Resy Acquires Spanish Startup ClubKviar

Leading hospitality technology company Resy has acquired ClubKviar, a reservation platform and concierge service that partners with ~300 of Spain’s best restaurants to facilitate curated dining experiences for its member-only community.

“ClubKviar has emerged as a key player in the Spanish marketplace with an impressive list of restaurants and significant consumer following of over 100k engaged and active users. As Resy continues to expand its user and restaurant base in Europe, ClubKviar’s strategic relationships and brand value will be instrumental in expediting growth in Spain.” says Founder & CEO of Resy, Ben Leventhal.

Resy will leverage ClubKviar’s existing team of talented professionals and established awareness with key supply and demand drivers to scale quickly. For the time being, ClubKviar’s team will continue to operate its business as is, which generates significant revenues via its a fee-per- cover platform.

The longer-term strategy will be to transition these restaurants into ResyOS customers, where we will instantly be in a position to offer demand from ClubKviar’s active user base, and rapidly turn on inventory for the Resy app and Airbnb.

“Forming part of the Resy family allows us to close the circle and to finally provide our restaurant partners with a 360 hospitality suite, offering them the most innovative technology on the market so they can focus on building a better relationship with their guests.” says Stewart Masters, Co-founder & CEO of ClubKviar.

The acquisition represents an exciting step as Resy expands into markets across Europe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABOUT RESY:

Resy powers the world’s best restaurants, using technology to imagine the future of hospitality. Built for restaurants, by restaurants, Resy offers superior reservation management software and a consumer-facing restaurant reservation app to elevate and enhance dining experiences worldwide. Resy works with 10,000 network restaurants in 160 global cities and 15 countries, seating over 1 million diners a week. Resy boasts an industry-low, global no-show rate of 4.5%.

ResyOS is an end-to-end restaurant management platform that offers partners live two-way SMS, auto-confirmed reservation capabilities, a fully automated waitlist, PCI Level 1 compliant third-party credit card handling and loyalty channel management. Restaurant partners have access to ResyFLY, a groundbreaking inventory optimization program, Resy Surveys, an all-encompassing guest feedback loop and a suite of Business Intelligence tools to help them run their businesses smarter and more efficiently.

Consumers can book and manage reservations on Resy.com and on the app from a carefully curated selection of the world’s most distinguished restaurants, including n/naka in Los Angeles and Lilia in New York City. Users now have even better access to restaurants thanks to an enhanced Notify waitlist system, which sends alerts when hard-to-get reservations become available. The app is free and available for download on both iOS and Android.

Resy was co-founded by Ben Leventhal, cofounder of Eater and restaurant industry entrepreneur; Gary Vaynerchuk, an entrepreneur, investor, author; and Michael Montero, founder of CrowdTwist and Fotolog and noted CTO. Resy’s investors and partners include Airbnb, Related Properties, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Slow Ventures and Union Square Hospitality Group.

ABOUT CLUBKVIAR:

ClubKviar works with 300 leading restaurants in Spain helping them fill excess inventory with their target clientele. ClubKviar offers a hand-picked selection of a city’s top restaurants coupled with a simple online reservation service, member benefits and Personal Concierge to manage bookings. On iOS, Android or web, ClubKviar takes care of the entire reservation process enabling a seamless experience. ClubKviar, co-founded in January 2012 by Stewart Masters, Gonzalo Cebrián and Christopher Fuchs, has generated over €50MM for its restaurant partners since inception gaining fame in its native market.