Bellhop (company)

Bellhop

Type| Private
Industry| Moving company
Founded| 2011 (2011)
Headquarters|

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Key people

* Luke Marklin, CEO
* Cameron Doody,
Co-Founder & President
* Stephen Vlahos, Founder

Website| www.getbellhops.com

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]

Bellhop exclusively hires college students. To become a bellhop, applicants must 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]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Piazzola, Marissa (19 August 2016). "Bellhops Makes the Back-to-School Move Bearable". Fox Business.
2. ^ Waldman, Arielle (25 May 2016). "Let Bellhops help with the move". The Tampa Bay Times.
3. ^ Dawson, Gloria (24 December 2016). "Start-Ups Seek to Take Some of the Pain Out of Moving". The New York Times.
4. ^ Kreznar, Christian (18 December 2018). "Bellhops Raises $31.4 Million To Make Moving Less Miserable". Forbes.
5. ^ McGee, Jamie (28 July 2016). "Bellhops gains national momentum with college students as movers". The Tennessean.
6. ^ a b Collins, Allison Shirk (13 December 2019). "Chattanooga startup Bellhops Moving raises over $31 million in latest funding round". Chattanooga Times Free Press.