The group to reach 1,600 hotels in five continents.
Nonius, leading guest-facing technology company, and N2S, a Spanish leader in Wi-Fi for hotels and management of third-party Wi-Fi networks in the cloud, have signed an agreement to unite their services and activities.
This venture follows the strategy of acquisitions being executed by Nonius in LatAm and Europe that increasing the portfolio and complements high levels of sustainable organic growth. Geographic coverage will now reach 45 countries in five continents with a clear objective to better serve its existing base of clients in all geographies they have been expanding to.
Both companies share global customers that will now benefit from unified management and closer local support through the group subsidiaries and offices. Among the clients are hotels of the most renowned brands: AccorHotels, Barceló, Eurostars, IHG, Meliá, Pestana, Belmond, Hilton, Starwood or Kempinski among others…
The group will be reinforced with the highly experienced staff coming from N2S hospitality operation including Francisco de la Peña, founder of N2S, hospitality industry veteran that will be key to a new step in the expansion of the Nonius group.
The operation will be carried out through the creation of a joint venture in Spain in which Nonius will be the majority shareholder. The terms of the of joint-venture include an exchange of share between both companies. The operation includes funding that will expand the capacity of a newly established company to offer clients additional flexibility to procure products and services.
N2S will continue activities in Spain outside the hospitality sector, including the ongoing development of the TAO platform for the management of Wi-Fi services.
The transaction has been advised by the team of Intermoney Capital Advisory, which provides strategic advisory services and structuring Debt, Capital and M&A operations for Financial Institutions and Corporations.
About Nonius
Nonius offers state of the art technology that enables hospitality operators to provide their guests with a great experience. A comprehensive portfolio of products and services for all Hotel segments, comprising solutions for Guest Internet Access (GIA/WI-FI), TV solutions (Interactive/IPTV/COAX), digital signage, telephony (IP/Analog), mobile apps and APIs, and entertainment content (OTT/VoD/MoD).
Nonius services more than 200,000 rooms in Hotels, Hospitals and Cruise Ships across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Middle-East, which include international hotel chains such as: Accor, Belmond, Corinthia, Meliá, Hilton, Wyndham-Tryp, Starwood, IHG, Marriott, JJW, Uniworld, Viking Cruises, Scenic, Eurostars, Pestana, Transamérica, Estanplaza, Tivoli, Altis, Blue Tree, Sana and Turim.
Nonius is a proud industry member of HTNG and is certified according to NP EN ISO 9001:2015.
About N2S
N2S is a Spanish company present in 9 countries that provides advanced WiFi services for the hotel industry and manages third-party WiFi networks through the cloud platform, TAO.