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The latest improvement will aid local travel professionals in making bookings, carrying out payments, checking information, and making changes to orders.&nbsp;Felix Shpilman, CEO of RateHawk, commented: “RateHawk already has partners in over 100 countries globally and cooperates with over 9,500 travel agencies. At the same time, we believe that there is a huge need in the European markets for a user-friendly, high-tech, and supply-rich B2B hotel booking system. We are satisfied with our traction: by the end of the second quarter of 2019 we managed to double the number of our partners in Greece and to triple the number of our partners in Romania compared to the first quarter. In Hungary, our portfolio has been growing steadily at a rate of 30% for two quarters in a row since the beginning of 2019, while in Bulgaria we have managed to increase the number of our partners by 50% compared to the first quarter.&nbsp;&nbsp;We are planning to double our partners portfolio in these geographies by the end of the year. With our product available in more European languages, we will be better positioned to fully deliver our innovative engine to local travel industry professionals. We plan to continue our expansion in Europe and, over the long run, to make our product the preferred travel tool for all local travel professionals.”&nbsp;RateHawk launched in Hungary, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria in 2018. The service provides travel professionals with a supply of over 1.2 million unique properties globally sourced from more than 85 of the world’s best hotel suppliers. RateHawk’s mapping algorithms enable aggregating, processing, and deduplicating hotel content from both retail and wholesale players. The service utilizes content prioritization systems, rate mixing mechanisms, data structuring methods, advanced pricing, and inventory management systems across channels, POS, and customer segments. Combining innovative technologies and extensive professional experience, RateHawk provides travel players with the world’s most comprehensive hotel-booking backend technology.&nbsp;RateHawk is owned by Emerging Travel Group, an international online travel group that operates in over 100 source markets with the brands RateHawk, ZenHotels, and Ostrovok. In July 2019 the Group closed a $10M financing round aiming at accelerating the development and further global expansion of RateHawk – the company plans to more than double its international staff to scale RateHawk within one year and to continue its investments in technology.

RateHawk.com, an online booking tool for travel professionals including travel agents and corporate travel bookers, has introduced a fully localized version to the Greek, Hungarian, Romanian and Bulgarian markets. The whole system – including search pages, hotel profiles, booking forms, booking confirmations, and transactional notifications – is now available in Greek, Hungarian, Romanian and Bulgarian.

