Best Hotel IT Companies in France
The 59 best Hotel IT companies in France in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Fastbooking.
France's Hotel IT sector has a directory worth knowing: 59 companies tracked, $119M in total disclosed funding, and not a single unicorn yet. That last point is telling. The global hospitality tech market was sitting at roughly $7.5B in 2019 and is forecast to reach $16.8B by 2025 at a CAGR of around 8.23%, so the gap between that growth curve and France's still-fragmented funding picture is exactly where opportunity lives. Ariane leads the local pack at $15M raised, followed by PerfectStay at $17M, and you've got a cluster of focused players like HomeRez ($11M) and PriceMatch ($10M) rounding out the top tier.
So what's the momentum signal right now? Median app install growth across hotels and leisure apps is running at roughly +25% year-on-year, which tells you mobile engagement is real and accelerating. Hot themes are luxury resort positioning, hotel consulting, and high-end review ecosystems, even as broader coverage of the sector is contracting. I'd read that as a flight-to-quality moment: the noise is clearing, and the specialists are winning. Visa policy shifts continue to shape inbound travel patterns across Europe, which adds a regulatory variable that French Hotel IT companies can't ignore. Bpifrance and Partech Partners are the names backing this cohort, and their presence signals this market is being watched closely.
- ResearchAndMarkets.com
Ranked: Best Hotel IT companies in France
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fastbooking Technology products and solutions to the hospitality industry | $50M | 225 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2000 | BootstrapApache HTTP ServerAmazon Web Services+4 | — |
| 2 | PerfectStay Online B2B marketplace for accommodations | $17M | 97 mo ago | Acquired | Stephane Libre Co-Founder | 2016 | MarkerReactAmazon Web Services+13 | — |
| 3 | Ariane Provider of web-based check-in solutions for hotels | $15M | 134 mo ago | Series A | — | 2001 | HubSpot CMS HubSalesforceMaterial Design Lite+17 | 2 launchs |
| 4 | HomeRez App-based marketplace for holiday rentals | $11M | 91 mo ago | Series A | — | 2013 | WebflowSentryNode.js+32 | — |
| 5 | PriceMatch Online Revenue Management Solutions | $10M | 136 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2012 | — | — |
| 6 | Checkmyguest Offers SaaS-enabled vacation rental management solutions for property owners | $8M | 82 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2016 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+18 | 1 expansion |
| 7 | DirectStreams Provider of content management software for the hospitality industry | $3M | 163 mo ago | Series A | Pascale Chatelain CEO | 2007 | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — |
| 8 | Xotelia Channel management and reservation solutions for short-term rental properties | $1M | 136 mo ago | Series A | Jeffrey Messud CEO | 2011 | — | — |
| 9 | 360 & 1 Marketing and analytics solutions for hotels | $1M | 115 mo ago | Seed | Olivier Ricard Founder & CEO | 2016 | Node.jsBootstrapPhusion Passenger+13 | — |
| 10 | 1Check Provider of web-based operations management solution for hotel & other accommodations | $1M | 114 mo ago | Seed | Pierre Lafon CEO | 2012 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+28 | — |
| 11 | Betterfly Tourism Offers web-based management software for accommodations & restaurants | $468K | 96 mo ago | Seed | Hubert Vendeville CEO | 2011 | — | — |
Top 11 Hotel IT companies in France
#1
Acquired · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2016 · 84 employees$7.7Mraised▾
Offers SaaS-enabled vacation rental management solutions for property owners. The company offers solutions for managing short-term rental properties. It includes guest management, transactions, work, and mobility lease management.
- Sep 2019Series A$7.7M
#2
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2013 · 32 employees$11.4Mraised▾
App-based marketplace & distribution channel for vacation rentals. Property owners/ managers can list their property on the platform. Users can discover, compare and book holiday rentals on the website. It partners with several vacation rental marketplaces like HomeAway, Abritel, HolidayLettings, Homelidays, and AirBnB and distributes inventory on these channels. Their app is available for iOS & Android devices.
