Despegar
Latin America's travel booking platform, built for scale since 1999.
Founded
1999
Team size
500+
Funding
$10.5M Series A
Famous for
What Despegar is known for
- Operates multi-service travel booking across Latin America with 1,717 active partners integrated into mobile-first platform.
- Raised $331M from General Atlantic, positioning as region's largest travel commerce player outside airline direct channels.
- Built performance marketing org hiring for growth roles, signaling shift toward data-driven customer acquisition at scale.
For growth marketers
What it's like to work at Despegar
Mature marketplace / 500+ employees / regional expansion + unit economics focus. Growth team owns performance marketing across multiple travel verticals. If you want to build acquisition playbooks in a market where travel behavior differs from US/EU, and you're comfortable with founder-led strategy, this is the seat.
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Despegar is an acquired company based in Miami (United States), founded in 1999 by Roberto Souviron, Alejandro Tamer and Martin Rastellino. It operates as an App-based platform to book multiple travel services. Despegar has raised $331M in funding from General Atlantic. The company has 1717 active.
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Paid Acquisition Manager
Run paid ads at scale. Own CAC, ROAS, and the LTV math.
Growth Marketing Manager
Run growth experiments. Own a channel. Move the needle.
Head of Growth
Own the growth function end-to-end. Strategy, channels, hiring.
Demand Generation Manager
Pipeline, MQLs, ABM. Where marketing meets the sales number.
FAQ
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Is Despegar hiring growth marketing roles?
Yes. Despegar has 2 open growth roles on Growth.Talent today. Listings refresh weekly from scraped and recruiter-posted sources.
Does Despegar hire remote growth talent?
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