Property Management Systems

News / Startups

Safely raises $8M for its short-term rental insurance and screening tools

By Mitra Sorrells | October 2, 2023

Since its founding, Safely has raised more than $20 million in a combination of funding and venture debt and has insured more than four million nights. Read More

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MeetingPackage announces $4.6M in Series A funding

By Morgan Hines | October 2, 2023

The Finland-based company provides hotels software to digitize the sale and management of their meeting and event spaces, integrated with property management systems. Read More

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Ireland’s Shackle raises £12M for digital hospitality platform

By Mitra Sorrells | September 26, 2023

The startup provides contactless tools to manage hotel services such as check-in, room entry, food ordering and payments and last year raised $5.5 million in seed funding. Read More

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HotelRunner acquires point-of-sale system PayPad

By Mitra Sorrells | September 19, 2023

Founded in 2011, this is HotelRunner’s third acquisition, and the company said it is a “significant milestone” as its first product for on-premises sales and payments for hotels. Read More

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How the digital guest journey is unlocking the next era of hospitality

By Harman Singh Narula – Canary Technologies | August 28, 2023

Leading hotels, hospitality brands and management groups are turning to technology solutions to help create more personalized guest-staff interactions, automate rote administrative processes, improve... Read More

News / Startups

How travel startups are having success with crowdfunding

By Linda Fox | August 23, 2023

Startups Jurny, Your.rentals and Well Traveled used crowdfunding to raise capital and engage their customer communities amid a challenging fundraising environment. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Tech's answer to the new world of hospitality platforms

By Martin Reichenbach – Apaleo | August 11, 2023

As hospitality businesses diversify like never before, it’s clear that status quo for hospitality platforms is a thing of the past, opening the doors to a world of possibilities. Read More

News / Technology

Civitfun acquires GRS, adds hotel group booking capability

By Linda Fox | July 25, 2023

Civitfun, which offers automated hotel check-ins, has added group booking functionality to its stable through the acquisition of GRS. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Hotel check-in and the new discipline of guest service management

By Mrunal Desai - Aavgo | July 24, 2023

The rapid progress of technology has opened a new world of creative thinking around what the future of guest check-in should look like. Read More

Interview / Startups

Operto - Launch pitch at Phocuswright Europe 2023

By PhocusWire | July 17, 2023

Operto is a guest technology and property management platform. Read More

News / Distribution

Access Group acquires Guestline to expand offerings to hotel sector

By Derek Catron | July 14, 2023

Guestline's cloud software platform supports over 2,900 venues in 23 countries through its end-to-end distribution, property management and guest experience system. Read More

News / Startups

With acquisition, South Korea’s ONDA can manage all types of properties

By Derek Catron | July 10, 2023

The company’s moves included forming a subsidiary, OATech, after acquiring the hotel property management system business unit of Oasis Story, a Korean-based B2B solutions provider. Read More

News / Startups

Hostaway raises $175M for vacation rental tech expansion

By Linda Fox | May 31, 2023

Hostaway, which launched in 2016, plans to put the funds towards recruitment, strengthening customer service and further growth, with acquisitions potentially in the cards. Read More

News / Startups

Kasa Living expands into single-home vacation rentals

By Mitra Sorrells | May 11, 2023

The company is adding luxury single-family homes to its portfolio of properties that primarily includes apartment-style accommodations. Read More

News / Technology

Travel tech expands reach in hospitality schools

By Derek Catron | May 9, 2023

A classroom tech revolution, accelerated by COVID and partnerships with travel leaders, means more of today’s hospitality students are exposed to the latest gadgets and cloud-based systems and learn to... Read More

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