Nonius Acquires Hotel App Startup Criton
Photo Caption: An example of Nonius technlogy in the smart TV in a guest room at the Intercontinental Barcelona Hotel. Source: IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group).
Skift Take
Who needs telephones in hotel guest rooms? Hotels can instead have guests make and receive calls via their mobile apps. That's one of the outcomes made possible by this acquisition of the vendor Criton by Nonius.
Nonius, a vendor of digital tools for hospitality companies, said on Wednesday that it has acquired Criton, a builder of mobile apps for hotels and serviced apartment operators.
The companies didn't disclose the deal terms. The deal is completed and has passed regulatory hurdles.
Criton, based in Edinburgh and with 300 clients, had raised approximately $6.5 million (£5 million) since its founding in 2015. It was one of Skift's Top Travel Startups to Watch 2
