Philipp Brinkmann Philipp is half German half Greek and he was born in 1980 close to Munich. After receiving a Diploma in International Business Administration from the Munich Business School in 2005, he decided to move to Greece to co-found travelplanet24.com with Kristof Keim. Currently he is still acting as the CEO of Tripsta/travelplanet24.
The company started in 2005 as one of the first “Online Travel Agencies” (OTAs) in Greece.
In 2010 in the middle of the financial crises in Greece, the company set the goal to expand abroad and to become one of the five leading OTAs in South-Eastern-Europe. Travelplanet24 currently employs more than 160 professionals working in several departments (Development, Design, Marketing, Operations, Finance, HR,..) in its three offices in Athens, Bucharest & Sao Paolo.
• Since September 2012, he is a member of the board of PETAGA (Greek Union of Air Travel agencies)
• Since July 2013, he is a member of the board of Spitogatos.gr a Greek website for real estate ads
He loves his work; he is a tech enthusiast, an optimization junkie and a good old wine lover.