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Booking Holdings (BKNG) and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC co-led a $180M Series D for Korean hotel booking startup Yanolja, which now has a valuation of over $1B. The startup is most famous for refurbishing love hotels from seedy dives to popular rentals for travelers.
The app-booking service has over 200 hotels in Korea and expanded overseas. The company says revenue has grown at an annual rate