The Freiburg-based company Lohospo offers services for holiday apartment landlords and tourist information. The company counts more than 7,000 hosts in Germany and abroad and over 100 tourism organizations among its customers. My IRS has developed the software Tomas, an online management system for tourism. The Puchheim-based company has over 400 destination clients and over 100,000 bookable hosts. Founded in 2016, Holidu subsidiary Bookiply has been collaborating with both companies for several years. Bookiply claims to be the market leader in the regions of South Tyrol, the Balearic Islands, Andalusia, the Canary Islands, and Sardinia, serving over 10,000 landlords with more than 17,000 accommodations. Johannes Siebers, CEO of Holidu, says
"We have been working with Lohospo and My IRS for years and are now looking forward to jointly offering the accommodation market more opportunities for digitalization. We want to further deepen our collaboration with tourism associations, offering both regions and more hosts even better technological solutions and simplifying many processes, from higher occupancy to payment management."
“Holidu and Bookiply score with an extremely strong tech organization”
The offices, teams, and managing directors of Lohospo and My IRS will remain unchanged. The Holidu group employs over 400 people across Europe.
Christiane Schwaß, Managing Director of Lohospo, says about the takeover:
"The already high demand for accommodations has increased significantly in recent years. With its innovative technology and outstanding customer service, Bookiply is one of the leading companies in the market. We are convinced that together with Bookiply, we can offer our hosts and destination partners great technical opportunities, and they will benefit greatly from this – for example, through even better visibility and numerous advantages in managing the offer for landlords and hosts."
Frank Nowak, CEO of My IRS, says:
"Together, we will further optimize our products and drive innovations for destination partners and hosts even faster in the future. Holidu and Bookiply combine an extremely strong tech organization and forward-looking technological resources. We very much look forward to working together."
