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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Founder operating in the Hotel space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Rami Zeidan
Co-Founder & CEO of Life House
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About Life House: Life House is a vertically integrated hotel software and management platform on the mission to make hotels operationally autonomous.
Andrew Black
Founder of Flutter Entertainment
Andrew Black formed Betfair in 2000, together with Edward Wray. The company came about after Black had an idea for a fairer way for people to bet against each other rather than with a bookmaker. He turned his idea into a reality, and in doing so created one of the biggest gambling sites on the internet.
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About Flutter Entertainment, Imagine Fashion Window Shopper: Flutter Entertainment is the world’s leading online sports betting and gaming operator.
Matthew Luczynski
Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Office of Travala.com
Matthew Luczynski is a Tech & Marketing Entrepreneur, Strategic & Innovative Thinker, and the Founder of Travala.com. Book 2,200,000 hotels and homes worldwide with savings of up to 40%. Pay with 30 cryptos and credit card. Best price guaranteed and 24/7 Support. Matthew has worked on a number of start-ups within the travel space, with a focus on Fintech & Blockchain technology.
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About Travala.com: Travala.com, the world’s leading cryptocurrency-friendly hotel booking service with the best prices on 2 Million+ properties, worldwide.
Matthew Larby
Co-Founder & CEO of Unified Technologies
Matthew Larby is the Co-Founder & CEO at Unified Technologies.
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About Unified Technologies: Advanced indoor-location services, sensor-based analytics and workforce management solutions for buildings.
Paul Besnainou
Founder & CEO of Sweet Inn
Paul Besnainou is a 31-year old French-Israeli entrepreneur, who is entirely self-taught. After his high school diploma, he opted to pursue his studies at the Mir Yeshiva rather than attend a prominent business school. Following his seven years of Talmudic studies, he emerged filled with intellectual curiosity, discipline, and an analytical spirit – characteristics that would lead him to found and direct, only a year later, Sweet Inn. In just 5 years since its founding, Sweet Inn is already located in 13 cities around Europe and in Israel, totaling over 700 apartments and employ more than 200 employees.
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About Sweet Inn: Sweet Inn is a booking platform intended for hotel services for tourists and business travelers.
Richard Valtr
Founder of Mews
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About Mews: Mews is an innovative hospitality management cloud platform that empowers the modern hotelier to provide remarkable guest experiences.
Jean-Philippe Chomette
Founder of Algonquin Management Partners
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About Algonquin Management Partners: Algonquin Management Partners operates hotels.
Evan Davies
Co-Founder and CEO of The Booking Factory
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About The Booking Factory: Hotel Management System for Independent Hotels
Simon Thompson
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Conferences-uk.org.uk
Simon Thompson is Director and Co-Founder of Conferences:UK, ConferenceVenues.com and ConferencesGroup. Simon is an active member of the Hotel Booking Agents Association (HBAA) and strongly supports Accreditation in Meetings (AIM). Simon is passionate about transforming our successful UK business into the World No.1 Hotel and Conference Booking Agency.
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About Conferences-uk.org.uk: Conferences-uk.org.uk (part of ConferencesGroup) is a flagship UK Expert Venue Finding Agency.
Rich Turnbull
Co-Founder & CTO of HotelFlex
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About HotelFlex: An award winning, VC backed hospitality tech startup, transforming the way hotels manage and sell their inventory
Nour Mouakke
Founder & CEO of Wizme
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About Wizme: Wizme makes meetings and events management magical through superior ease of use and smart technologies.
Omer Brakin
Co-Founder, Director of La-Terra
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About La-Terra: La-Terra provides end-to-end services to clients throughout the entire investment life cycle.
Trevor Harris
Founder of Derby Brewing Company
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About Derby Brewing Company: Derby Brewing Company was set up in 2004 by our head brewer Trevor Harris.
Ivo Dimitrov
Founder & MD of Reputize
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About Reputize: Reputize is a leading end-to-end Online Hotel Reputation Management platform.
Alex Philips
Founder of Advenjo
Founder at Advenjo
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About Advenjo: Advenjo Unveils A Social Networking Platform For Travel Enthusiasts
Omar Allibhoy
Founder of Tapas Revolution
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About Tapas Revolution: Tapas Revolution is a UK restaurant chain offering Spanish tapas cuisine.