RateHawk.com launches in Greek, Hungarian, Romanian and Bulgarian

Şirket'in 2016'da başlattığı B2B Markası RateHawk, seyahat uzmanları “acentaları” için tasarlanmış bir online otel rezervasyonu platformudur. Platform, API ve web ürünü aracılığıyla dünya genelinde 1 milyondan fazla konaklama birimine erişim sağlar. Grup, dünya genelinde 85 tedarikçiden otel, apartman ve hostel gibi envanterleri ve 29.000 doğrudan otel sözleşmesi sunmaktadır. RateHawk, Avrupa, Orta Doğu, Güney Amerika ve Afrika'daki 9.500'den fazla seyahat uzmanı “acentası” tarafından kullanılmaktadır. Şirket 28 ülkede iş geliştirme personeli istihdam etmektedir. Site dokuz farklı dilde kullanım olanağı sunmaktadır: Türkçe, İngilizce, Almanca, Fransızca, İtalyanca, İspanyolca, Portekizce, Lehçe ve Rusça.&nbsp;RateHawk'un cirosu 2018'de %300'den fazla arttı. Geçen yıl bu servis, 21 yeni piyasada faaliyete başladı:Türkiye,&nbsp; Arnavutluk, Bulgaristan, Hırvatistan, Kıbrıs, Çek Cumhuriyeti, Fransa, Yunanistan, Macaristan, İsrail, İtalya, Makedonya, Malta, Karadağ, Polonya, Romanya, Sırbistan, Slovakya, Slovenya, Güney Afrika ve İngiltere.&nbsp;Şirket, RateHawk'u genişletmek ve teknolojilere yaptığı yatırımlarını sürdürmek için uluslararası personelini iki kattan fazla artırmayı planlamaktadır.&nbsp;Emerging Travel Group'un Ceo’su Felix Shpilman, “Hızla gelişen global B2B hizmetimiz olan RateHawk'u genişletmek için heyecanlıyız. RateHawk, hizmete başladığı 28 ülkede büyük ilgi çektiği için yerel iş geliştirme personelleri eğiterek yeni piyasalara açılmaya devam ediyoruz. RateHawk'u dünya çapında herhangi bir seyahat profesyoneli ve acentası için öncelikli tercih edilen bir rezervasyon mekanizmasına dönüştürmek için ürüne, yerelleşmeye ve müşteriye verilen desteğe odaklanmak istiyoruz”.&nbsp;Şirket Yönetim Kurulu'nda yatırımcıları temsil edecek olan Lev Leviev, şunları söyledi: “Şirketin çektiği ilgiden çok etkilendik. B2C, yerel piyasadaki lider konumunu korurken B2B, birçok bölgede hızla gelişmeyi sürdürüyor. Daha fazla gelişmek ve değerini artırmak için şirketin net bir stratejisi, hedefi ve gerçek uygulama kabiliyeti var”.&nbsp;Batı ve Güney Avrupa için: RateHawk, iş geliştirme odaklı 50’den fazla yöneticiden oluşan personeli işe almayı planlıyor. Şirket, önümüzdeki 12 ay boyunca 10.000'den fazla iş ortağıyla iş ilişkileri kurmayı hedefliyor (her ülkedeki B2B seyahat piyasasının ~ %25-30'luk bir penetrasyon seviyesi).&nbsp;Orta, Doğu ve Kuzey Avrupa için (Baltık Devletleri, Balkanlar, Çek Cumhuriyeti, Macaristan, Polonya ve Slovakya): RateHawk, bölgedeki pozisyonlarını geliştirmek ve sürdürmek için 20 ülkede ekibini 25 çalışanla da güçlendirmeyi planlamaktadır. Gelecek yıl boyunca RateHawk, 6.000'den fazla iş ortağı kayda geçirmeyi planlıyor (20 ülkede'daki B2B seyahat piyasasının %45'lik bir penterasyon seviyesi).&nbsp;Kuzey Amerika için (ABD ve Kanada):&nbsp; RateHawk, bölgeye, iki ekip kurarak girecek. Eşzamanlı gelişimi sağlamak için ekiplerden biri ABD'de, diğeri de Kanada'da olacak. Bir yıl içinde bölgedeki portföyüne 3.000’den fazla ortak eklemeyi planlıyor.&nbsp;Orta Doğu ve Türkiye&nbsp; için (İsrail, BAE, Suudi Arabistan, Kuveyt, Bahreyn, Katar, Umman): RateHawk, bu bölgedeki varlığını güçlendirmeyi ve Dubai'de bir merkez açmayı hedefliyor. Şirket, önümüzdeki 12 ay içinde Körfez ülkeleri pazarında mevcut olan ortak sayısını üçe katlamayı planlıyor (toplamda 1.700'den fazla ortağa kadar artırarak).&nbsp;&nbsp;Türkiye'ye gelince Ratehawk Türkiye'deki mevcut personel sayısını ikiye katlayarak bu pazardaki varlığını güçlendirmeyi ve 2500'den fazla seyahat acentasını kayda geçirmek suretiyle iş ortağı sayısını üçe katlamayı planlıyor.&nbsp;Asya için (Singapur ve Malezya):&nbsp; RateHawk, ~ 5 kişilik iş geliştirme ekibiyle bölgeye girmeyi ve Singapur ile Malezya'ya odaklanmayı planlıyor. Bir yıl içinde RateHawk, 1.500'den fazla iş ortağı portföyü kayda geçirmeyi planlıyor.

RateHawk, ZenHotels ve Ostrovok markalarıyla 100'den fazla pazarda faaliyet gösteren uluslararası bir online seyahat grubu olan Emerging Travel Group (bundan böyle "Şirket"), teknoloji girişimcisi LVL1 Grup'un Lev Leviev'inin ve Playrix kurucu ortaklarının ailesi olan Igor ve Dmitri Bukhman liderliğinde 10 milyon dolarlık bir yatırım aldı. Yatırım, Grubun gelişmesini ve uluslararası genişlemesini hızlandırmayı amaçlamaktadır.

Emerging Travel Group, LVL1 Group liderliğindeki bir yatırımcı konsorsiyumu sayesinde 10 milyon dolar yatırım artırdı

