
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere’s been a number of platform acquisitions in recent years. Ruby Hotels (IHG), The Standard (Hyatt), citizenM (Marriott), and Graduate Hotels (Hilton), among others, have

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Francis Davidson, co-founder and former CEO of Sonder, has stepped down from the company this week with chairperson of the board Janice Sears holding an interim CEO title.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Short-term apartment and hotel management company Sonder has entered into a long-term licensing agreement with Marriott, in addition to securing $146 million in liquidity.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Hospitality company Sonder is set to make 106 corporate team members redundant, accounting for 17 per cent of the company’s overall workforce by the end of March.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Tech-enabled hospitality company Sonder has launched its first hotel collection, Powered by Sonder, with an initial 23 hotels.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Tech-enabled hospitality company Sonder has partnered with Kalimian Equities to manage and operate the newly constructed hotel The Merchant, located in New York City.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Next-generation lodging firm Sonder is making around 100 corporate employees redundant, amounting to close to 14 per cent of the startup’s overall workforce.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Next-generation lodging firm Sonder has announced that it is laying off 21 per cent of its corporate team and seven per cent of its frontline staff.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Sonder Holdings is adding four hotels in central London to its portfolio, taking the number of total units across the UK and Ireland to 900 by the end of 2022.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Next-generation lodging firm Sonder will officially debut on the public markets today (19 January) after announcing the closure of its delayed business combination with