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www.hotwire.com San Francisco, CA 150 to 499 Employees
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Hotwire likes to give travelers a steal. The firm operates discount travel websites offering airline tickets, car rentals, hotel reservations, vacation packages, and cruises. Its sites include Hotwire.com, CarRentals.com, and Travel-Ticker.com. The company lists unsold inventory (empty seats on planes and in hotels, extra cars on the lot) from such leading brands as Delta, Continental, Hilton, and Avis. Consumers select travel services based on specific fare and rate information without knowing the identity of the travel provider until their purchase is completed, which...More


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If you are interested in working with extraordinary people in one of the fastest growing e-commerce categories, join The Hotwire Group; a travel provider laser-focused on low prices.  The Hotwire Group includes Hotwire.com, Travel-Ticker.com, and CarRentals.com.  We are passionate, we are fun, and we are even conveniently located!  At 655 Montgomery in San Francisco, just across from the Transamerica Pyramid, we are just a short walk from BART, MUNI, and the Ferry Building.  Launched in 2000, Hotwire is a team of travel experts with a passion for delivering hotel, rental car, and airfare deals not available anywhere else. Our customers rely on us for the lowest prices from the world’s most highly respected travel brands. Over 200 people are employed by Hotwire, a wholly owned subsidiary of Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE). For more information, visit http://www.hotwire.com.

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Hotwire Ratings & Reviews Posted by employees

Employees are “Satisfied”   74 ratings

3.9

91% Approve of the CEO   35 ratings

Hotwire President  Clem Bason

Clem Bason

President

An overall solid experience

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Pros: The best thing about working here has to be the subject matter -- travel. As an employee you get great travel perks and are encouraged to use them. As for day-to-day enjoyment, it all depends on your team here, and which manager is either making… Full Review

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Senior Software Engineer

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Software Engineer

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$96,291
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Analyst

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No Offer – Interviewed in San Francisco, CA Reviewed 2 weeks ago

Interview Details – 4 rounds. 3 of the interviewers are nice except one. They ask all kinds of normal interview questions, plus the problems that are closely related with their work. Basically you just sit down in the meeting room, and you get interviewed by four interviewers individually. The HR will talk about the…Full Interview

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The interviewer gave a question regarding the boxing/unboxing. That is, the data member of the class is the basic 'int' type, not initialized, and they return it back in a method with return type… Answer Question

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Highest Customer Satisfaction For Independent Travel Web Sites, J.D. Power and Associates, 2008
Best Places to Work in the Bay Area, San Francisco Business Times, 2009
Highest Customer Satisfaction For Independent Travel Web Sites, J.D. Power and Associates, 2006
Highest Customer Satisfaction For Independent Travel Web Sites, J.D. Power and Associates, 2007
Best Hotel Travel Website, Market Metrix Hospitality Index’s (MMHI), 2009

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