The Company’s B2B Brand, RateHawk, launched in 2016, is an online hotel-booking platform designed for travel professionals. The platform provides access to more than 1 million accommodations worldwide through its API and web product. The Group sources its inventory – hotels, apartments, and hostels from 85 suppliers worldwide and 29,000 direct hotel contracts. RateHawk is used by over 9,500 travel professionals in Europe, the Middle East, South America, and Africa. The Company employs business development staff in 28 countries. The site is available in nine languages – English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, and Russian.&nbsp;RateHawk’s turnover grew by over 300% in 2018. Last year, the service started operating in 21 new markets: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company plans to more than double its international staff to scale RateHawk and to continue its investments in technology.&nbsp;Felix Shpilman, Emerging Travel Group’s CEO, commented: “We are excited to scale RateHawk, our fast-growing global B2B service. RateHawk has demonstrated strong traction in all of its 28 launched countries and we continue to open new markets by deploying <a href="https://www.ratehawk.com/blog/categories/jobs/">local business development teams</a>. We intend to focus on the product, localization, and customer support to make RateHawk the default booking engine for any travel professional worldwide.”&nbsp;Lev Leviev, who will be representing investors on the Company’s Board of Directors, commented: "We are very impressed with the company’s traction. B2C maintains its leading position in the local market while B2B continues its fast growth across many regions. The Company has a clear strategy, focus, and solid execution capabilities to unlock further growth and value.”&nbsp;For Western and Southern Europe: RateHawk plans to hire commercial team of 50+ managers with a focus on business development. The Company plans to establish business relationships with 10,000+ partners over the next 12 months (a penetration level of ~25-30% of the B2B travel market in each country).&nbsp;For Central, Eastern and Northern Europe (the Baltic States, Balkans, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia): RateHawk plans to strengthen its team with an additional 25 employees in 20 countries to develop and maintain its positions in the region. Over the next year, RateHawk intends to sign up 6,000+ partners (a penetration level of ~45% of the B2B travel market in 20 countries).&nbsp;For North America (the USA and Canada): RateHawk will enter the region by establishing two commercial teams: one in the USA and one in Canada to secure simultaneous development. It plans to add 3,000+ partners to its portfolio in the region within one year.&nbsp;For the Middle East (Israel, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and Turkey): RateHawk intends to strengthen its presence in this region and open a headquarters in Dubai. The Company plans to triple its current number of partners within the next 12 months in the Gulf Cooperation Council markets (reaching over 1,700 partners in total). As for Turkey, RateHawk will double the existing team and triple the number of partners to sign up 2,500+ travel professionals.&nbsp;For Asia (Singapore and Malaysia): RateHawk plans to enter the region with a team of ~5 commercial managers and will focus on Singapore and Malaysia. Within a year, RateHawk plans to sign up a portfolio of 1,500+ partners.

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Emerging Travel Group (further – “the Company”), an international online travel group that operates in over 100 source markets with brands RateHawk, ZenHotels, and Ostrovok, has closed a $10M financing round led by technology entrepreneur Lev Leviev of LVL1 Group and the family office of Playrix co-founders, Igor and Dmitri Bukhman. The investment aims to accelerate the development and further international expansion of the Group.

Emerging Travel Group raises $10M in investments from a consortium of investors led by LVL1 Group

L’enseigne B2B de la société, RateHawk, lancée en 2016, est une plateforme de réservation en ligne d’hôtels conçue spécialement pour les professionnels du tourisme, donnant accès à plus d’un million de solutions de logement à travers le monde via ses offres API et internet. Le groupe tire son inventaire - hôtels, appartements, auberges de 85 fournisseurs du monde entier et de 29000 contrats établis directement avec les hôtels. Ratehawk est utilisé par plus de 9500 professionnels du tourisme en Europe, dans le Moyen-Orient, en Amérique du Sud et en Afrique. Pour son développement, la société emploi du personnel dans 28 pays. Le site est disponible en 9 langues: anglais, allemand, français, italien, espagnol, portugais, polonais, turque et russe. Le chiffre d’affaires de Ratehawk a augmenté de plus de 300% en 2018. L’année dernière, le service a commencé à opérer sur 21 nouveaux marchés: Albanie, Croatie, Chypre, République Tchèque, France, Grèce, Hongrie, Israël, Italie, Macédoine, Malte, Monténégro, Pologne, Roumanie, Serbie, Slovaquie, Slovénie, Afrique du Sud, Turquie et le Royaume-Uni. La société prévoit de plus que doubler son personnel international pour renforcer Ratehawk et continuer ses investissements technologiques. Félix Shpilman, le PDG de Emerging Travel Group a commenté : “Nous sommes ravis de faire évoluer RateHawk, notre service B2B mondial en forte croissance. RateHawk montre une solide implantation dans tous ces 28 pays et nous continuons d’ouvrir de nouveaux marchés en déployant des équipes de développement commercial. Nous avons l’intention de nous focaliser sur le produit, la localisation et le support client pour faire de RateHawk le moteur de réservation de référence pour tout professionnel du voyage dans le monde entier.” Lev Leviev, qui représentera les investisseurs au conseil d’administration de la société, s’est également exprimé: “Nous sommes très impressionnés par la dynamique de la compagnie. Le B2C conserve ses positions dominantes sur notre marché local alors que le B2B est toujours en forte croissance à travers de nombreuses régions. La société a une stratégie claire, une focalisation et de solides capacités d'exécution pour libérer davantage de croissance et de valeur.” Pour les pays occidentaux et les pays d’Europe méridionale: Ratehawk a l’intention d’engager une équipe commerciale de plus de 50 managers pour se concentrer sur le développement commercial. La société prévoit d’établir des relations d’affaires avec plus 10000 partenaires dans les 12 prochains mois (soit un coefficient de pénétration d'environ 25-30 % du marché B2B du tourisme dans chaque pays). Pour les pays d’Europe centrale, orientale et septentrionale (Pays baltes, Balkans, République Tchèque, Hongrie, Pologne et Slovaquie): Ratehawk renforcera son équipe avec 25 employés supplémentaires dans 20 pays pour développer et maintenir ses positions dans la région. Au cours de l’année prochaine, Ratehawk a l’intention d’enregistrer plus de 6000 partenaires (soit un coefficient de pénétration d’environ 54% du marché B2B du tourisme dans ces 20 pays). Pour l’Amérique du Nord (Etats-Unis et Canada): Ratehawk entrera dans la région en établissant deux équipes commerciales: une aux Etats-Unis et une au Canada pour s’assurer un développement simultané. Plus de 3000 partenaires devrait s’ajouter au portefeuille dans la région d’ici un an. Pour le Moyen-Orient (Israël, EAU, Arabie Saoudite, Koweït, Bahreïn, Qatar, Oman et Turquie): Ratehawk prévoit de renforcer sa présence dans la région et d’ouvrir son QG à Dubaï. La société projette de tripler le nombre actuel de ses partenaires sous 12 mois dans les marchés du Conseil de coopération du Golfe (pour arriver à 1700 partenaires au total). En ce qui concerne la Turquie, Ratehawk doublera la taille de son équipe existante et triplera le nombre de partenaires pour enregistrer plus de 2500 professionnels du tourisme. Pour l’Asie (Singapour et Malaisie): Ratehawk a pour plan de développer la région avec une équipe d’environ 5 managers commerciaux et se concentrera sur Singapour et la Malaisie. D’ici un an, Ratehawk devrait compter un portefeuille de plus de 1500 partenaires.

