We are honoured to receive the Mobility & Business Travel Award 2020 for our best-in-class technology. Learn more about our achievement and our journey.

Christian Gaiser, co-founder and CEO of COSI, shares lessons learnt from his entrepreneurial journey as a founding member of two international businesses and as an active angel investor.

Following an inspiring career change, Inga Svinhufvud Laudiero, co-founder and chief creative officer of COSI, recounts her entrepreneurial journey and learnings along the way. Read the extended English version for the search of creativity and growth, a discussion held together with MYSELF Magazine in Germany.

Within months of launch, COSI’s Prague properties have already received great reviews and feedback from travellers worldwide. Discover our best-in-class technology and learn more about our Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice award winners.

A couple of weeks ago COSI launched Strauss; a beautiful, fully renovated residential building in south-west Vienna with modern, fully equipped private apartments. Discover Austria’s capital from a different point of view, as well as one of its most up-and-coming neighbourhoods.

Long-term effects of Covid on the travel industry will fundamentally change the market of independent hotels. Skift names COSI as a promising player to watch post Covid crisis for its focus on automation and digitisation to tackle lower market demand and to keep variable costs as low as possible.

With outstanding results since its launch, Belfort is a city destination for families, groups of friends and business travellers looking for a relaxing private space with contactless entry. Begin your next urban adventure in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, and experience life like a Berliner.

The MD of Lufthansa Innovation Hub, Gleb Tritus, shared his perspective on the future of travel in an interview with our Co-founder & CEO Christian Gaiser.

The leading French technology investment firm Idinvest, part of Eurazeo Growth and one of the biggest investors in Europe, has selected COSI as a rising star in the travel sector among 14 other travel companies.

Read how this hospitality newcomer achieved 90% occupancy in April & May despite Corona. Get your free case study & discover how your real estate strategy can benefit from this

With over 18 million overnight stays in 2019, Munich is the second most visited city in Germany. It has the highest percentage of international travellers in the country at almost 50% and attracts both leisure and business travellers.

Read COSI's elevator pitch: "We are building a new type of hotel chain, completely digitalized. We develop the software for this ourselves - from the virtual reception to the housekeeping app.

This means we save 60 percent of running costs and can also profitably operate small sites that would not be lucrative for other hotel chains."

By applying a successful strategy from the mobile software playbook, COSI has already launched 5 beautiful city locations in just a few months. They are live, realizing results such as 80% occupancy in the first month.

We are proud to announce the missing link within our founding team, we welcome Inga Svinhufvud Laudiero as Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer. Inga joined us to shape our brand and create an authentic space together with our high caliber interior design team. I have known Inga for over 10 years, and am confident her creative flare and institutional expertise will no doubt generate success.

COSI meets the modern Zeitgeist of travelers in today's stressful world, that traditional hotels rarely serve: Guests prefer the cozy feeling of a home over a standard hotel room; appreciate the unique design of a boutique hotel in a location with character; and value seamless technology concepts that provide guidance, save waiting times and cut friction out of the old school guest stay experience.