Busy Rooms, a Malta-based Central Reservation System,Êhave announced the acquisition of Germany-based Hotelwebservice (HWS). The deal provides the company with significant exposure in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and allows for expansion of the product suite.
Busy Rooms, traditionally not focused on German speaking markets, now plans to establish presence in DACH. The office in Essen will be maintained and further developed. The brand Hotelwebservice, which is well established and has been in the market for almost 20 years, will be continued while a future brand strategy is being carefully explored and developed over time.
Customers on both sides will soon benefit from additional product offerings. With the acquisition Busy Rooms now operates out ofÊfour offices (Malta, Germany, Mexico and India) and has customers in over 60 countries.
ÒWith Busy Rooms we joined a strong, innovative team that jointly enables us to provide our current and future customers cutting edge solutions,” said Thomas Lendzion, the founderÊand CEO of Hotelwebservice, who will join the Busy Rooms executive team. “This deal accelerates us and our clients to the next level.”
Sascha Hausmann, founderÊand CEO of Busy Rooms was also thrilled about the acquisition. ÒWe are excited about the acquisition and the opportunity it provides,” said Mr Hausmann.Ê”Not only do we acquire additional product but more importantly an experienced team which will allow us to execute on our global expansion strategy while providing better solutions to the hospitality industry.Ó
The product suite now includes theÊCentral Reservation System, Revenue Management, various Internet Booking Engines, in-house Channel Management, GDS, Call Center, Content Management, Website Services, Loyalty Management, Data Intelligence and more. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
