HotelQuickly

HotelQuickly
Industry Hotel, Apps
Founded December 2012
Founders Tomas Laboutka (CEO), Christian Mischler (Chairman, CMO), Michal Juhas (CTO), Mario Peng (CFO), Raphael Cohen (CSO)
Headquarters Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Area served
 Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, Macau, Cambodia, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Myanmar, Laos, Japan
Services Travel Industry, Hotel Booking
Website hotelquickly.com

HotelQuickly is a mobile application available for iPhone and Android devices that allows users to find discounted hotels throughout Asia Pacific.[1][2][3] The application features more than 20,000 hotels and is localized to 6 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.

HotelQuickly’s company headquarter and regional holding is based in Hong Kong, while the operational head office is located in Bangkok, Thailand. HotelQuickly launched publicly on March 20, 2013 in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. The app was initially available only for Apple devices and Android powered smartphones, in Summer 2013 the app was made available also for BlackBerry 10 devices.[10][11] Over the course of 2013, HotelQuickly expanded to 5 more markets including three Asian countries (Vietnam, Macau, Cambodia) and the main pacific markets (Australia, New Zealand).[12][13] HotelQuickly is the first company to make last-minute mobile-only hotel booking available on the two continents.[14] In August 2013, HotelQuickly secured 9m HKD in angel funding.[15] Prominent investors included Koh Boon Hwee, former Chairman of Singtel and Chairman of Singapore Airlines and current board member of several private companies such as Singapore’s Temasek Holdings.[16] A USD 4.5m Series A-1 round was raised in Spring 2014, bringing the total funds raised to date to USD 5.65m.[17] The second round was led by GREE and co-invested by William E. Heinecke, Chairman and CEO of Minor International.[18][19] HotelQuickly has continued expanding throughout Asia Pacific to the Philippines, Myanmar, Laos, South Korea and Japan bringing the number of available countries on the application to 16.[20][21][22] End of February 2016, HotelQuickly announced the acquisition of Japanese last-minute hotel booking app Tonight, which was acquired for an undisclosed amount and fully integrated into HotelQuickly. [22]

Description

HotelQuickly is a mobile app available for free on iOS and Android devices. The app features discounted last-minute rooms at hotels in 16 Asia-Pacific countries. HotelQuickly is a private sales channel. Members are required to sign up before they can view discounted hotel rates. In October 2015 the app expanded it booking window to a seven-day calendar.

HotelQuickly offer members exclusive discounts from hotels looking to sell distressed inventory. Each day the app curates the best deals in each of its destinations. HotelQuickly's best price guarantee states that its room rates will always be lower than those found online.

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. 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. 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. ↑ Hong, Kaylene. "Booking app HotelQuickly announces launch of Blackberry app as it targets Indonesia and corporate world". The Next Web.
  11. ↑ Yeoh, Siew Hoon. "HotelQuickly to launch Blackberry app, sees spike in weekend bookings". Web In Travel.
  12. ↑ "HotelQuickly arrives in Vietnam". Web In Travel. 1 May 2013.
  13. ↑ Summers, Nick (8 May 2013). "HotelQuickly launches its same-day hotel booking app in Australia with Sydney and Melbourne listings". The Next Web.
  14. ↑ Racoma, J. Angelo (28 May 2013). "HotelQuickly expands to new countries and gives us an Echelon special".
  15. ↑ Prabu, Karthick. "The last-minute hotel market is alive and kicking, HotelQuickly raises $1.2 million funding". Tnooz.
  16. ↑ Shu, Catherine. "HotelQuickly Raises $1.16M Series A To Expand In Asia". TechCrunch.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ Dorbian, Iris (11 July 2014). "Hotel Quickly books $4.5 mln". Reuters. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  20. ↑ "Rocket Internet alumni club startup Hotel Quickly rolls into the Philippines due to high demand". Yahoo! News. 10 January 2014.
  21. ↑ "HotelQuickly goes live in the Philippines offering late deals". TTG Asia. 10 January 2014.
  22. 1 2 "HotelQuickly acquires Japan's Tonight". DealStreetAsia. Retrieved 2016-08-17.

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