World-first bedbug solution forecasts exponential growth by 2030
Valpas, the only hotel bedbug solution and bed bug-safe travel platform, is forecasting it will grow the number of hotel beds using its ‘hospitality standard’ technology from 40,000 to two million by 2030. Valpas technology currently guarantees bed bug-free stays at over 300 hotels.
The news comes not long after the company secured £3.3 million in seed funding in a round led by Zenith VC alongside Icebreaker VC, Finnish Industry Investment, Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund, Activum SG Ventures, Houghton Street Ventures, Rockaway Ventures and Morrow Ventures.
The investment will be used to double the number of beds in properties through the production and installation of the Valpas tech on-site during 2025.
The Valpas ‘hospitality standard’ guarantee is now in place in Europe, Mexico and Japan, responding to a problem that currently costs the hospitality industry billions of pounds a year in lost revenues and environmentally damaging pesticide cleaning fees.
Martim Gois, CEO and Co-Founder of Valpas said:
“Today, millions of travellers take their own precautions … at hotels every day without staff ever noticing it, afraid of carrying bed bugs’ home.
“The best hoteliers understand this and respond to it by affiliating them with the Valpas platform and guaranteeing a safe and sustainable stay. Historically, bed bugs have been a touchy topic, but guaranteed safe hotels are what the traveller wants.”
Valpas’ solution centres around a guest promise of a bed bug-safe and non-toxic stay, visible to travellers via their certificate that integrates with hotel websites, booking platforms and OTAs. Some of the Valpas clients are Marriott hotels, Accor, Design Hotels, Autograph Collection Hotels etc.
Benefits of joining the Valpas platform for hotel bedbug solution
- Increase revenue and client satisfaction by guaranteeing a safe stay to prospective clients
- Safeguard your hard-earned, priceless reputation permanently
- Give management and staff permanent peace of mind, so they can focus on clients
- Avoid all sure, recurring losses of bed bug infestations and client suspicions
- Be a change maker and protect the environment by eliminating pollution of pest control
The guest promise is guaranteed thanks to their in-room technology of smart anti-bed bug bed legs that interrupt the transmission of bed bugs at first contact in every room permanently and connect to an app for a digital certificate 24/7.
