March 17, 2020
Why Korean investors are getting attracted to Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia (SEA), with over 650 million population and a thriving startup...
January 2, 2020
Budget hotel startup ZEN Rooms’s Co-founder Kiren Tanna steps down after Yanolja’s acquisition
Kiren Tanna, Co-founder of ZEN Rooms, has announced his resignation from the...
November 1, 2019
In October, these 10 later stage funding rounds are taking things to a new height
Of all the later stage funding rounds that we covered in October, we noticed...
October 18, 2019
‘RedDoorz, OYO use too many short-sighted tactics to artificially pump vanity metrics’: ZEN Rooms CEO Nathan Boublil
ZEN Rooms, a franchise of economy and mid-range hotels in Southeast Asia, just...
October 16, 2019
Korea’s Yanolja invests in ZEN Rooms; competition in budget-hotel space to intensify in SEA
ZEN Rooms, an economy and mid-range hotel aggregator in Southeast Asia, has...
July 26, 2018
Budget hotel provider ZEN Rooms sells to popular Korean hotel app
In March, TechCrunch reported that ZEN Rooms was facing financial difficulties...
May 5, 2017
Things you don’t want to miss: 3 new services launched in Indonesia this week
From adtech to tourism, another busy week has come to an end for startups in...
April 12, 2017
ZEN Rooms offers hotel stay at as low as US$10 in SEA; secures US$4.1M in Series A
ZEN Rooms has presence in more than 40 cities and 1,000-plus locations...
February 22, 2017
Indonesia’s NIDA Rooms aims to be profitable early next year, raises US$5.6 million
One of the long term plans for NIDA Rooms is to try and franchise an entire...
August 12, 2016
This week in Indonesia: From regional expansion plans to hotel room makeovers
Compilation of bite-size updates of partnerships, new features, and plans...