- Nov 2018Series A$6.8M
- Apr 2016Seed$4.6M
#3
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2001 · 45 employees$15Mraised▾
Ariane is a provider of web-based self-check-in solutions for hotels. The offerings include web and mobile platforms for online check-in and self-service kiosk solutions for offline check-in. Hardware solutions include key dispensers and kiosk devices. The company also offers consultancy and backend services to hotels that include statistics and monitoring.
- May 2015PE$3.4M
- Jun 2008Series A$4.5M
- Jan 2008Series A$4.1M
- Jan 2006Seed$3.1M
#4
Acquired · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2016 · 94 employees$17.5Mraised▾
PerfectStay is an online B2B marketplace for accommodations. The solution enables its clients to offer customized travel packages to their customers, allowing customers to search, compare and book services on the platform after providing relevant details. Clients include AirFrance, CorsAir, Emirates among others.
- Jun 2018Series B$17.5M
#5
Deadpooled · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2012 · 75 employees$10.4Mraised▾
PriceMatch helps hotels manage their room rates and revenue. PriceMatch focuses on industrialising and democratising revenue management by giving price recommendations to hotels. They build algorithms to predict future demand and use to provide price recommendation. Also provide breakdown of competitors prices and events likely to influence the demand for the property. Pricing is on a monthly basis with pricing starting from Euro 67 a month. Was acquired by priceline in 2015 and and integrated within its B2B software suite for hotels, called BookingSuite.
- Feb 2015Series A$9.1M
- Nov 2013Seed$1.3M
#6
Seed · Nantes, Pays de la Loire · founded 2011 · 16 employees$468.4Kraised▾
BetterFlyTourism is a web-based management software for accommodations & restaurants. Products include Winggy (economic and environmental management tool), Edgar (restaurant management tool) & Green Passport. It provides an analysis of operating expenses, action plans, mapping, environmental impact calculation & more. Clients include Radisson, Best Western, Sofitel, Okko Hotels & more.
- Jul 2018Seed$468.4K
#7
Acquired · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2000 · 200 employees$49.8Mraised▾
FastBooking technology products and solutions to the hospitality industry for maximizing direct bookings and increasing brand visibility in the digital distribution environment. It offers solutions like website development, connectivity, SEM, Direct Link, Channel manager, GDS, Rate checker for monitoring market prices, calendar intelligence, online reputation management, and hotel information system. It offers a centralized platform for managing all the information required by the hospitality industry.
- Oct 2007Series B$49.8M
#8
Seed · Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur · founded 2012 · 15 employees$1.1Mraised▾
1CHECK provides an end-to-end web-based operations management solution for hotels & other accommodations. The solution covers functionalities such as room planning, maintenance & housekeeping management, room service management, inventory management (furniture/equipment, etc), statistics, and more.
- Jan 2017Seed$1.1M
#9
Seed · Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur · founded 2016 · 18 employees$1.2Mraised▾
360&1 is a marketing and analytics solutions provider for hotels. The company offers solutions for multi-channel marketing data collection, analytics & statistics, web & social media marketing, channel management (enables clients to manage their listings on online distribution channels), prevention of brandjacking, and more. It has 3 different revenue models, namely, DIY model - a monthly subscription-based model, agency model - fee on committed budgets, and revenue sharing model - service fee as a percentage of booking revenues.
- Dec 2016Seed$1.2M
#10
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2007 · 3 employees$3.2Mraised▾
Provider of content management software for the hospitality industry for better customer experience & engagement. It offers interactive multimedia content (interactive Television, HSIA portal & mobile portal), web apps, customer loyalty, operations management & more. Products include DSiDPremium (offer apple technology-based in-room multimedia), DSiDFirst (Smart TV & streaming devices), DSConnect (Wifi portal for guests & visitors), DSOne (guest connection), DSApps (offers web apps) & DSDigitalHub (CMS tool).
- Nov 2012Series A$3.2M
#11
Series A · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2011 · 5 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Channel management and reservation solutions for short-term rental properties. The platform helps properties to connect with about platforms like Airbnb, Expedia, and Booking.com. The booking management solution helps the properties/hotels to centralize bookings from various sources like websites, social sites, and online travel agencies.
- Mar 2015Series A$1.4M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Hotel IT coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
Common questions
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