Lola Navigates Big Growth a Year After Amex GBT Deal
Photo Credit: Lola staff poses for a picture. The team has nearly doubled since the beginning of the year. Lola
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Lola clearly made a good choice with this partnership, but it raises some questions. As the startup works with increasingly larger companies, in locations all around the world, how will its core product change?
A year after partnering with the largest travel management company in the world, American Express Global Business Travel, Lola is finally beginning to grow rapidly. That presents opportunities, along with some challenges.
Since the start of this year, the corporate travel management company has increased its head count from 60 to 100 employees and has more than doubled its engineering team since the fall. It plans to add 20 to 30 more employees by the end of this year.
What's more, the company is gearing up to expand internationally, which it says will allow it to better support its larger clients with global travel needs.
“We’re continuing to add more features to support larger companies, and so we’re starting to do more things arou