Emerging Travel Group (ci-après - «la société»), groupe international spécialisé dans la réservation de voyages en ligne opérant sur plus de 100 marchés d’offres touristiques avec les marques RateHawk, ZenHotels et Ostrovok, a clôturé un tour de table de 10 millions de dollars mené par Lev Leviev, entrepreneur du secteur technologique du groupe LVL1 et le familiy office des co-fondateurs de Playrix, Igor et Dmitri Bukhman. L'investissement vise à accélérer le développement et la poursuite de l'expansion internationale du groupe.

Emerging Travel Group lève 10 millions de dollars d'investissements auprès d'un consortium d'investisseurs dirigé par le

Davide Amaro has over 15 years of experience in tourism as a strategic consultant at the European level and as an international team manager. He has previously worked in leading companies in the tourism sector such as WebBeds, HRS.com and NH Hoteles among others, specializing in large commercial projects in the B2B sector.&nbsp;In his new role for RateHawk, Davide has joined Samia Lahlou, who has been the Business Development Manager in RateHawk’s Spanish team since January 2019. Samia has more than 20 years of experience in sales and marketing in multinational companies, including Cathay Pacific and Air France KLM. Together, Davide and Samia will continue to strengthen RateHawk’s position on the Spanish and Portuguese markets.&nbsp;Felix Shpilman, CEO of RateHawk, commented: “RateHawk already has partners in over 100 countries globally and cooperates with over 7,500 travel agencies. At the same time, we believe that there is a huge need in the Spanish and Portuguese markets for a user-friendly, high-tech, and supply-rich B2B hotel booking system. Therefore, we plan to continue our expansion in these countries and, over the long run, to make our product the preferred travel tool for all travel professionals globally. With our enhanced sales team, we will be better positioned to deliver our innovative engine to local travel industry professionals fully.”&nbsp;On his appointment, Davide Amaro commented: “I am excited to be joining RateHawk and to take the company’s growth strategy forward. RateHawk’s supply of over 1 million unique properties globally sourced from 85+ of the world’s best hotel suppliers, combined with cutting edge technology, a user-friendly interface, and excellent service provides tremendous value to our agency partners as we continue to scale up.”&nbsp;RateHawk’s mapping algorithms enable aggregating, processing, and deduplicating hotel content from both retail and wholesale players. RateHawk utilizes content prioritization systems, rate mixing mechanisms, various data structuring methods, advanced pricing, and inventory management systems for different channels, POS, and customer segments. Combining innovative technologies and extensive professional experience, RateHawk provides travel players with the world’s most comprehensive hotel-booking backend technology.

RateHawk.com (Emerging Travel Group), an online booking tool for travel professionals including travel agents and corporate travel bookers, announces the expansion of its Spanish team – RateHawk has appointed Davide Amaro as a Senior Sales Manager in Spain and Portugal.

RateHawk.com expands its team in Spain