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Why Mingus?

We’re often asked how we chose our company name. Get ready. It’s a wonderful story.

Rafik, our President, has been an avid music lover since early childhood and takes special delight in listening to classical music and jazz. After deciding to launch a software development business to make life easier for hotel establishments, Rafik needed to choose a name for his new company. It was then that he remembered a quote from a favorite virtuoso American bass player, composer and jazz pianist:

“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” – Charles Mingus

Reading this quotation had an immediate effect on Rafik, who found a direct link between what Mr. Mingus said and his own goal of creating a new company. The choice was clear.
His company would be called Mingus Software.

The Mingus timeline

2001

The first lines of Hotello’s code are written!

The adventure begins in a Montreal apartment with a team of two developers, one of whom, Ghislain, is with us to this day.

2003

Our first client

Hotel Nelligan in the Old Port of Montreal, opens with Hotello as its hotel management software. We move from our inaugural apartment to an office at Château St-Ambroise in the heart of Montreal’s
St-Henri neighbourhood.

2004

We launch a new product

Business is booming, which makes it possible for us to double the number of our programmers from two to four. Our team, which now includes seven people, is instrumental in launching version 2 of Hotello as well as a new Mingus Software product, KX Hotel.

2011

Mingus is 10 years old!

Mingus celebrates its 10^th birthday by inviting clients to a big cocktail reception in a Montreal garden. Hotello becomes the first PMS supplier worldwide to be acknowledged by the Expedia EQC QuickConnect® Preferred Program. Yet another product, Equip, gets added to our product portfolio.

2014

Mingus gets a makeover

Mingus gets a revamped image based on an improved visual identity. We offer hoteliers a new service, H Emailing. This newest addition to the Mingus family leads to the creation of the company’s marketing department. Hotello becomes available in SaaS and Cloud versions.

2015

Our growth gains momentum!

The pace of Mingus’ growth accelerates yet again, and newcomer
H Quality joins our product range. We broaden our horizons and conquer new markets. Mingus organizes its first hospitality industry trade fair, which is a great success.

2017

The Mingus family gets bigger

The year kicks off in a big way with the launch of version 8 of Hotello. We expand once again by adding a booking engine to our range of services. Hiring continues apace, and the Mingus team is now over 20 people strong. Hotello is named a Master on the 2017 FrontRunners quadrant for Hotel Management software, and Capterra recognizes Hotello as one of the best alternatives to Opera.

What drives us

At Mingus, our mission is to design high-performance hotel management software and actively participate in our customers’ operational development to create the ideal customer experience. To this end, we embrace the following values every day

Customers

At Mingus, our customers come first. They are at the heart of our decision-making. We favour a user-friendly approach and constantly validate our choices with the relevant trades.

Curiosity

Every member of our team strives to search, explore and question. We’re always eager to continuously learn and expand our knowledge.

Innovation

We view innovation not merely as a department but as an integral part of our corporate culture. Innovation pushes us to assess our working methods, products and tools on an ongoing basis.