Event: 2017 Phocuswright Europe
Product: conichi
Category: Startup Company
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Principal(s): Maximilian Waldmann, CEO & Founder; Frederic Haitz, Founder & COO
Funding: 10M investment by HRS in 2015
Product Description: By digitalizing tedious hotel procedures like check-in/out, digital door opening & invoicing, conichi is taking an impersonal standard, utilizing it in a smart way, therefore creating a new standard in hospitality. Travellers can use an express check-in by forwarding their digital registration form & can check-out via mobile without queuing at departure. Payments are handled safely through the app to ultimately save valuable time. Add-ons include keyless access as well as PMS integrations.
Business Model: Using beacon technology, conichi revolutionizes the interaction between hoteliers and their guests.Through the conichi app, guests are automatically recognized, are able to fast forward their check-in/out details, experience mobile door-opening and pay their hotel stay with their smartphone.
Competitors: ALICE App and GuestDriven
Competitive Edge: Allows express check-ins and location independent mobile check-outs to skip the queue at departure. conichi offers digital keys, digital invoicing to ease travel expenses, push notifications and guest folder service to always have all relevant information at hand.
Market Opportunity: conichi adapts to the traveler’s need and offers a travel solution at hotels through multiple apps. Big-data, personalization and smart-analytics are combined to optimize the guest experience and explore new levels of guest loyalty, ultimately creating a personalized and completely seamless hotel experience, while simultaneously optimizing the hotel processes without losing the personal touch to the guest.
Early Customers: The Smarthotel network consists of 400+ hotels in Germany alone. Also we count Dax30 companies to our customers to ensure high reach.
Contact: Lisa Katharina Grobien, Head of Marketing; [email protected]; +49 3020 898 9420
