Hospitality technology specialist Mews is shaving 15% of its global workforce, resulting in the loss of approximately 170 roles.
A spokesperson for the company said the cuts were across all teams and geographies, adding that customer-facing roles were largely unaffected.
Announcing the decision on LinkedIn, Mews' founder Richard Valtr said the company was in "a strong position" and continuing to grow, adding that it wanted to act now "rather than when the landscape around us, and the company we have built for it, has changed irreversibly."
"The world our customers operate in is changing faster than ever. Guest expectations are rising, the pace of innovation is relentless and AI is fundamentally changing the economics of hospitality," he wrote.
Valtr added that AI can now handle areas including financial services, revenue management and procurement "more profitably" than the returns hotels have traditionally seen.
"We believe the hospitality operating system of the future is an AI-native one, and we intend to build it. But in order to help our customers be AI-native, we need to become that ourselves."
He also said Mews continues to hire for certain roles. At the time of publication, its website has 36 open roles including technical, commercial positions and fintech positions.
Mews announced Series D funding of $300 million, at a valuation of $2.5 billion, earlier this year. The company said at the time that the funds would go towards AI developments, fintech capabilities and expansion in existing and new markets.
The company has also made a string of acquisitions in recent years. It acquired natural language processing specialist DataChat in late 2025. Earlier the same year, it scooped up Clarity Hospitality Software Solutions, a property and event management technology.