Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best New York City based Hospitality companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Hospitality industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top New York City Hospitality Startups
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ALICE
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ALICE connects every department of a hotel with one platform for all staff communication and guest requests.
Delos
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Delos is a real estate company that focuses on tech, health, design and science to improve human health in the built environment.
Hello Alfred
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Hello Alfred provides resident‑first software and services to deliver in‑home support and local experiences.
Industrious
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Industrious is a premium flexible workspace provider that redefines the workplace experience.
Blueground
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Beautiful, thoughtfully furnished apartments for a month, a year or even longer.
SevenRooms
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SevenRooms is an operations, marketing, and guest engagement platform for restaurants, nightclubs, hotels, and entertainment venues.
Resy, American Express Global Dining Network
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Resy is the American Express global dining platform.
SevenFifty
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SevenFifty helps importers, producers, distributors, and retail buyers connect with each other and do business in a modern world.
Food52
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Food52 is an online portal that provides a curated shop, content, and community for kitchen and home enthusiasts.
Convene
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Convene designs and services premium places to work, meet, and host events.
Plated
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Plated home-delivers 30-minute gourmet recipes and ingredients.
Harri
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Verticalized HCM and Workforce Management platform helping service-driven industries drive their business performance through their people.
Life House
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Life House is creating a network of lifestyle hotels to make travel more meaningful and affordable, through a software-enabled platform.
Spacious
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Spacious reimagines how to use urban space more efficiently.
Mint House
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Mint House is a tech-enabled hotel company that provides a unique experience, offering the feel of a high-end hotel.
Domio
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Domio is building branded apartment-hotels with a focus on group travelers.
xtraCHEF
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xtraCHEF is a SaaS restaurant management platform for the restaurant industry to improve productivity and increase profits.
Flaviar
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Flaviar, a spirits tasting club, offers a subscription service that helps members discover new liquor products through sample tasting packs.
OTG
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OTG Management is a operator of airport food and beverage concessions
Relationship Science
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Relationship Science is a business development tool that provides influential people profiles.
PepsiCo
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PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
SELECT
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SELECT leverages technology and exclusive partnerships to transform credit and debit cards with rewards that actually improve your life.
Realm
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Get more out of your biggest asset. Realm shows you what your home could be worth & how to access more of its potential.
DataArt
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DataArt is a global software engineering firm that takes a uniquely human approach to solve problems.
NeueHouse
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NeueHouse is a private workspace and cultural home for creators, innovators, and thought-leaders.
SALIDO
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SALIDO is working with hospitality operators, developing a single platform for their restaurant operations.
Bite
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The most powerful software for guest experience in restaurants.
Onaroll
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Onaroll is an employee rewards app that incentivizes productivity and longevity.
Journy
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Journy is a personalized travel planning service that pairs travelers 1-on-1 with their own personal trip designer.
Habitas
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Habitas is a global hospitality group created by a diverse community of people seeking human connection.
VenueBook
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VenueBook is a marketplace to create a seamless, transactional digital event planning experience.
Junzi Kitchen
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Founded by a group of graduates from Yale University, Junzi Kitchen offers a new generation Chinese fast casual dining experience.
Pegasus
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Pegasus is leading global technology company empowering hotels to better generate demand and maximize revenue.
Culinary Agents
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Culinary Agents is a website to find career-related information about the hospitality industry.
Kitch
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Kitch is a commercial kitchen marketplace connecting the food world with underutilized commercial kitchens.
Vacayz
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Vacayz is a fintech solution providing financial security and benefits in the travel industry.
Bond Collective
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Bond Collective provides shared and luxury workspaces for modern businesses and individuals to be productive in a sophisticated environment.
PRIOR
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A luxury travel company & media brand with editorial, trips and events for curious travelers.
SixPlus
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SixPlus is an online marketplace for corporate event professionals to book private dining spaces in restaurants and hotels across the US.
Baked by Melissa
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Baked by Melissa offers a wide variety of bite-size cupcakes, vegan cupcakes, gluten free cupcakes, and macarons.
H.BLOOM
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H.BLOOM is an e-commerce company hand-delivering luxury floral arrangements to individuals and businesses in New York.
LodgIQ
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LodgIQ is a revenue management technology provider dedicated to advancing machine learning and AI to deliver intelligent market insights.
SocialSign.in
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SocialSign.in enables businesses to leverage their guest WiFi to learn about visitors and build relationships with customers.
SinglePlatform
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SinglePlatform enables local businesses to publish information about their products, services, and menus across social media platforms.
The Wonder
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The Wonder is a membership based space for families who crave creativity, culture and community.
Skipper Hospitality
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Leverage technology to reduce operational costs, enhance guest experience, and improve distribution efficiency.
FlyCleaners
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FlyCleaners offers local on-demand pickup and delivery services for dry-cleaning and laundry via a mobile application.
SIXTY Hotels
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SIXTY Hotels is a hospitality company that provides luxury lodging services.
The Yard
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The Yard offers a revolutionary shared office space that allows driven professionals to work together in an innovative community.
