HotelQuickly

HotelQuickly
Industry Travel, Lodging, Tourism
Founded December 2012
Founders Tomas Laboutka, Christian Mischler, Michal Juhas, Mario Peng, Raphael Cohen
Headquarters Bangkok, Thailand
Number of locations
 Austin, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Jerome Cle, Chairman
Services Hotel Booking
Website hotelquickly.com

HotelQuickly is a booking website and smartphone app, available for Android and iOS devices, that allows users to find discounted hotels throughout the world.[1][2][3] The service has access to over 250,000 hotels and is localized to 17 different languages, including Thai; Vietnamese; Japanese; traditional and simplified Chinese; and English.[4][5]

History

HotelQuickly was founded in December 2012 by Tomas Laboutka (CEO), Christian Mischler (COO & CMO), Michal Juhas (CTO), Mario Peng (CFO), and Raphael Cohen (CSO).[6][7] Laboutka and Juhas previously founded ventures in Central Europe, Mischler and Cohen were co-founders and Managing Directors of Rocket Internet ventures in Asia, and Peng joined from global private equity fund Partners Group.[8][9] Mischler is also currently serving as a partner at Swiss Founders Fund.

The following March, HotelQuickly was launched publicly in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. Within less than a year, we had expanded to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Macau, as well as overseas to Australia and New Zealand, making HotelQuickly the first to provide last-minute mobile-only hotel booking on the two continents.[10][11][12]

In August 2013, HotelQuickly secured HK$9 million in angel funding.[13] Investors included Koh Boon Hwee, former Chairman of Singtel and Chairman of Singapore Airlines and board member of several private companies such as Singapore’s Temasek Holdings.[14] US$4.5 million in Series A-1 funding was raised in the Spring 2014, bringing the total funds raised to US$5.65 million.[15] The second round was led by GREE and co-invested by William E. Heinecke, Chairman and CEO of Minor International.[16][17]

In 2016, HotelQuickly expanded in the Asia-Pacific region to the Philippines, Myanmar, Laos, South Korea and Japan bringing the number of available countries on the application to 16.[18][19][20] At the end of February 2016, HotelQuickly announced the acquisition of Japanese last-minute hotel booking app Tonight, which was acquired for an undisclosed amount and was fully integrated into HotelQuickly.[20]

References

  1. ↑ Yap, Jacky. "HotelQuickly launches in 6 countries, books curated hotels". e27. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Wee, Willis. "HotelQuickly Books Your Hotels Really Quickly, Launches in 6 Asian Countries". Tech In Asia. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Yeoh, Siew Hoon. "Same-day hotel booking space heats up as HotelQuickly joins fray". Web In Travel. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Huang, Elaine. "HotelQuickly travels to Philippines taking its presence to 12 countries". e27. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Grant, Rebecca. "Same-day booking app HotelQuickly claims dominance in Asia before rival HotelTonight". VentureBeat.
  6. ↑ "Investment Bank Defectors Fuel Startup Scene in Hong Kong: Tech". Businessweek. 29 January 2014.
  7. ↑ Walter, Christian. "Hotel Quickly receives a US$1.16 million investment". Bangkok Startup. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  8. ↑ O'Hear, Steve. "Ex-Rocket Internet Execs Launch HotelQuickly In Bid To Become The HotelTonight Of Asia". TechCrunch. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  9. ↑ Xiang, Tracey. "Hong Kong-based HotelQuickly Launches Last-minute Hotel Booking Service in Six Regions across Asia". TechNode. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "HotelQuickly arrives in Vietnam". Web In Travel. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014.
  11. ↑ Summers, Nick (8 May 2013). "HotelQuickly launches its same-day hotel booking app in Australia with Sydney and Melbourne listings". The Next Web.
  12. ↑ Racoma, J. Angelo (28 May 2013). "HotelQuickly expands to new countries and gives us an Echelon special".
  13. ↑ Prabu, Karthick. "The last-minute hotel market is alive and kicking, HotelQuickly raises $1.2 million funding". Tnooz.
  14. ↑ Shu, Catherine. "HotelQuickly Raises $1.16M Series A To Expand In Asia". TechCrunch.
  15. ↑ O'Hear, Steve (9 July 2014). "HotelQuickly Raises $4.5 Million To Double-Down On Last Minute Hotel Booking In Asia-Pacific". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  16. ↑ Hong, Kaylene (10 July 2014). "HotelQuickly wants to make last-minute hotel booking big in Asia with funding from games giant GREE". The Next Web. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  17. ↑ Dorbian, Iris (11 July 2014). "Hotel Quickly books $4.5 mln". Reuters. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  18. ↑ "Rocket Internet alumni club startup Hotel Quickly rolls into the Philippines due to high demand". Yahoo! News. 10 January 2014.
  19. ↑ "HotelQuickly goes live in the Philippines offering late deals". TTG Asia. 10 January 2014.
  20. 1 2 "HotelQuickly acquires Japan's Tonight". DealStreetAsia. Retrieved 2016-08-17.

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