Johannes Reck

Johannes Reck is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GetYourGuide, a Berlin‑based global marketplace for tours and experiences. He has guided the company from its European origins to a scalable platform that serves travelers and experience providers around the world, underscoring a strong emphasis on technology, trust, and growth. Reck’s leadership combines product sense, operational discipline, and a keen eye for efficient distribution, partner ecosystems, and customer experience.

Under Reck’s stewardship, GetYourGuide has evolved beyond a simple booking engine to a platform that integrates payments, supplier management, and marketplace logistics. The company emphasizes an API‑driven approach to enable fast integration for partners and developers, with a focus on reliability, security, and compliance. GetYourGuide supports multi‑currency pricing and flexible settlement options for merchants, enabling bookings across regions while maintaining clear, transparent pricing for customers.

From a fintech and banking perspective, Reck champions a payments‑versus‑policy mindset—balancing seamless checkout with robust risk management, fraud prevention, and data privacy. The platform leverages open banking concepts where applicable to streamline onboarding, payment initiation, and reconciliation, while aligning with global standards for security and privacy (PCI DSS and GDPR). Reck’s strategy also centers on expanding the partner network, deepening payment rails, and providing developers with robust tooling, documentation, and sandbox environments to accelerate integrations and time‑to‑value.

Looking ahead, Reck envisions GetYourGuide continuing to scale its global reach, enrich the merchant and traveler experience through more integrated payments and data flows, and strengthen its position as the leading marketplace for travel experiences through a combination of technology, trust, and thoughtful product design.