Category: Timeline Stories


  • Travel e-commerce expert (and future CEO) David Armstrong is brought aboard as COO to further internationalise and scale the business. Together they co-found the HolidayPirates Group and establish several legal entities abroad. VakantiePiraten launches in The Netherlands, WakacyjniPiraci in Poland, and VoyagesPirates sets sail in France.

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  • PiratinViaggio is launched in Italy as well as Urlaubspiraten in Austria. Facebook is chosen as the company’s marketing platform.

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  • The legal entity “HolidayPirates GmbH” is registered by Igor and co-founder Sebastian Kaatz in Berlin. The English version HolidayPirates launches in the UK.

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  • Igor Simonow founds the blog Urlaubspiraten, where he publishes travel deals online in Germany

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