Hotel.de

Hotel.de is a major German online travel agency and hotel reservation service. It was originally founded in 2001 in Nuremberg by Heinz Raufer and three other partners under the name hotel.de AG. Following its initial public offering in 2006, the company expanded internationally, launching the brand hotel.info to cater to non-German markets.

In 2011, the company was acquired by its former competitor, the HRS Group (Hotel Reservation Service), based in Cologne. By 2013, HRS had completed a squeeze-out of minority shareholders, leading to the delisting of the company from the stock exchange. Today, Hotel.de operates as a brand under the umbrella of the HRS Group. While it maintains its distinct brand identity for B2C consumers, its backend operations and headquarters have been integrated into the HRS corporate structure in Cologne.