Japanese internet and media group Recruit Holdings announced that it has acquired TrustYou, the world’s largest guest feedback platform, with the goal to further invest in the international hospitality and travel market. TrustYou’s management will remain to be lead by the two founders, Jakob Riegger and Benjamin Jost, in collaboration with the global management team. Founded in 2008, TrustYou has established itself in the travel industry with its unique guest feedback platform and is currently operating from five headquarters around the globe: Germany, Romania, United States, Singapore, and Japan. TrustYou collects and analyzes approximately 100 million reviews every year for hundreds of thousands of hotels across the globe. The sophisticated platform is used by a large number of independent hotels as well as major global hotel chains such as AccorHotels, Best Western, NH Hotels, and Mövenpick Hotels. TrustYou’s review summarization and ranking data are used by numerous search and travel sites, such as Google Search and Maps, KAYAK, Skyscanner or Hotels.com.