"Carol Tsai was just getting back to her Sonder hotel room after a long day of sightseeing in London when she read an email from the accommodation company informing her she needed to leave immediately. I literally freaked out, said Tsai, who had been staying at the hotel for a few days and had paid for the stay in full. The first thing I said [was], 'Where am I going to go now?' Guests at Sonder properties from New York to France say they were asked to leave their hotels abruptly after the company defaulted on payments, causing global chain Marriott to end a licensing deal it had with Sonder."
"Sonder, which operated about 9,000 short-term rental and boutique hotel units in over 40 cities across the world including Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal, where it was founded announced on Monday it would be winding down operations and liquidating immediately. We are devastated to reach a point where a liquidation is the only viable path forward, Janice Sears, Sonder's interim CEO, said in the statement. A note posted on the door of Sonder's Old Montreal location following the company's liquidation announcement. The closure was swift, with staff and visitors finding out about the shutdown hours before it happened."
Sonder defaulted on payments and triggered the termination of a 2024 licensing agreement with Marriott. The company operated roughly 9,000 short-term rental and boutique hotel units in over 40 cities, including Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. The company announced an immediate wind-down and liquidation, leaving guests mid-stay told to vacate despite having paid in full. Staff and visitors learned of the shutdown only hours before it occurred, and many employees received little or no written notice while being told of impending job losses by phone after headlines surfaced.
Read at www.cbc.ca
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