Construction has begun on the new global headquarters for Booking.com’s transport division.
The online travel website will be based in St John鈥檚 Quarter in Manchester, taking 222,000 sq ft at Manchester Goods Yard, on a 12-year lease.
The company currently employs almost 1,900 people in Manchester and the new offices have space for up to 3,000 staff.
It is set to be completed by 2021, when it will become the firm鈥檚 largest office outside of its main headquarters in Amsterdam.
Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester council, attended an official groundbreaking ceremony for the building.
鈥淲e are proud to have called Manchester home for the last 15 years,鈥� he said.
Ian Brown, CEO of Booking.com鈥檚 transport division, added: 鈥淲e are proud to have called Manchester home for the last 15 years.
鈥淢anchester is one of Europe鈥檚 tech capitals and developments like Enterprise City are an important part of reinforcing that position and growing the local talent base.鈥