Duffel and Katanox partner to integrate hotel distribution and payments

On November 11, 2026, travel booking platform Duffel and hotel fintech company Katanox announced a partnership to connect Katanox's hotel distribution and payment infrastructure to the Duffel platform, in order to simplify the process of hotels receiving bookings and collecting payments. The report said Duffel's hotel business covers 1.6 million properties worldwide, and it recently provided travel booking capabilities for Robinhood and Meta's AI agent Muse. The two parties said the partnership aims to address breakpoints in the chain where travelers arrive at the hotel but no booking is found, and sellers are still chasing commissions months after checkout. The partnership has been publicly announced; the report did not disclose a launch date, phased implementation arrangements, or financial terms.