Bohemian Birds
Venture Round in 2019
Bohemian Birds B.V., established in 2013 and based in Amsterdam, specializes in crafting customized group tours for friends, families, and corporate clients. Serving over 100,000 individuals by 2025 is their mission. They offer tailored experiences in more than 100 countries, catering to diverse groups from six people onwards. Their clients include prominent student unions, study associations, and corporations such as Acumen, Bain & Company, and Rabobank. Bohemian Birds provides comprehensive travel services, including flights, accommodation, activities, meals, transport, visa assistance, and insurance, ensuring affordable and hassle-free global travel experiences.
NotOnMap is a socially driven initiative focused on promoting rural tourism while preserving the cultural heritage of traditional Indian villages. The organization addresses issues of unskilled migration from these areas, which often occurs due to a lack of modern influences and opportunities. By facilitating deeper cultural exchanges, NotOnMap connects travelers with local hosts, enabling visitors to experience authentic village life and engage in various community activities and workshops. The initiative aims to create "Model Villages" that serve as new travel destinations, ensuring that local communities receive their fair share of the tourism economy. Through these efforts, NotOnMap not only supports the livelihoods of rural residents but also safeguards their age-old cultural values from erosion over time.
Evature
Acquisition in 2017
Evature is an Israeli company specializing in the development of an Expert Virtual Agent (EVA) designed for the online travel sector. Utilizing advanced technologies in Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, and machine learning, EVA functions as a virtual travel agent capable of understanding and processing customer inquiries presented in natural language. The technology enhances the efficiency of travel agencies and websites by significantly reducing operational costs and improving productivity. In addition to handling customer interactions, EVA can seamlessly transfer conversations to human agents when necessary, employing features such as semantic highlighting and suggested responses. This capability allows users to engage with the system through voice or text across various communication channels, leveraging data from millions of transactions to enhance user experience.
Hotel Ninjas
Acquisition in 2014
Hotel Ninjas is a technology company that specializes in providing cloud-based hotel property management systems. It offers a comprehensive software platform designed to empower hoteliers with full control over their properties. By leveraging the Salesforce cloud technology platform, Hotel Ninjas tailors its customer relationship management tools specifically for the hospitality industry, enabling hotel owners to efficiently manage their operations. The platform integrates essential technologies needed by hotel managers, facilitating record-keeping for sales documents and administrative tasks. Through these innovative solutions, Hotel Ninjas aims to enhance booking rates and minimize commission expenses for hoteliers.