{"id":45572,"date":"2017-09-15T00:10:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T23:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/?p=45572"},"modified":"2021-05-23T19:09:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T18:09:49","slug":"nakul-sharma-hostmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/nakul-sharma-hostmaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Nakul Sharma: Hostmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nakul Sharma, 33
\nCompany: <\/strong>Hostmaker
\nWeb: <\/strong>www.hostmaker.com<\/a><\/p>\n

With the huge success of Airbnb has come the need for hospitality management services to help time-poor hosts deal with the admin and hassle of letting out their properties.<\/p>\n

Nakul Sharma and his wife knew only too well how much hard work goes into short-term property rental after they decided to become hosts themselves and decided the market was ripe for a service that gave other hosts a helping hand – and so Hostmaker was born.<\/p>\n

Started in 2014, Startups 100 2017’s number 11 company<\/a> Hostmaker provides a range of services including housekeeping from five-star hotel trained staff, professional photography, daily pricing reviews, guest relations and vetting, and interior design. It also offers profile and listing set-up across six platforms including Airbnb, TripAdvisor and Booking.com.<\/p>\n

While a number of challengers have entered the space, Hostmaker’s focus on happier guests, more five-star reviews, more bookings and therefore more rental income has helped it secure more than 1,000 clients across Europe in four of the biggest global markets for Airbnb: London, Paris, Rome and Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Already growing at a rate of 400% year-on-year, the company brought its total funding to £7.5m in February 2017 with the close of a £5m Series A funding round. These funds are being used to bolster its existing presence and support expansion in a further 25 cities.<\/p>\n

Headed up by Sharma – an entrepreneur who has held positions at some of the world’s largest international hotel chains – the company now employs more than 150 staff, who between them have more than 60 years’ experience in the hospitality sector.<\/p>\n

Boasting 52,400 five-star reviews for its clients, Hostmaker is rapidly becoming the service of choice for Airbnb hosts. Watch this space…<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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