About us

Let us tell you a story about ajourney:
ours.

2015

Manet Mobile Solutions’ birth and its goals

Manet Mobile Solutions (MMS), is a startup founded by five young entrepreneurs (Antonio Calia, Marco Barbato, Luca Liparulo, Marco Maisto e Andrea Proietti)

focusing on developing a fully customized smartphone to replace landlines in hotel rooms.

The service is designed to give hoteliers the chance to improve guests’ satisfaction, optimize daily operations and increase revenues, thanks to countless communication and marketing features aimed at increasing customer engagement.

2016

The acceleration program and the first contract

MMS takes part at LUISS ENLABS, one of the main startup accelerators in Europe, born from a joint venture between LVenture Group(LVG),

a holding company investing in digital startups and listed on the MTA Italian Equities Market Stock Exchange, and the LUISS Guido Carli University.

At the end of the year, the first contract is signed with Palazzo Montemartini, a prestigious 5-star hotel in Rome.

2017

The consolidation of the market position and the partnerships

MMS consolidates its market position in Rome and starts expanding its presence in some big Italian cities (Milan, Florence and Venice).

Partnerships with Vodafone, Samsung and other tourist providers are strengthened to enrich the product with top-quality services and content.

2018

Distribution expansion: Italy and Europe

MMS increases its presence in Italy and starts distributing Manet solution in Europe(Spain and Greece).

2019

The service customization: car rentals, tour operators and marinas

Accommodation facilities in French, UK, Denmark, Austria and Cyprus choose Manet solution.

The potential of Manet solution and its versatility allow the successful adoption in car rental companies (among all, Europcar Italia), tour operators and marinas.

2020

The impact of Covid-19 and the Manet App

After the impact of Covid-19pandemic on Travel and Tourism, MMS improves its offer to meet the new clients’ and travelers’ needs.

Manet becomes a perfect digital concierge, which includes remote check-in and registration, possibility to book hotel’s ancillary services even before the arrival, tourist contents, travel tools, check-out and remote payment.

In addition to Manet Device, the service is now available also via an App.

At the same time, MMS is selected to participate in the Global Launch Singapore, a program of 500 Startups dedicated to Series A startups from around the world with the aim of developing a targeted strategy for expansion in the Southeast Asian market, starting from Singapore.

2021

New partnerships, the US and wannaticket

While the tourism sector gradually recovers, Manet Mobile Solutions widens even more its partnership both with car rental companies, thanks to the agreement with Avis Greece,

and with hotelleries, thanks to new international contracts, which allows MMS to arrive in theUS.

Furthermore, wannaticket is released. This is an innovative platform which, thanks to its filtering options, allows users to compare tickets’ features and prices for experiences, tour and attraction worldwide, from all leading providers.

2022

eSIM technology and new market verticals

By introducing the eSIM (virtual sim) technology, the Manet App is also equipped with the ability to offer connectivity to travelers, matching the original paradigm of the Manet device.

With this in mind, Manet App has been integrated with the emerging eSIM technology. Thanks to this step, Manet comes back to its original proposition: offering connectivity to tourists all over the world.

Thanks to the development of a set of proprietary APIs, MMS is also approaching other market segments, such as tour operators and travel agencies, both to delivery eSIM connectivity and wannaticket experiences.This platform, in the meantime, has been improved with the introduction of an artificial intelligence engine for classifying and grouping similar tickets to enhance the user experience.

2023

Consolidating market leadership

The Edgar Smart Concierge platform is acquired to consolidate market leadership in hospitality technology.

Thanks to Edgar‘s special capabilities for B&B and vacation rental, which enable property managers to improve business performance and increase their revenues by upselling ancillary services.