I-Bidroom, i-OTC ekhula ngokushesha emhlabeni wonke, imemezele ukunwetshwa kwebhodi labaqondisi beqembu. Abanikazi bamahhotela abanolwazi nabatshalizimali u-Bas Tolmeijer, Francesco Monaco no-John Stoffers bajoyina ibhodi.

I-Bidroom yethulwa ngo-2014 lapho sekutholakala indawo yabadlali abasha emakethe ngenxa yamakhomishini aphezulu ama-OTA. Abasunguli be-Bidroom, uMichael Ros kanye noCasper Knieriem: 'Ngenxa yokuthi umqondo woguquko udume kakhulu kubanikazi bamahhotela, inani lamalungu omphakathi wethu selinyukile. Ngokwengxenye ngokusebenzisana okujulile nenkampani yamakhadi esikweletu i-Visa, inkampani yethu manje isingumdlali ovelele emakethe futhi sesilungele isinyathelo esilandelayo. Ngokuletha lezi zingcweti, singaqhubeka silolonge umgomo wethu wokuzamazama imakethe ye-OTA futhi siyenze ibe nobulungisa.'

U-Tolmeijer, Monaco kanye no-Stoffers bathole impumelelo yabo emkhakheni wamahhotela wamazwe ngamazwe, njengoba bebengabasunguli be-Apollo Hotels, edayiswe ngempumelelo kumahhotela akwa-Fattal kuleli hlobo. Ebhodini elisha, u-Bas Tolmeijer uzofeza indima yokuba Isikhulu Esiphezulu se-Bidroom. 'Kusukela eminyakeni yethu yokuhlangenwe nakho ebhizinisini lamahhotela, siyazi ukuthi ingakanani ingcindezi ama-OTA ayibeka emahlombe abanikazi bamahhotela ngendlela yezibopho, izimfuno kanye namakhomishini akhuphukayo. Sibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana nethimba ukuze sikhuthaze ukukhula komphakathi we-Bidroom emhlabeni wonke, esingenza ngawo umehluko wangempela kubavakashi namahhotela.'

Ibhodi elinamalungu amahlanu lihlanganisa uMichael Ros, njengeSikhulu Esiphezulu Sezokusebenza (i-COO) esibhekele yonke imisebenzi, u-Casper Knieriem (Isikhulu Esiyinhloko Sokuthuthukiswa) onokuthuthukiswa kwamazwe ngamazwe njengephothifoliyo yakhe, u-John Stoffers njenge-Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Francesco Monaco, njengoba Isikhulu Esiphezulu Sezohwebo (i-CCO) esibhekele isu lezohwebo, kanye no-Bas Tolmeijer njengo-CEO.

I-Bidroom iwumphakathi Wokuhamba Ku-inthanethi kanye nenkundla yokubhukha amahhotela enamahhotela angaphezu kuka-+120,000 emazweni angu-128. Umqondo uhlukile kuma-ejensi okuvakasha aku-inthanethi (ama-OTA) ngoba ayikhokhi ikhomishini evela emahhotela. Lokhu konga okukhulu kube sekubelwa nobhuki oqinisekiswa inani elingcono kakhulu, elishibhe ngendlela ekhombisayo kunawo wonke ama-OTA aziwayo. Yinkundla yoku-1 yokubhukha emhlabeni engakhokhisi amakhomishini avela emahhotela. Yasungulwa ngo-2014 e-The Hague, i-Bidroom ihlose ukuphazamisa imakethe ye-Online Travel Agency ngendlela yayo yasekuqaleni yokubhukha amahhotela.