Dinesh Dhamija
Dinesh Dhamija (born 1950) is a British Indian business entrepreneur and politician. He is best known as the founder of online travel agency Ebookers. He was Member of the European Parliament for the London region serving for the Liberal Democrats. He was elected to the European Parliament in the 2019 elections and held the role until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU. Biography Dhamija was born in Australia, the son of an Indian diplomat. He grew up in India, Mauritius, Afghanistan, Czechoslovakia and the Netherlands. He was educated at Mayo College, King's School, Canterbury and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he attained an MA in law. He began his professional career working for IBM, but soon left to begin his own business. In 1980, Dinesh and his wife Tani started selling travel tickets from a kiosk at Earl's Court tube station in London. By 1983, the business venture had developed into Flightbookers, a travel agency with three established premises. The firm grew rapidly and, in 1987, was appointed General Sales Agent for Royal Nepal Airlines in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Over the next decade, the company became known across Europe and established offices in 12 countries. In 1996 Dhamija