Stamford-based Kayak to open its own hotel in Miami Beach FacebookTwitterEmail Travel-booking firm Kayak plans to open the Kayak Miami Beach hotel in April 2021 in Miami Beach, Fla.Contributed photo /Kayak STAMFORD — Since its founding in 2004, Kayak has grown into one of the travel industry’s leading online-booking firms. Now, amid the upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic, it is launching a major brick-and-mortar project. Stamford-headquartered Kayak is opening next month a company-branded boutique hotel in Miami Beach, Fla. A venture several years in the making, Kayak officials want to use the 52-room Kayak Miami Beach as a design lab to build and test the firm’s accommodation technology while also offering a superior guest experience in one of its most-popular destinations.