of market~3%

    No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.

  8. IT Services & BPO0 employers hiring
    This industrynegligible
    Rest of market~45%

    No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.

Section 4 / City Distribution

Where in India this sector hires

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Bangalore leads travel and hospitality technology hiring with approximately half of all postings. Delhi NCR over-indexes notably, capturing around a fifth of total opportunities as the primary secondary market. Mumbai Region also performs above its usual national baseline at just under a tenth of postings.

City distribution — share of this industry's postings by city (the seven city-page cities), with each city's share of the rest of the market and the over/under index.

Mkt %Rest of marketCityShare of sectorSec %
~50%01Bangalore0.90× under~45%
~9%02Delhi NCR2.22× over~20%
~15%03Hyderabad1.00× par~15%
~4%04Mumbai Region2.00× over~8%
~15%05Pune0.33× under~5%
~9%06Chennai0.33× under~3%
~1%07Kolkata1.00× par~1%

Share of this sector's postings by city vs the rest of the market. A longer sector wing than market wing means the city over-indexes for this sector here.

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