The team

behind hivr.ai

We're a team of travel tech operators, product builders and hospitality insiders with one belief: humans shouldn't spend their days on repetitive admin. Let AI agents handle the busywork, so sales teams can focus on what actually matters — relationships, guests, closing deals.

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Felix Undeutsch

Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder

With 15+ years in B2B TravelTech, Felix is our serial award-winning intra- and entrepreneur. Before with Expedia.

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Felix Undeutsch

Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder

With 15+ years in B2B TravelTech, Felix is our serial award-winning intra- and entrepreneur. Before with Expedia.

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Christian Graf von Kanitz-Kopsch

Chief Product Officer, Co-Founder

Christian has been working 15+ years in agile software product management for global B2B brands in travel and fintech.

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Christian Graf von Kanitz-Kopsch

Chief Product Officer, Co-Founder

Christian has been working 15+ years in agile software product management for global B2B brands in travel and fintech.

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Peter Letford

Chief Technology Officer

With over a decade in technology leadership, Peter has driven digital innovation for prominent brands like Awaze, James Villa Holidays, and AllSaints.

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Peter Letford

Chief Technology Officer

With over a decade in technology leadership, Peter has driven digital innovation for prominent brands like Awaze, James Villa Holidays, and AllSaints.

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Christopher Michau

Chief Commercial Officer

With 25 years in travel and tech, Christopher has led global distribution and commercial strategy at Expedia Group and Trainline.

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Christopher Michau

Chief Commercial Officer

With 25 years in travel and tech, Christopher has led global distribution and commercial strategy at Expedia Group and Trainline.

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Hayley Lowe

Chief of Staff

With 20+ years in strategy and communications, Hayley has shaped narratives for global brands including Expedia Group, Hilton, and Coca-Cola.

Portrait of Hayley Lowe

Hayley Lowe

Chief of Staff

With 20+ years in strategy and communications, Hayley has shaped narratives for global brands including Expedia Group, Hilton, and Coca-Cola.

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Hayley Lowe

Chief of Staff

With 20+ years in strategy and communications, Hayley has shaped narratives for global brands including Expedia Group, Hilton, and Coca-Cola.

Board of directors

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Cyril Ranque

Chairman of the Board

Former Expedia Travel Partners Group President and Louvre Hotels VP, Board Member at Ritz Paris, Cyril Ranque is a seasoned leader with 25+ years in travel technology, strategy, and distribution.

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Cyril Ranque

Chairman of the Board

Former Expedia Travel Partners Group President and Louvre Hotels VP, Board Member at Ritz Paris, Cyril Ranque is a seasoned leader with 25+ years in travel technology, strategy, and distribution.

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Iain Saxton

Member of the Board of Directors

Senior Vice President On-Property Solutions at Amadeus, 25+ years in hospitality technology, specializing in product management, software development, and global distribution.

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Iain Saxton

Member of the Board of Directors

Senior Vice President On-Property Solutions at Amadeus, 25+ years in hospitality technology, specializing in product management, software development, and global distribution.

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Vivek Bhogaraju

Board Advisor

Executive in Residence with leading PE firms, former Lighthouse COO and Expedia Group GM; a travel tech leader with a track record in applied data and AI, growth operations, and revenue performance SaaS solutions.

Portrait of Vivek Bhogaraju

Vivek Bhogaraju

Board Advisor

Executive in Residence with leading PE firms, former Lighthouse COO and Expedia Group GM; a travel tech leader with a track record in applied data and AI, growth operations, and revenue performance SaaS solutions.

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Our story

How we got started

It all started with a team offsite that wouldn't come together. Felix, then at Expedia, was trying to book a simple meeting. Hotels responded days later, proposals arrived too late to be useful, some never replied at all.

The frustrating part wasn't the delays. It was seeing why. Hotel sales teams weren't slow because they didn't care. They were buried under manual work — parsing emails, chasing availability, building proposals by hand. The admin had quietly eaten the job.

Meanwhile, the rest of travel had moved on. Flights, hotel stays, car rentals — all automated. But meetings and groups, a $400B industry, still ran on email and spreadsheets.

We founded hivr.ai in 2020 to change that. Not by forcing instant booking into a process that doesn't fit, but by putting AI agents to work on the workflow itself — inside the systems hotels already use.

Six years in, hivr.ai is trusted by Radisson Hotel Group, NH Hotel Group, Scandic, Dorint, Lindner and Flemings Hotels. 2,000+ properties worldwide. $2.3 billion in transacted lead volume in 2025. Backed by Amadeus Ventures.

And we're still just getting started.

Awards

Nods and nominations

Skift IDEAS Awards 2025

Skift IDEAS Awards 2025

Skift IDEAS Awards 2025

IHA Startup Award 2023 

IHA Startup Award 2023 

IHA Startup Award 2023 

Freiburger Innovationspreis 2023

Freiburger Innovationspreis 2023

Freiburger Innovationspreis 2023

CyberOne 2021 Finalist 

CyberOne 2021 Finalist 

CyberOne 2021 Finalist 

Association

HSMA's MICE Expert Circle

We're initiators of HSMA's MICE Expert Circle. Together with global players such as Radisson Hotel Group, NH Hotel Group, Lindner, Dorint, Penta, Deutsche Hospitality, and Accor, we're advancing digital solutions for meetings and events.