Last updated: 9:00 PM ET, Wed May 7, 2025
WHY IT RATES: RateHawk celebrates nine years with significant growth, increasing net booking value 1.8 times and achieving 67% global booking growth in 2024, while expanding inventory and partnerships, introducing train services, and localizing in 8 more languages, with over 93,000 partners worldwide. —Janeen Christoff, TravelPulse Managing Editor
RateHawk, an online B2B system for booking hotels, air tickets, and transfers for travel professionals, celebrates 9 years of operations and reports strong growth in its business results over the past year. In 2024, RateHawk’s net booking value increased by 1,8 times compared to 2023, while the number of bookings saw a 67% growth on a global scale. Its parent company, UAE-based Emerging Travel Group, has hit a new milestone of $3.7 billion gross transaction value in 2024 with RateHawk as a major growth driver.
In 2024, RateHawk continued to develop the variety of its inventory. The company successfully connected with more than 70 new global accommodation suppliers, exceeding 300 wholesalers worldwide, and established direct contracts with over 34,000 accommodations, counting up to 120,000 properties in total. As a result, the amount of accommodation options reached over 2.6 million by the end of 2024. The demand for RateHawk’s transportation booking services, including flight tickets and transfer bookings, doubled during 2024.
The company also introduced train travel service across Europe which was welcomed with great enthusiasm by RateHawk partners. Within three months of its launch, over 25% of travel professionals who frequently book hotels on the platform have also utilized its railway services.
“According to the latest UN Tourism report, 1.4 billion people travelled internationally in 2024, almost reaching pre-pandemic levels. At RateHawk, we have been witnessing this trend firsthand through increased demand and significant growth in our company’s and partners’ businesses”, Felix Shpilman, President and CEO of Emerging Travel Group, RateHawk’s parent company, commented. “We're proud to deliver unparalleled support to our partners during this exciting period of travel industry growth, developing both platform services and API integrations. In 2024 alone, we doubled the number of API integration contracts, partnering with over 500 new entities including Ctrip. This year, we aim to maintain this momentum, focusing on OTAs and innovative travel tech platforms.”
In 2024, the service was localized in 8 more languages, bringing the total to 32. RateHawk also launched a new headquarters in Singapore, strengthening its position in the Asian region and its relationships with local partners.
RateHawk’s partners also increased by 50%, now over 93,000 travel professionals worldwide.
RateHawk has offices in London, Berlin, Lisbon, Warsaw, Dubai, Limassol, Singapore and Wilmington. RateHawk employs over 500 professionals in commercial roles globally.
SOURCE: Rate Hawk press release.
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