Dayuse.com
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_(1).jpg) The logo of Dayuse.com | |
Type of site | Hotel Booking Service |
|---|---|
| Available in | 9 languages |
| Owner | David Lebée (CEO) |
| URL | dayuse.com |
| Registration | Yes |
| Launched | 2010 |
| Current status | Active |
Dayuse.com is a French company and a booking platform for hotel rooms during the day.[1] Created in 2010, Dayuse.com is a website that offers the booking of daytime hotel rooms online and by telephone. The company lists over 2000 hotels in 15 countries. The company is not a direct provider of these services, but an intermediary[2] that connects customers with the hotels of their choice. The headquarters of the company are based in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, and there are offices in São Paulo and New York.
In 2015, the daytime hotel booking platform Dayuse.com has raised 15 million euros in a series A investment round . The investment[3] round was led by venture capital firms Idinvest 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) [4]
History
Dayuse.com was founded in 2010[5] by David Lebée[6] and Thibaud D’Agrèves,[7] 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. [8] [9] [10]
International development
- 2010 : Launch of the site with a dozen hotels in Paris[11]
- 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
- 2015 : Opening of new offices in New York and São Paulo
- 2015 : Dayuse.com raises 15 million euros obtained from Idinvest Partners and Partech Ventures[12]
References
- ^ Daisy Carrington, for CNN (14 November 2012). "Business or pleasure? Luxury hotels offer day-only rooms". CNN.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Peter Myers (5 December 2012). "Get a (day) room". Reuters.
- ^ Anaïs Richardin (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.
- ^ Sarah Marshall (21 April 2016). "Hotels bookable by the hour - for naps, business and maybe more?". Irish Independent.
- ^ Piers Brown (3 May 2016). "Interview: David Lebée, CEO and founder of Dayuse.com". BoutiqueHotelNews.
- ^ Janet Harmet (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.
- ^ Sarah Marshall (22 April 2016). "Hotel rooms by the hour - try a daycation". BT Group.
- ^ Hugh Schofield (17 February 2016). "The rise of the 'afternoon delight' hotel booking". BBC News.
- ^ Mathilde Visseyrias (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 attracted investors]. Le Figaro (in French).
- ^ Linda Fox (12 January 2016). "Dayuse opens door to Euro 15 million funding - Tnooz". Tnooz.