Hammocks, a beach bar and a virtual aquarium
On the Beach has moved into its new campus-style digital headquarters in Manchester city centre.
The online travel agent said the move will provide the space needed to allow it to ‘realise its growth plans’ and ‘compete with the North West’s leading technology businesses to attract and retain the very best talent in the region and beyond’.
It plans to almost double its workforce to more than 500 employees in the next three to five years.
The majority of this growth will be in its digital teams, focusing on development, design and marketing as well as product and business Analysis.
The company has relocated the majority of its business operations to Aeroworks, the former aircraft components factory in central Manchester following a multi-million-pound design and re-fit.
Its contact centre will stay at its previous headquarters at Park Square in Cheadle, which will also undergo major redesign and refit, due for completion in early 2019.
The new Aeroworks office devotes its entire lower ground floor to a range of open working and social spaces, including a 250-seater auditorium and theatre, games room and beach bar.
There are palapa-shaded breakout areas, a virtual aquarium and even a chill-out room with a hammock.
The upper floors have open plan office space, creative working areas and beach-themed lounges.
CEO Simon Cooper said: "After conducting an extensive engagement initiative with all our employees, we are all absolutely thrilled with our new headquarter.
"Not only will they provide a fantastic working environment for our current employees but will also enable us to attract the very best talent from Manchester and around the rest of the UK.
"At heart On the Beach has always been a Manchester-based business, and now we are a business based in the heart of Manchester. We’re excited about being at the centre of the city’s vibrant digital community and for what the future holds as we continue to grow."
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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