Snaptrip Group, a U.K.-based multi-brand accommodation marketplace, has acquired Staycato and My Design Events.
Both acquisitions were completed in December for individual “seven-figure” sums.
Staycato includes the Simply Sea Views and Dog Friendly Retreats brands, which Snaptrip highlighted as leaders in the growing pet-friendly travel and coastal travel staycation segments.
France-based My Design Events, which operates under the commercial name My Boutique Hotel, allows Snaptrip Group to scale in global boutique and luxury travel, particularly in the U.S.
“These acquisitions allow us to expand into premium, lifestyle-led travel categories with higher booking values, stronger loyalty and genuine long-term growth potential,” said Matt Fox, co-founder and CEO of Snaptrip Group.
“We’re building trusted discovery brands with defensible organic visibility and loyal audiences, whilst creating new opportunities for product innovation, personalization and direct supplier partnerships. We all feel we’re at the start of something very exciting.”
The company also claimed record growth in 2025, which is anticipates continuing in the year ahead.
“What’s particularly exciting is how the group has evolved—although we started as a collection of U.K.-focused holiday rental marketplace websites, we will now do as many bookings for hotels worldwide through our LateRooms, the Hotel Guru and now My Boutique Hotel websites in 2026. This diversification, combined with our operations efficiency and the platforms we’ve built, gives us tremendous confidence in what lies ahead,” he said.
Last July, Snaptrip Group acquired hotel website the Hotel Guru. At the time, Fox said the move “represents a significant step forward in our mission to become the go-to platform for all things accommodation in the U.K. and beyond.” It also added Independent Cottages to the portfolio in 2022.
Founded in 2014, the company raised £2.2 million in 2016 and a further £2.1 million in early 2018.