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Fueling the future
of hospitality

Mews Ventures

Reshaping an industry together

Mews Ventures works together with the brightest minds in tech, hospitality and beyond to harness amazing ideas and turn them into remarkable realities.

Mission

Be part of hospitality's
biggest success story

The hospitality industry is rapidly modernizing. Alliances and strategic investments are more important than ever. Mews Ventures invests in technology and teams that will provide hoteliers and guests with the most advanced solutions available in the market.

Team

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Cisco Villalta

A 26-year career (and counting) in M&A, strategic investments, joint ventures and alliances – both on the business and legal side – makes Cisco a vital part of Mews Ventures.

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Sacha Payette

Leaning on five years of corporate strategy experience, Sacha helped start Mews Ventures as a result of Mews' Series B funding round in August 2019.

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Ria De Temmerman

Founder of Planet Winner, Mews’ first acquisition, where she developed the successful Winner PMS and POS products, Ria is the product specialist of Mews Ventures.

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Dirk Leysen

Former hotelier (IHG) and Co-Founder of Planet Winner, Dirk uses his 25+ years in hospitality tech to integrate new acquisitions into Mews as his role of M&A Director.

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Liz Quach

Corporate Counsel passionate about travel, Liz has a wide range of legal experience from private practice to supporting the growth of the leading hospitality cloud.

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Axel van der Wallen

Hospitality and tech enthusiast with an entrepreneurial spirit and a background in finance, Axel's focus is on due diligence, sourcing and driving investment opportunities.

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Annie Kingman

Analyst and Certified Public Accountant with a passion for adventure and travel. Annie focuses on sourcing, due diligence and supporting the integration process for acquisitions.

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Chinedu Chukelu

Former private practice lawyer, and business enthusiast - Chinedu serves as Corporate Counsel, offering legal expertise in strategic investments, M&A and other related areas.

'Mews were open and communicative. They saw the value our team and business had, and the value they could give us.'

Andrew Risely

Managing Director of Hotel Perfect / Mews' third partner

History

Founded in early 2019, we're proud of our history and excited for the future

  • Planet Winner

    The Belgium-based software company that provided property management services for over 200 properties across Europe and beyond becomes our first investment

  • base7booking

    Mews Ventures takes control of base7booking from Trivago. The European PMS has a great feature set and culture fit with the Mews team

  • Hotel Perfect

    The UK-based PMS with a strong customer portfolio and an experienced team of hospitality experts becomes the Ventures team's third investment

  • Bizzon

    Mews Ventures' fourth investment is Bizzon, a cloud-native electronic point of sale (ePOS) software provider that specializes in hospitality

  • Cenium

    Cenium, a hotel tech company owned by Nordic Choice Hotels, becomes the fifth acquisition, allowing NCH to roll out their 200+ hotel portfolio onto Mews

  • Hotello

    Hotello is one of the most popular PMS solutions for full-service and independent hotels in the French-Canadian market, helping Mews to scale rapidly across North America

  • Nomi

    Nomi becomes the seventh Mews Ventures acquisition, an AI-powered tour guide that gives guests personalized recommendations as part of their hotel stay

  • Frontdesk Anywhere

    Mews acquires Frontdesk Anywhere, an award-winning cloud-based property management system with a strong US presence and experienced team.

  • HS3

    Mews acquires HS3 Hotelsoftware, the German-founded on-premises property management system, bringing significant market penetration of Mews in the market.

Spotlight

Ria De Temmerman

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Ria was one of the very first woman progammers in hospitality, and built her successful PMS completely from scratch. In 2019, Planet Winner was acquired by Mews and we were lucky enough to welcome her and the Winner team into the Mews fold.

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