This article showcases our top picks for the best Southeast Asia based Hotel companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Hotel industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Southeast Asia Hotel Startups
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ZEN Rooms
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ZEN Rooms is a leading provider of technology solutions to thousands of hoteliers in Asia
Unclezam Holding Berhad
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The Unclezam Holding Berhad is a Investment Holding Company that focusing on Halal-Syariah product and services
ZUZU Hospitality
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ZUZU Hospitality is chain for independent hotels, delivering revenue growth through distribution and revenue management.
Zeemart
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Zeemart buyers in the hotel, catering and F&B industry source better deals by matching them with the right suppliers.
Red Planet Hotels
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Red Planet Hotels operates hotels in Asia
COCOTEL
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COCOTEL is a tech-hotel brand and aggregator of hotels located at getaway destinations in the Philippines and soon the entire Southeast Asia
Soneva
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Soneva is a luxury resort chain in the Maldives and Thailand.
UZ Hotel Berhad
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UZ Hotel Berhad had successfully acquired and managing 74 boutique hotels, with a total of more than 2500 rooms selling across Malaysia.
Bakuun.com
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Transforming and sharing the hotels’ inventories
Mangkokku
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Mangkokku is a culinary startup that offers professional chef-level dishes in the form of rice bowls.
Go2Joy
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Go2Joy is a mobile O2O platform connecting local hotels & local hotel users in Vietnam.
MetroResidences
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MetroResidences is a digital apartment rental service providing a fuss-free and transparent way to lease a home.
HOTEL NIDA
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HOTEL NIDA is ASEAN’s fastest growing hotel chain
OYO Hotels & Homes (Singapore)
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OYO Hotels & Homes (Singapore) offers the best budget & premium hotels.
ICP
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ICP is focuses on the management and franchising of hotels, as well as the seeding and management of hotel investment funds.
INNAWAY
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A social commerce platform for medium hotel to increase retention revenue via messaging
Pegipegi
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Pegipegi is a privately held company that search for hotels, airplane or train tickets is very easy and lots of promotions.
Little Hotelier
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Little Hotelier is an all-in-one reservation and accommodation management system.
A1 X Singapore Outcall Massage sensual erotic massage service arrange
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Singapore Outcall Spa Massage is a Sensual Erotic massage service, convenient call and book that’s suitable for every adult
Airy Rooms
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Airy Rooms is a hospitality company located in Grogol Petamburan.
HeyHotels
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Asset Light Branded Budget Hotel Rooms’ marketplace
DigiValet
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Digivalet is a tablet-based convergence platform for luxury hotels.
Softinn Solutions
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Softinn makes hotelier work easier. We build the next generation Hotel PMS, Hotel Booking Engine, Channel Manager and, Hotel Kiosk.
Artotel Group
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Artotel Group is built from a passion for promoting local art and creative hospitality. with a wide range of hotel brands, and merchandise.
Themed Attractions Resorts & Hotels
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Themed Attractions Resorts & Hotels Sdn. Bhd. is an investment holding company incorporated to develop, manage and operate hospitality.
Archipelago International Hotels, Resorts and Residences
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Archipelago International is a full-service hotel management chain in Southeast Asia, and notably, the largest in Indonesia.
Six Senses Hotels Resorts
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Six Senses Hotels Resorts is a refreshing reinterpretation of hospitality.
Kaligo
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Kaligo is a leading global hotel booking platform.
Hotel Sogo
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Hotel Sogo is a hotel chain in the Philippines, which also owns the Icon Hotel and Eurotel hotel chains.
COMO Hotels and Resorts
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COMO Hotels and Resorts offer luxury travel experiences with personalised service in elegant properties.
Selangor Dredging Berhad
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Selangor Dredging Berhad is a property development company.
The Comptoirs de la Bio
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The Comptoirs de la Bio is network of independent food stores in France with 100 member stores.
IZY.ai
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IZY.ai provides a flexible mobile concierge platform that helps hotels to digitize their services and boost revenues guest consumption.
Resorts World Sentosa
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Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), Asia’s premium lifestyle destination resort, is located on Singapore’s resort island of Sentosa.
Max’s Group
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Max’s Group is a casual dining restaurant company engaged in developing, acquiring, and franchising restaurants under various brands.
Travel Book
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Travel Book is a privately held online travel e-commerce company dedicated to offering great value hotel booking.
BiyaheKo
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BiyaheKo offers domestic and international air tickets, ferries, transport buses, worldwide hotels, and other products and services.
Lodgis
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Lodgis is a hotel investment platform formed through a joint venture between Warburg Pincus and Vinacapital.
PT Planet Properindo Jaya
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PT Planet Properindo Jaya owns and operates public hotels and motels and offers accommodation, dining, restaurant, and event facilities.
GRANDE HOSPITALITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
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GAHREIT is a real estate investment trust. It is engaged in investing in real estate assets mainly hotel properties.
Meritus Hotels & Resorts
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Meritus Hotels & Resorts is a hotel management company that provides a hospitality and restaurant services.
SubHome Management
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Subhome is a hospitality company that manages luxury service suites in prominent locations throughout Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru.
Frasers Hospitality
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Frasers Hospitality is a global hospitality operator with Gold-Standard serviced, hotel residences and boutique lifestyle hotels.
Centara Hotels & Resorts
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Centara Hotels & Resorts is a hospitality company owns and manages hotels and quick service restaurants.
Smailing Tour
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Smailing Tour is an online travel company that renders tour packages, visas, insurance and booking services for flights and hotels.
Ytl Hotels & Properties Sdn. Bhd.
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Ytl Hotels owns and manages a prestigious collection of award-winning resorts, hotels, boutique experiences, and spa villages.
