Top Hotels Startups in 2026

We enable our customers to travel more, travel better and travel further. 20M+ consumers stock away miles & points to satisfy their wanderlust. Flying around or using credit cards are the only good ways to fill the stockpile today. We've built the third way. Customers earn ~7000 miles/booking for staying among a handful of premium hotels in each city. One stay can now earn a free flight. Hotel partners fill rooms that would have otherwise gone unused with coveted premium business travelers. rocketmiles.com facebook.com/rocketmiles twitter.com/rocketmiles

Airbnb is a community marketplace for people to list, discover and book unique spaces around the world through mobile phones or the internet. Whether an apartment for a night, a castle for a week, or a villa for a month, Airbnb connects people to unique travel experiences at any price point, with over 2M listings in 34K cities and 192 countries. With a growing community of users, Airbnb also provides an easy way for people to monetize their extra space and showcase it to an audience of millions.

Cloudbeds provides a transformative technology platform upon which any lodging provider, from luxury hotels to campgrounds, can build and run their business. We help businesses reach travelers in every corner of the globe and empower them to spend more time with their guests, and less time worrying about technology. We've brought together the smartest minds from around the world to innovate new technology that challenges the status quo and makes the world a more connected place.

Placemakr is a venture-backed startup on a mission to change the future of hospitality and home. With properties in three cities (and many more coming!) we operate a platform that allows buildings to blur the line between hotels and apartments. Our platform is an all-in-one solution which includes property operations, customer acquisitions, and the tech stack to operate with more flexibility than any other company in the market. Our tech-enabled buildings create a one-of-a-kind guest experience and tremendous value in the underlying real estate. Whether a guest or resident is with us for three days or three years, these are more than just spaces to spend the night—they are a place to call home. Our property team members focus on bringing our business to life at each of our buildings with a focus on execution, and resident and guest experience. Our non-property team members focus on supporting property execution and the evolution of the other areas of the platform. The non-property roles are remote-first with the option to work out of our DC or SF offices. We think in-person collaboration and bonding is extremely important, so our remote-first team members participate in quarterly in-person retreats with their teams at various locations across the U.S.

Founded in 2000, we are the world's largest online travel research company, empowering users to plan and enjoy the ideal trip. Our travel research platform aggregates reviews and opinions of members about destinations, accommodations (including hotels, B&Bs, specialty lodging and vacation rentals), restaurants and activities throughout the world through our brand. We provide the the ultimate travel companion in 49 markets and 28 languages.

Duetto is hospitality’s only Revenue Strategy Platform. A powerful suite of cloud applications addresses the industry’s complexity in distribution and technology, providing solutions that increase booking conversion, efficiency, guest loyalty and revenue. The unique combination of hospitality experience and technology leadership drives Duetto to look for new and innovative solutions to the industry’s greatest challenges. Duetto delivers software-as-a-service to hotels and casinos that leverage dynamic data sources and actionable insights into pricing and demand across the enterprise, enabling a holistic and more profitable Revenue Strategy.

The AI Travel Company: Building the next generation of trip booking and planning After returning from a solo trip through Europe, Founder Connor Wilson had the realization that life was more rewarding in person. He had enough of “social” media truly meant to manufacture FOMO to keep people online and sell them ads. Frustrated by the lack of tech designed to bring people together to discover and share memorable moments in the real world, Connor teamed up with co-founders Yu-Wei and Avinash to realize the belief that technology should enable real-life experiences, not impersonate them. ‍ Since launching in 2022, that ambition has centered on travel, building the platform for global travel experiences. Built for today’s tech, the heart of it all has always been this: helping people live happier lives through shared experiences. It’s why we design tools that make it easy to discover, plan, book, and share trips. The most meaningful moments don’t happen in apps; they happen with the people you share them with in the real world. Everything you need to make trips happen: We know OTAs like Expedia have made planning trips a mostly chaotic experience, but it doesn’t have to be. Our product ethos of building a hub for you and your group’s travel experience is rooted in three principles: collaboration, centralization, and simplicity. Built for large groups and solo dreamers alike, Pilot combines beautiful design with powerful functionality, helping you book, plan, and share trips in one seamless space. Whether it’s your first backpacking trip or your fiftieth team offsite, from daydreaming to departure, Pilot supports you (and 50,000+ others) every step (and stopover) of the way.

Event Temple provides venue management software as a platform to hotels, venues and restaurants. Our customers are able to utilize our core platform to perform all of the standard functions within venue management, with an additional level of both sales and event management automation. As a platform, we enable hotels and venues to integrate our software with other software programs without limitation for the first time ever. This gives our customers the ability to rapidly adapt new technology without limitation and also to create their own customized workflows within our framework. Our main features include: -CRM and Sales Management -Sales Automation -Email Templates and Tracking -Marketing Tracking -Color-Coded Event Calendar -Tour Scheduling -Event Planning -Event Orders -Event Automation -Proposals and Invoices -Website Tools -New Customer Prospecting -Past Customer Retention -Dynamic Reporting

Thanks to our technology, we provide the best photography quality starting at $169 for 14HD pictures delivered within 24 hours. There are many advantages to work with us : - Book a photographer in 3 clicks on our website / mobile app, up to 6 hours before and get an immediate confirmation. - Our photographers are the best on the market and trained to our program during 2 to 4 weeks to ensure the best quality. - We have availabilities every days, each 30 minutes to fit to your agenda. - Photos editing is made in-house to guarantee quality, consistency and a very fast delivery.