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Holidu and Bookiply expand offerings into Greece
Reading Time: 2 minutesGreece: Munich-based travel tech company Holidu and its subsidiary Bookiply have announced their expansion into Greece.
Holidu acquires rental platform Spain-Holiday
Reading Time: 3 minutesMunich: Travel tech company Holidu has announced the acquisition of holiday rental platform Spain-Holiday for an undisclosed amount, and the latter will now merge with Holidu’s subsidiary Bookiply. As well as making the search and booking of holiday rentals as easy as possible, the merger of the businesses will provide another boost to the ongoing […]
Holidu secures $45m in Series D funding round
Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: Munich-based holiday search engine Holidu has announced that it has secured $45 million [€37 million / £32 million] in Series D funding. The round of investment was led by 83North with participation from existing investors Prime Ventures, EQT ventures, Coparion, Senovo, Kees Koolen, Lios Ventures and Chris Hitchen. Claret Capital [formerly Harbert European Growth Capital] also participated […]
Holidu appoints Thresh as MD for North America
Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany / US: Munich-based holiday rental search engine Holidu is extending its growth into the United States with the appointment of former Booking.com regional director for North America, Stephen Thresh, as its new managing director for North America. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic hitting the travel industry especially hard, Holidu has emerged from it by achieving […]
Holidu secures €4m funding from former Booking CEO Koolen
Reading Time: 3 minutesGermany: Munich-based holiday rentals search engine Holidu has announced that Kees Koolen, the former CEO of Booking.com, has invested more than €4 million into the company from his personal fund. The funding injection from Koolen is part of a €5 million extension to the €40 million Series C round that the company secured last year. […]
Munich’s Holidu closes €40 million Series C funding round
Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: Munich-based holiday rentals search engine Holidu has announced it has closed a €40 million Series C funding round. The round was led by Prime Ventures, with participation from coparion and MairDuMont Ventures. Existing investors, including EQT Ventures, Venture Stars, Senovo and business angel Chris Hitchen, also took part in the deal, which is reported […]