ONYX Hospitality Group
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ONYX Hospitality Group is a hotel management &Hospitality company dealing in hotel management & hospitality services.
Travellers International Hotel
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Travellers International Hotel is the developer and operator of Resorts World Manila.
Sentosa Development Corporation
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They create The Sentosa Experience through outstanding service and best-in-class offerings.
Okada Manila
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Okada Manila offers luxury stay, exquisite culinary, casino, spa, cultural performances, and shopping experience.
Lub d
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Lub d is in the hospitality industry and provides accommodation, private rooms and public social space.
Extra Ordinaire
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Extra Ordinaire Janitorial and Manpower Services is a business of housekeeping, janitorial services, and building maintenance services.
Naumi Hotels
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Naumi Hotels is a Singapore-based private hospitality label synonymous with personal luxury and prime locality.
Tune Hotels
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Tune Hotels is a chain of hotels that offers accommodation facilities in a range of countries for travelers.
Plantation Bay Resort and Spa
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Plantation Bay Resort and Spa is a luxury resort that offers rooms, spas, dining, a scuba diving center and adventure packages.
HL Global Enterprises
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HL Global Enterprises is an investment holding company that engages in the hospitality operations and property development business.
Louis T Collection
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Louis T is a Hotel situated which connects travellers.
Hotelier Mart
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The ultimate hospitality & travel booking platform that features instant cashback in loyalty coins for every transaction
Lifestyle retreats
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Lifestyle retreats is a company which offers Hospitality, Hotel Management, Boutique Hotels, Resorts, and Management Solutions services.
Mandira Baruga
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Hotel, Food & Beverage, Entertainment, and Cultural Heritage
Vinpearl
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Vinpearl operates a chain of international hotels & resorts along with conference centers integrated with commercial centers & modern shops.
Steak Hotel by Holycow
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Steak Hotel by Holycow Wagyu-ing since 2010
Gl
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GL Limited is an investment holding company with investments in hotel management, oil & gas, property development & other leisure industry.
Star Media Group Berhad
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Star Media Group Berhad is a food and beverage company located in Petaling Jaya.
Avani Hotels and Resorts
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Avani Hotels and Resorts provide the right space for relaxed and inspired comfort, leisurely family breaks, or romantic escape.
Panorama JTB Tours
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Panorama JTB Tours is a travel company that reaches and serves people in the country in the travel and leisure segment.
Hotel Properties
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Hotel Properties provides property management, development, investment, operations and hospitality services.
Cenizaro Hotels & Resorts
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Cenizaro Hotels & Resorts is an international property and hospitality company with a multi-branded portfolio of independent luxury.
Grand Hotels International
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Grand Central Enterprises is a hotel business and investment holding company.
Raffles Hotel Singapore
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Raffles Hotel Singapore engages in the hospitality industry and offers meeting and event spaces, accommodation, dining, and spa facilities.
Hotel G
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Hotel G provides dining, drinking, fitness, tourism stays, celebration, and event services.
Strategic Property
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Strategic Property Investors is a real investment company that invests in hotels and commericial properties.
Amari
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Amari is a hotel that provides contemporary food, arts, design, architecture, wellness, festivities and fun.
Xcaliber
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Xcaliber provides online booking and reservation systems for the hotel industry.
MG Holiday Group
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MG Holiday Group is a hospitality company located in Jakarta Pusat.
MHC Plantations Bhd
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MHC Plantations Bhd involves in the cultivation of oil palm, operation of the quarry, sales of oil palm products and power generation.
Avillion Berhad
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Avillion Berhad offers services like hotels, resort development, spa, travel operations, advertising, media services & investment holding.
Yoo
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Yoo is a real estate firm dealing in Branded Residential Interior Design,Hotel Interior Design, Architecture, and Hotel Management servies.c
Resorts Worldwide Manila
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Resorts World Manila is a hospitality chain that offers resorts, hotels, restaurants, bars, malls and casinos.
Pavillon Holdings
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Pavillon Holdings is a seafood restaurant that provides Asian delicacies.
Royal Cliff Hotels Group
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Royal Cliff Hotels Group is a resort that is consists of four five star hotels with their own style.
Lasseters International Holdings
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Lasseters International Holdings engages in the property development, management and operation of casino, spa and convention centres.
Travstore
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Travstore is a tour operator, a tour producer, and also a destination management company (DMC).
HPL Hotels Resorts
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HPL Hotels Resorts is a hospitality management company that operates and manages hotels and resorts.
ONE15 Marina Club
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ONE°15 is part of the emerging hip, upscale luxury neighbourhood and well-integrated waterfront lifestyle communities.
Toscana Valley
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Toscana Valley is a luxury community that offers residential development, hotels, golf courses and a wide variety of outdoor activities.
Erawan Group
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Erawan Group is an investment firm that invests in hotel business.
Saigon Hotel Corporation
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Saigon Hotel Corporation engages in the hotel industry by providing accommodation and hospitality services to tourists.
LSERV
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LSERV is providing administrative and support service activities.
Grand Plaza Hotel
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Grand Plaza Hotel primarily owns, leases or manages one or more hotels, inns or resorts and all other tourist-oriented businesses.
Urban Development and Construction Corp
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Urban Development and Construction Corp is engaged in construction, investment, project development and real estate business.
Thanh Thanh Cong Tourist
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Thanh Thanh Cong Tourist is a hotel industry which also manage restaurants, night clubs and more.
Widetech
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Widetech provides hotel operator, financial management and consumer products manufacturing services.
PT Hotel Indonesia Natour
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PT Hotel Indonesia Natour is a hotel industry that offers lodging, hotels, accommodation and meals services.