Gojee
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Gojee is a web platform and an app offering personalized recommendation to individuals based on their personal preferences.
Roomrs
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Roomrs is a hospitality company that designs thoughtful, furnished spaces for flexible timelines.
Happy Family
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Happy Family is committed to providing the best possible start for Baby’s palate and her growing body.
BuroHQ
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NYC’s workspace, community, IR for Crypto & Blockchain startups, and Fin-, Fashion, Media, Ad-Tech entrepreneurs with Bitcoin/Ethereum/Coin
Shake Shack
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Shake Shack is a modern day “roadside” burger stand known for its all-natural burgers.
Vimbly
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Vimbly is a web platform allowing users to discover and book recreational activities such as dance, cooking, pizza making and DJ classes.
Highcourt Leisure Club
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Membership club in New York City, New York
Crumbs Bake Shop
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Crumbs Bake Shop first opened its doors in March of 2003 on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
APT212
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APT212 is a New York City marketplace for Sales, New Developments, Rentals, Furnished Apartments, and Short Term Rentals.
One Night
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One Night is a last-minute distribution platform for independent, boutique hotels.
Vacayo
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Vacayo leases longterm rentals and transforms them into beautiful, group-friendly vacation rentals.
Voyat
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Voyat works with leading hospitality brands to increase direct bookings by delivering beautifully designed dynamic messages to visitors.
BlueStripe
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BlueStripe provides property renting services intended to make students feel comfortable and at home.
Preo
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Recently acquired by a Fortune 100 Company, Preo enables users to order and pay for food and drinks from their smartphones.
Blender Workspace
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Blender Workspace is a leading luxury workspace provider located on Madison Avenue in NoMad New York City.
Dine Market
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Dine Market is an online purchasing platform that connects restaurants to all of their vendors.
Cityglobe
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Cityglobe is a resource portal that helps location-seeking companies meet investment-seeking cities.
Esupl
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Cloud based B2B platform which automates all ordering processes in the hospitality industry
Wegmans Food Markets
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Wegmans offers an online platform that enables its users to find recipes, information, and tips about dieting.
Brookfield Properties
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Brookfield Properties is a fully-integrated, global real estate services company
Komeeda
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Komeeda is a direct to consumer platform for restaurants and chefs to manage their digital experience and online sales.
GayStay
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GayStay is a homesharing company for the LGBTQ community.
BookaLokal
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BookaLokal is a marketplace for group dining experiences.
IntelliStay Boonville Equity
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IntelliStay Boonville Equity offering investors the opportunity to purchase up to 90% of its membership interests in a Holiday Inn Express.
Foodie Always
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Foodie Always | Make your Day with Healthy Calories
Enables
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Enables is a travel app that customizes the experience around a traveler’s hotel and neighborhood.
Matchbook
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Matchbook’s mission is to help you remember all the wonderful places you come across in your life.
Legends Hospitality
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Legends is a pioneering Sports, Entertainment and Media company.
Easy Pairings
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Employment marketplace that allows restaurants and job seekers to experience low friction job matching and interview scheduling.
Union League Club
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The Union League Club is a private social club offering members a quiet sanctuary and relief from the hustle of New York City.
4theTable
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4theTable is a Food & Beverage portal where you can Gift, Engage & Share with a community of Foodies, Storefronts and Establishments
KettleSpace
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KettleSpace empowers independent workers and teams to unlock the upside of remote work, while avoiding the downside of work from home (WFH).
PeepsOut Inc.
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PeepsOut is a live stream mobile app that shows users a venue (restaurant or bar) before they go.
Union Square Hospitality Group
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Union Square Hospitality Group is best known for its blend of excellent food & its unique style of warm hospitality.
Roomster
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The leading multi platform roommate matching & shared housing application. IOS, Android & fully responsive design
Hotels By Day
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Create protocols to enable hotels to smoothly transition towards our ‘on-demand everything’ society.
Volara
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Volara is a provider of custom voice-based solutions to the hospitality industry.
FoodFan
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FoodFan is a platform that offers restaurant listings, menus, photos, ratings and reviews for people to discover local restaurants.
Kamana
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Kamana is a healthcare staffing software designed for the healthcare staffing industry.
Food.com
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Food.com, the third largest food site on the web, is an active social network of home cooks.
New York Water Taxi
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New York Water Taxi provide entertaining, stimulating, and enlightening ways to see New York City and offers daily tours.
Hitlist
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Hitlist is a travel app platform that serves up bargain-priced flights and travels deals.
Travel Tripper
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Travel Tripper is a global hotel technology provider providing reservation, distribution and e-commerce solutions.
BizBash Media
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BizBash is a trade media platform providing planners with the information, innovation and insights to execute their events.
WeLive
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WeLive offers fully-furnished apartments in New York City and DC areas.
The Moinian Group
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The Moinian Group is a real estate company that develops, owns, and operates commercial, residential, and hotel properties in US.
Noble Stay
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Noble is a premium hotel booking platform that delivers personalized stays and members-only offers with coveted hotels globally.
