Founder & CEO

Jakaria
Khondaker

RNR ROOMS · ByteBeds · Grit System

Built by hard work, shaped by focus. Today I lead three companies building the technology behind hospitality.

Begin the story
Portrait of Jakaria Khondaker
Jakaria Khondaker
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Years of work
10+
Companies
3
Hotels connected
500+
Travel buyers worldwide
300+

Prologue

Nobody handed me a company. I earned every step: first with hard work, then dedication, then focus. This is how I got here.

01 · 2015

Hard work

Starting from the ground

My story didn’t start in a boardroom. It started with early mornings, long days and work nobody noticed: checking things line by line, tracking every step, fixing what others missed.

I had no connections and no shortcuts. What I had was the willingness to outwork whatever problem was in front of me. Those years taught me a rule I still live by: customers never see your effort, only the details you got right.

LessonSmall details decide whether a customer trusts you.

02 · 2016 — 2018

Dedication

Never asking “is this my job?”

If a team needed leading, a budget needed fixing or a deadline needed saving, I stepped in. Responsibility kept growing, until I was running whole operations: people, money, timelines and software projects from start to finish.

One of those projects was software for hotels. Watching it come to life, I saw how much technology could change the way a hotel runs. That idea never left me.

LessonResponsibility is earned before it is given.

03 · 2018 — 2021

Achievement

When the work pays off

The effort started paying off. I built systems from scratch that entire businesses ran on, and helped take new products to market. People trusted me with bigger problems, and I delivered.

But every win showed me the same truth. Good ideas were everywhere. What held them back was the lack of systems to carry them.

LessonGood ideas stall without the systems to carry them.

04 · 2020 — 2022

Focus

Choosing one direction

Doing well in many directions wasn’t enough. I wanted to go deep in one. I chose travel and hospitality technology and went all in.

I took a travel idea from a blank page to a live platform, with a booking website, a hotel extranet, Android and iOS apps and a B2B agent panel. It showed me exactly where the industry needed help: getting hotel rooms, at the right rates, in front of the people who sell travel.

LessonChoose one problem and go deep.

05 · 2020 — Today

Build

Building my own

Everything came together. I stopped building for others and started building companies of my own: one for technology, one for hotel distribution and one for hotel operations.

Each one solves a real problem I saw with my own eyes along the way, and each one carries the same lessons: get the details right, take responsibility, build the system and stay focused.

LessonBuild the thing you wish existed.

Now

Three companies.
One mission: smarter hospitality.

01 · Founder & CEO · Since 2022

RNR ROOMS

Bangladesh’s B2B hotel distribution platform.

RNR ROOMS is not an OTA. It is the distribution layer between hotel rooms and the global travel trade. Every property holds a direct contract with us, and we put its rooms in front of travel buyers around the world.

Visit rnrrooms.com
500+
Properties under direct contract
300+
Travel buyers worldwide
Checkout
When hotels get paid

How it works

  1. 01

    Connect once

    Hotels load rates, availability and inventory one time, through a channel manager, hotel switch or extranet.

  2. 02

    Distribute worldwide

    RNR ROOMS redistributes that inventory to travel agents, tour operators, OTAs and wholesalers across the globe.

  3. 03

    Get paid at checkout

    Hotels keep control of their rates and get paid when the guest checks out.

Next: expansion across South & Southeast Asia.

02 · Founder & CEO · Since 2025

ByteBeds

The all-in-one hospitality platform.

ByteBeds rethinks hotel operations for the digital age. It brings the four tools a modern property needs into one platform, built to work together from day one.

Visit bytebeds.com
4
Products, one platform
0%
Commission on direct bookings
12 → 48
Monthly direct bookings at one 28-room Dhaka guesthouse

The platform

  1. 01

    Property Management System

    Run reservations, rooms and daily hotel operations from one system.

  2. 02

    Channel Manager

    Keep rates and availability in sync across every channel, in real time.

  3. 03

    Booking Engine

    Take bookings directly on the hotel’s own website with zero commission.

  4. 04

    Website Builder

    Give every property its own website, ready for direct bookings.

03 · Founder & CEO · Since 2020

Grit System

A technology company.

Grit System is where it all started. It is a technology company that innovates and crafts software products that transform industries and drive customer success.

Visit grit.com.bd
2020
Founded
Dhaka
Headquarters

What drives me

Three things I believe.

  1. 01

    Hard work compounds

    Every long day early on paid off later. There are no shortcuts, only steps.

  2. 02

    Control stays with the hotel

    Rates, inventory and restrictions are the hotelier’s call. Technology should carry decisions, not make them.

  3. 03

    Focus wins

    One clear direction beats ten good ideas. I build deep, not wide.

Epilogue

The next chapter

RNR ROOMS is growing into South and Southeast Asia. ByteBeds is putting modern tools in the hands of independent hotels. Grit System keeps building. The work continues, and so does the story.

Want to be part of it?

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