The COVD-19 pandemic has severely impacted the global travel and tourism industry. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a 22% fall in international tourist arrivals during the first quarter of 2020. It also predicts that the crisis could lead to an annual decline of between 60% and 80% when compared with 2019 figures. In spite of this devastating effect of the pandemic, Holidu turned profitable in May and since then generated seven-digit positive EBIT figures. It just raised funding from Kees Koolen – former CEO of Booking.com.
Profitable Amid Pandemic
Holidu has announced that Koolen has invested more than €4M into the company from his personal fund, as part of a €5M extension to the €40M Series C round of the previous year.