Amsterdam-based Mews, a cloud-based property management system (PMS) for the hospitality industry, has become the latest Dutch unicorn. In a fresh funding round, the startup — which is also a TNW community member — achieved unicorn status after raising $110mn (€101mn) at a valuation of $1.2bn (€1.1bn). Mews was founded in 2012 by Richard Valtr, an ex-hotelier on a mission to accelerate the digital transformation of the hospitality space. “Digital transformation is challenging for many hospitality brands because too many run their systems with legacy, on-premise technology,” Valtr told TNW. “This hampers so much innovation within the sector and limits the…
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Startup behind ‘central nervous system’ for hotels becomes latest Dutch unicorn