We've built this before.

The founders of Ancillarate built Yilu, the ancillary infrastructure of the Lufthansa Group. Now we bring post-booking recommendations to every booking, in every vertical.

Our story: from Yilu to Ancillarate

• Yilu — co-founded Yilu and built the ancillary layer of the Lufthansa Group.
• Eurowings × mytaxi — ride-hailing booked inside the airline journey.
• 2025 — Yilu fully integrated into the Lufthansa Group.
• 2026 — Ancillarate: post-booking recommendations for every vertical.
• Today — live with hotels, apartments and airlines across Europe and Africa.

Founders

• Carlo Zachau, Co-founder & CCO — travel distribution, airline partnerships and ancillary revenue; Booking.com, then co-built Yilu.
• Reinhard Lanegger, Co-founder, MD & CTO — co-built Yilu; leads Ancillarate's architecture.

Company

Ancillarate GmbH, Graz and Berlin. EU-based, GDPR by default.