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Wego Pte Ltd.

Type

[Private](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_company "Private company")

Industry

[Travel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel "Travel")

Founded

2005; 21 years ago in [Singapore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore "Singapore")

Headquarters

Singapore and Dubai

Area served

Worldwide

Key people

Ross Veitch[\[1\]](#cite_note-1)  
(CEO & Co-founder)  
Craig Hewett  
(Co-founder)  
Mamoun Hmedan[\[2\]](#cite_note-2)  
(GM MENA & India)  
Dean Wicks[\[3\]](#cite_note-3)  
(Chief Flights Officer)  

Products

Flights, Hotels, Holiday Deals

Number of employees

200

Website

[www.wego.com](https://www.wego.com/)

**Wego** is a travel app for flight search and booking in the [MENA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MENA "MENA") (Middle East and North Africa).[\[4\]](#cite_note-4)

Formerly known as **Bezurk**,[\[5\]](#cite_note-5)[\[6\]](#cite_note-6)[\[7\]](#cite_note-7) Wego is a travel [metasearch engine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine "Metasearch engine") that was founded in Singapore in 2005. The company is headquartered in both [Singapore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore "Singapore") and [Dubai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai "Dubai"). It operates 76 country sites ([CcTLD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CcTLD "CcTLD")) in over 22 languages and local currencies.[\[8\]](#cite_note-8) Wego enables users to compare hotel and flight deals, generating search results tailored to their specific travel needs.

Wego displays a comprehensive list of local and international [airfares](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfares "Airfares") and hotel search results from a variety of sources, including online [travel agencies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_agencies "Travel agencies") (OTA), airlines, and hotels. Users can access these results through either the desktop website or the travel app for iOS and Android. After selecting a deal, the user is redirected to the travel supplier to complete the booking.

## History & Milestones

\[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wego.com&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: History & Milestones")\]

**Founding and Rebranding**

Wego, originally known as Bezurk, was established in Singapore in 2005 by Ross Veitch[\[9\]](#cite_note-9) and Craig Hewett. The company underwent a rebranding in May 2008 due to the original name being considered “hard to remember and spell.”[\[10\]](#cite_note-10)

**Funding Rounds**

Wego’s first funding round, Series A, took place in January 2008, where it received US$4.5 million from News Digital Media, the digital division of News Limited. This was followed by a Series B funding round in December 2010, where the company secured US$13 million from [Tiger Global Management](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Global_Management "Tiger Global Management"). In June 2013, Wego closed its Series C[\[11\]](#cite_note-11) funding round with an investment of US$17 million from Tiger Global Management, Crescent Point Group, and SquarePeg Capital. The company continued to attract investments with a Series D round in October 2015 that raised US$11 million from existing investors Tiger Global Management and Crescent Point Group. The most recent funding round, Series E,[\[12\]](#cite_note-12) occurred in August 2017 and raised US$12 million from the Middle East Broadcasting Center.

**Expansion and Growth**

In 2013, Wego expanded its operations by launching regional offices in Bangalore,[\[13\]](#cite_note-13) Jakarta, and Dubai.[\[14\]](#cite_note-14) The company’s initial penetration into the Middle Eastern market in 2012 proved successful as its revenue soared to US$1 billion worth of gross travel bookings across its entire business by 2018.[\[15\]](#cite_note-autogenerated1-15) In 2022, Wego holds the number 1 rank in terms of travel bookings in the KSA.[\[16\]](#cite_note-16)

In February 2023, Wego earned the distinction of being the most downloaded travel app for flight-focused brands in the MENA region. This achievement was marked by a year-over-year growth of over 157.7% and 143,002 downloads.[\[17\]](#cite_note-:0-17) In May 2025, Wego maintained the title of the most downloaded flight search and booking app across MENA for the third consecutive year[\[18\]](#cite_note-18) and held the position of the region's most downloaded travel app year-to-date[\[19\]](#cite_note-19).

**Recognition**

In 2019, Wego received recognition from the World Economic Forum and the Bahrain Economic Development Board as one of the 100 most promising Arab start-ups shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution.[\[20\]](#cite_note-20)

In 2025, Wego was awarded Best Online Travel Marketplace - KSA at the inaugural Arabian Travel Awards Saudi Arabia[\[21\]](#cite_note-21).

In 2026, International Business Magazine, a media company based in Dubai, named Wego as the winner of Best Mobile Travel App UAE 2026.[\[22\]](#cite_note-22)

**Product Launches and Acquisitions**

In 2020, Wego introduced the ability for users to complete flight and hotel bookings directly on the platform, via its Book on Wego feature. CEO Veitch indicated in a 2019 interview that the feature had been "rolled out progressively over the past two years".[\[23\]](#cite_note-23) Wego expanded the direct booking feature to Pakistan in 2025.[\[24\]](#cite_note-24)

In 2021, Wego launched ShopCash, an online shopping cashback rewards and deal discovery app for the MENA Market.[\[25\]](#cite_note-25) In a strategic move to expand its reach into business travel and expense management, Wego acquired Travelstop, a platform that simplifies business travel and expense management for companies globally, in October 2023.[\[26\]](#cite_note-26)

In May 2026, Wego introduced cryptocurrency and stablecoin payment options through a partnership with Triple-A.[\[27\]](#cite_note-27)[\[28\]](#cite_note-28). The following month, Wego announced partnership with the [Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Hajj_and_Umrah "Ministry of Hajj and Umrah") to facilitate Umrah visa submission and related services on Wego's platform,[\[29\]](#cite_note-29)[\[30\]](#cite_note-30) becoming one of the first platforms globally to offer digital Umrah solutions.

Wego's core markets are in the [MENA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MENA "MENA") and [INSUB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent "Indian subcontinent"). Wego has been identified as the top travel app in the MENA region for flight search and booking. Wego partners up with various smartphone manufacturers (Samsung being a prime example) to have their app come preinstalled.[\[31\]](#cite_note-31) Wego also inked a partnership with Huawei’s Petal Search, an easy-to-use application and search engine pre-installed on [Huawei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei "Huawei") smartphones.[\[32\]](#cite_note-32)

Each month Wego sends flight and hotel booking referrals worth US$2B to its travel partners. In addition to partnerships with hotels, airlines and OTAs, Wego continuously collaborates with tourism boards of various countries, such as Great Britain,[\[33\]](#cite_note-33) Japan,[\[34\]](#cite_note-34) Czech Republic,[\[35\]](#cite_note-35) Thailand,[\[36\]](#cite_note-36) Singapore,[\[37\]](#cite_note-37) South Korea,[\[38\]](#cite_note-38) Jordan,[\[39\]](#cite_note-39) Macao[\[40\]](#cite_note-40) and many others, to increase travel demands to and from said countries.[\[41\]](#cite_note-41)

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