Vikas B. Email & Phone Number

Proactive, energetic leader with a natural instinct for the hospitality industry. Most recently, founded BookStayGo -- a mobile-first, cloud-based technology provider focused on the hospitality industry. BookStayGo provides a guest-facing native mobile app for hotel clients to provide mobile services to their travelers, including mobile check-in, room selection, mobile room key, chat messaging and mobile check out. BookStayGo partners with hotel enterprise IT leaders, including Oracle Cloud PMS, Assa Abloy and Kaba Saflox.Experienced various aspects of the industry, including Hotel Ownership, Development & Construction, Operations and Asset Management. In addition, earned a Masters degree from the School of Hotel Administration - Cornell University as well as a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Texas - Austin.Specialties:• Mobile & Cloud Technology • IoT • Product Management• Value Creation• Operations & Service Delivery• Asset Management• Revenue Management• New Construction Development• Market Analysis

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  Ceo, Co-Founder

  Bookstaygo

  Aug 2014 - Present - San Francisco Bay Area

  • Lead Product Development of BookStayGo, hotel travel app - enables travelers to book a room, check-in, select own room and use smartphone as a room key. Remote control for hotel travel.• Generate $1M+ ARR within first 24 months of public launch, Jan 2015• Create and Implement product strategies to deliver guest-facing native mobile app functionality• Direct strategic partnerships with ORACLE PMS, Assa Abloy, and Sphere (acq. Google)• Lead Oracle Hospitality… Show more • Lead Product Development of BookStayGo, hotel travel app - enables travelers to book a room, check-in, select own room and use smartphone as a room key. Remote control for hotel travel.• Generate $1M+ ARR within first 24 months of public launch, Jan 2015• Create and Implement product strategies to deliver guest-facing native mobile app functionality• Direct strategic partnerships with ORACLE PMS, Assa Abloy, and Sphere (acq. Google)• Lead Oracle Hospitality Cloud PMS Certified Partnership - largest property management system provider for hospitality industry, including Starwood, Marriott, and lifestyle hotels (40k+ hotels)• Lead Assa Abloy Hospitality Certified Partnership - largest door lock provider for hospitality industry, including Starwood, Marriott and boutique/lifestyle hotels (5M+ rooms globally)Key Accomplishments:➢ Secured $1M+ funding from prominent Silicon Valley investors, including 500 Startups➢ Launch BookStayGo native iOS app on Apple App store and featured as best travel app➢ Integrate with Oracle PMS to enable travelers to select room # & mobile check-in at 12noon➢ Integrate Assa Abloy Mobile Key to enable smartphone digital room keys Show less