Dayuse.com
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Type of site | Daytime Hotel Booking Service |
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| Available in | 14 languages |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Owner | David Lebée (CEO) |
| Registration | Yes |
| Launched | 2010 |
| Current status | Active |
Dayuse.com is a booking platform for microstays based in Paris, with offices in Hong Kong and New York.[1] Created in 2010. The company facilitates the online and telephone booking of daytime booking rooms. The platform collaborates with a network of over 7000 across 25 countries, serving as a intermediary that connects customers with their chosen hotel accommodations.
In 2015, the daytime hotel booking platform Dayuse.com raised 15 million euros in a series A investment round . The investment[2] round was led by venture capital firms Idinvest Partners and Partech Ventures, with the participation of business angels: Paul Dubrule (Co-founder of the Accor group), Charles Petruccelli (Former American Express Travel CEO), and Cédric Barbier (Creator of lesjeudis.com) [3]
History
[edit]Dayuse.com was founded in 2010[4] by David Lebée[5] and Thibaud D’Agrèves,[6] both of whom worked at Hotel Amour in Paris. The hotel is popular with touring artists and musicians, who would ask about renting a room for a few hours during daytime as a place to relax before a performance. Lebée and D’Agrèves recognised that there was a gap in the market.[7][8][9]
International development
[edit]- 2010: Launch of the site with a dozen hotels in Paris[10]
- 2011: Launch of Dayuse.com in Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg
- 2011: Launch of a discount version: Dayuse-pascher.com
- 2012: Launch in the UK
- 2012: Launch of a mobile application
- 2013: Launch in the US
- 2014: Dayuse.com raises 1 million euros, obtained from Partech Ventures, Cédric Barbier and Christophe Chausson[citation needed]
- 2015: Opening of new offices in New York
- 2015: Dayuse.com raises 15 million euros obtained from Idinvest Partners and Partech Ventures[11]
- 2016: Winner of the People's Choice Award for Best Innovation at Phocuswright, Los Angeles [12]
- 2017: Opening of new offices in Hong Kong
- 2018: Launch of a new mobile application [13]
- 2018: Launch of Dayuse Business, for business travelers
References
[edit]- ^ Carrington, Daisy (14 November 2012). "Business or pleasure? Luxury hotels offer day-only rooms". CNN.
- ^ Richardin, Anaïs (13 January 2016). "Dayuse lève 15 millions d'euros pour exporter la réservation d'hôtels en journée". maddyness.
- ^ "This Week in Travel Startup Funding: Dayuse, Holidu and More". Skift.
- ^ Marshall, Sarah (21 April 2016). "Hotels bookable by the hour - for naps, business and maybe more?". Irish Independent.
- ^ Brown, Piers (3 May 2016). "Interview: David Lebée, CEO and founder of Dayuse.com". BoutiqueHotelNews. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ Harmet, Janet (13 September 2012). "New website provides hotels with opportunity to sell rooms by the hour". The caterer.
- ^ "Made in Paris de Dayuse.com, site de réservation de chambres d'hôtels en journée". BFM Business. 14 January 2016.
- ^ Marshall, Sarah (22 April 2016). "Hotel rooms by the hour - try a daycation". BT Group.
- ^ Schofield, Hugh (17 February 2016). "The rise of the 'afternoon delight' hotel booking". BBC News.
- ^ Visseyrias, Mathilde (11 January 2016). "Dayuse.com, le roi de la location de chambres d'hôtel en journée, séduit aussi les investisseurs" [Dayuse.com, King of the rental of hotel rooms during the day, also attracts investors]. Le Figaro (in French).
- ^ Fox, Linda (12 January 2016). "Dayuse opens door to Euro 15 million funding". Phocuswire.
- ^ "Dayuse.com's David Lebée & Marion Hughes-Roger - People's Choice Award - Phocuswright - Phocuswright". Phocuswire. 19 December 2016.
- ^ Glusac, Elaine (25 June 2018). "3 New Services That Bring Hotel Amenities to Travelers Not in Hotels". The New York Times.