The idea for happyhotel
During his thesis at the hotel management school, Sebastian recognized the problem many hoteliers faced with unclear pricing for overnight stays. He began to carry out his first attempts to calculate room prices in Excel. In his parents' hotel business, he was able to gain immediate experience and celebrate successes in revenue management.
During this time, Sebastian, Marius and Rafael met in Offenburg. Together, they exchanged ideas with several hotels and recognized the market potential. Rafael and Marius brought experience from the start-up environment and software development. Together, they developed a prototype and built Happyhotel together.
We are hosting our first own event with partners from vioma, Mara Solutions, hoga-data, straiv and DIRS21 in our new office
We successfully attend our first trade fair in London. A major milestone towards internationalization.
With the fresh capital, happyhotel is accelerating its expansion in Europe and investing in the development of its commercial AI agent.
We are named the best German revenue management software on the market on HotelTechReport
We are launching our new “Price Transparency” feature. From now on, our customers not only see the final price proposal, but also the factors and decisions behind it — clear, data-based and comprehensible on a daily basis.
The new feature expands on the capabilities of Analysis 2.0 and gives hoteliers an intuitive way to use natural language to access and interpret their operational data — without having to create reports, adjust filters, or navigate through complex dashboards.
happyhotel optimizes prices for customers with a total turnover of over 1 billion €
We were able to contract 3 Choice Group hotels
happyhotel is now used in 12 countries — from small boutique hotels to hotel groups.
With our new office in Munich, we have created a home for ideas, team spirit and the future of happyhotel at another location.
happyhotel received a new look, logo and several new colors.
Happyhotel's growth is also reflected in the number of employees.
The move to the new office marks another significant step and a new era began.
With its 1000th customer, happyhotel achieved another milestone on the way to revolutionize the hotel industry.
happyhotel received further capital for its growth. A total of two million euros were raised in the third financing round, led by the start-up BW Innovation Fund.
With the same business angels, a six-figure sum was collected through the “Pre-Seed” state program. To continue the growth story.
At the end of 2020, the founders were able to collect a total of six figures, which was an important milestone for the next phase of growth. With Fabian Silberer and Marco Reinbold, the sevDesk Founders, and Swen Leampe, the VIOMA Founder, as Business Angels, a Convertible Loan was concluded through the “Pre-Seed” State Program.
Preparations for the market launch of the beta version of the software. The team carried out internal tests and further optimized the product to prepare it for widespread use in hotels.
With the first promises, the GmbH was founded, and all three founders finally joined Happyhotel full time.