Bellhop (company)
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Moving company |
| Founded | 2011 |
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| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references https://www.einpresswire.com/article/647327098/bellhop-appoints-juan-torres-as-new-ceo-and-board-member | |
Bellhop is an American moving company that operates across the United States.[1] It was previously known as Campus Bellhops when founded by Cam Doody and Stephen Vlahos in 2011.[2] Based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, it provides moving services for small-scale moves.[3]
History
[edit]The initial concept of Bellhop was as a moving service for college students moving in and out of dorms. The company began moving college students during Auburn University's three-day freshman orientation weekend.[4] It expanded to other college campuses the following year and also began servicing moves for off-campus apartments and homes, as well as servicing non-university customers.[5]
At one time, Bellhop exclusively hired college students. To become a bellhop, applicants had to be at least 18 years old and currently enrolled in college, in addition to being physically able and strong.[1] As of November 2018, Bellhop was serving 31 cities across 13 states, ranging from Arizona to Pennsylvania to Florida.[6] Chattanooga mayor Andy Berke praised the company for "changing the way people think about moving".[6] As of 2024, Bellhop has outsourced both customer service and operations to a call center outside the United States.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Piazzola, Marissa (19 August 2016). "Bellhops Makes the Back-to-School Move Bearable". Fox Business.
- ^ Waldman, Arielle (25 May 2016). "Let Bellhops help with the move". The Tampa Bay Times.
- ^ Dawson, Gloria (24 December 2016). "Start-Ups Seek to Take Some of the Pain Out of Moving". The New York Times.
- ^ Kreznar, Christian (18 December 2018). "Bellhops Raises $31.4 Million To Make Moving Less Miserable". Forbes.
- ^ McGee, Jamie (28 July 2016). "Bellhops gains national momentum with college students as movers". The Tennessean.
- ^ a b Collins, Allison Shirk (13 December 2019). "Chattanooga startup Bellhops Moving raises over $31 million in latest funding round". Chattanooga Times Free Press.