Airbnb Acquires HotelTonight

Lighthouse Acquires The Hotels Network

April 16, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Lighthouse, the London-based commercial platform for travel and hospitality, has acquired The Hotels Network, a Barcelona-based marketing personalization and direct-booking SaaS provider. The deal integrates The Hotels Network’s AI-driven personalization engine with Lighthouse’s pricing and market intelligence to expand Lighthouse’s commercial capabilities for hotels and boost direct channel revenue.

Guesty Acquires Rentals United

May 3, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Guesty, the property management software platform for the short-term rental and hospitality industry, acquired Rentals United, a cloud-based channel management and distribution platform for vacation rental managers. Rentals United will continue to operate independently while the acquisition expands Guesty’s distribution, data and AI capabilities to better serve property managers and scale bookings.

Booking Holdings Acquires Getaroom

December 30, 2021

Restaurants & Hospitality

Booking Holdings Inc. completed its acquisition of Getaroom from Court Square Capital Partners for approximately $1.2 billion, folding the business into Priceline to form a new Strategic Partnerships unit. Getaroom will remain headquartered in Dallas and CEO Matt Davis will lead Priceline's Strategic Partnerships business unit.

HotelRunner Acquires B2B Travel Marketplace Bookingate

October 1, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Hospitality technology platform HotelRunner has acquired B2B travel marketplace Bookingate for an undisclosed sum. The deal expands HotelRunner’s distribution capabilities—adding hotel inventory, third-party services and dynamic packaging to its platform to better serve travel agencies, tour operators and DMCs.

Guesty Acquires MyVR

April 8, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Guesty, the property-management platform for short-term rentals, acquired MyVR to combine technology and teams and strengthen its position as the largest short-term rental property management platform. The acquisition will keep both products operating independently while expanding Guesty’s technical offering and North American market presence.

Airbnb Acquires GamePlanner.AI

November 14, 2023

AI & Machine Learning

Airbnb has acquired GamePlanner.AI, a stealth AI startup led by Adam Cheyer and Siamak Hodjat, bringing a roughly 12-person team onto Airbnb’s AI efforts. The team will accelerate select AI projects and integrate GamePlanner.AI’s tools into Airbnb’s platform to enhance AI-driven interfaces and experiences.