About Us
Who We Are
At Omio we take a unique approach to travel. Our pioneering platform allows you to find the fastest, cheapest and best travel options by train, bus and flight to thousands of cities, towns and villages across Europe. That translates into savings—on money and time—for you!
Travel with Ease
We’ve worked out all the complicated bits so you don’t have to. No-hassle, no-fuss trip planning.
See All Your Options
A single search provides all the trains, buses and flights available to accommodate your personal travel needs. So you choose the mode and price that’s right for you.
Search Across Europe
Start and end your journey in thousands of cities, towns or villages across the continent. The choice is yours.
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History
In 2010, our founder, Naren Shaam, embarked on an extensive backpacking trip across Europe.
Shaam knew where he wanted to go, but planning the best route, finding an affordable bus ticket or the right train to get him there left him frustrated and a little light in the pocket.
Seeing a need for a multi-mode travel site, Shaam quit his job in finance in NYC, packed up his life and moved to Berlin, with its burgeoning tech and startup scene.
Thus, GoEuro was born in 2013.
In early 2019, GoEuro became Omio. That’s Oh-ME-oh.
We wanted to create a brand that would better connect with our users. Why Omio? It's strong, it's fresh, it's easily pronounceable. The “o’s” are a nod to our GoEuro roots and represent two dots on a map—it’s connections that drive us after all. We also chose a unique colour palette that is comforting and calming and added bespoke illustrations to evoke the beauty of travel.
Although we’ve adopted these changes, we still remain committed to GoEuro’s mission of being the best platform for all your train, bus and flight booking needs.
Today, Omio operates in 15 countries (and counting)! Our 27 million monthly users from more than 120 countries connect with more than 800 travel partners to get to 100,000+ destinations across Europe.
Team
Today, we’re a team of more than 300 passionate employees from more than 45 countries who share the same vision: to create a single tool to help send travelers almost anywhere in Europe. Passion plus technology drive us to reinvent the way the world travels. Here are just a few of our employees and what they have to say about Omio:
“What prompted me to join Omio was my excitement to work on something I love to do myself—travel! But what keeps me here is the opportunity to grow and see our ideas turn into products that help users continue their adventures. The free Friday lunches don’t hurt either.”
Beatriz Arroyo
CRM Manager
“Creating memorable travel experiences for thousands of customers is what makes working at Omio special. My team of dedicated customer service agents focus on making this a reality while feeding back improvement initiatives.”
Brendan James
Director of Customer Service
“I am excited to be working on projects that could change the way we travel and fulfill our desire for adventure. Design is one area that touches all aspects of the product and I find it fascinating to work with such dedicated creative people.”
Veronica Micic
Project Manager
“It’s an exciting and significant challenge for me to work on an app that’s used by millions of people. The company’s environment is open and transparent and full of smart, helpful, friendly people. We learn from each other and our customers every day.”
Sally Salem
Senior Android Developer
“Building a product that enables our customers to travel more, with less stress, is what inspires me everyday. It helps when you’re surrounded by a team of passionate travelers who all add a different perspective to how each of us travels.”
Stephen Yang
Product Manager
“Working on the search platform allows me to enable customers to find their perfect trip within seconds. We have the most significant inventory in Europe and every time I travel, I book my family's tickets on Omio. Not because I have to, but because it's the best platform around.”
Khaled Abdelrahman
Principal Software Engineer
Leadership
Naren Shaam
CEO and founder of Omio
Born in Bangalore, India, Naren has an MBA from Harvard University and worked in the auto industry and financial services in New York. He decided to move to Berlin in 2012 and found Omio after a backpacking trip around Europe where he became aware of the need to improve the transport booking system on the continent.
Edgar Berger
CBO
A longtime tech investor, Edgar was previously Chairman and CEO at Sony Music International, where he grew the business in 45 countries.
Malte Cherdron
COO
Malte has been the COO of Omio since 2013, responsible for finance and data. Previously, he was managing director at Moviepilot.
Filippo Bonsanti
VP Marketing
Filippo has worked in marketing for nearly two decades. He was formerly Director of Marketing Strategy and Planning for EMEA at Ebay.
Alexandra Oakley
VP People
With a proven track record in recruitment and HR, Alexandra has had leadership roles at Skype, Blinkbox and Photobox.
Dave Price
VP Product
With more than 17 years’ experience in product management, Dave has helped develop products at companies such as the BBC and Spotify.
Tomas Vocetka
VP Engineering
Tomas, former partner at Microsoft, has more than 25 years’ experience in tech firms and startups, including Hewlett-Packard.
Fast Facts
In 2017, more than 500 customers contacted us to learn how to travel with their beloved pets.
Many of our partners have liberal pet policies. Isn’t it nice to know you can travel with your pair of beloved rabbits, Posh and Becks?
Traveling with us is fast and easy with a mobile ticket.
We offer the possibility to go paperless in 20 countries in Europe, on hundreds of routes. FYI: nearly all our tickets sold in Italy are mobile!
On an average day, we sell enough tickets to fill more than 300 buses and about 30 trains.
That’s a lot of seats!
Our customers come from all over the world and have different travel preferences.
Spaniards stick to their own country—Madrid to Barcelona is their preferred route—while Americans flock to Paris, Amsterdam and Rome. Our Chinese customers have a soft spot for Italy, opting to travel from Rome to Florence (and back)!
We’ll even get you from the airport to the city center, no problem!
After booking your flight, add on an airport transfer. It beats waiting for a taxi!
Investors
With nearly $300 million raised in funding, Omio is supported by a number of key investors who believe in our vision: Atomico, Battery Ventures, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lakestar, NEA, Silver Lake Kraftwerk, Kinnevik, Temasek and Hillhouse Capital.
Acknowledgement
Omio’s massive amounts of information are compiled from multiple data sources, including GeoNames, OpenFlights, OpenStreetMap, RSP (Atoc) and TheMoneyConverter.com.
We also include GeoLite2 data created by MaxMind, available from www.maxmind.com.