Dayuse.com

Dayuse.com is a booking platform for microstays based in Paris, with offices in Hong Kong and New York.[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 5,000 hotels in 25 countries. The company is not a direct provider of these services, but an intermediary[2] that connects customers with the hotels of their choice.

Dayuse.com
Type of site
Daytime Hotel Booking Service
Available in14 languages
HeadquartersParis, France
OwnerDavid Lebée (CEO)
URLwww.dayuse.com
RegistrationYes
Launched2010 (2010)
Current statusActive

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 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) [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
  • 2015: Dayuse.com raises 15 million euros obtained from Idinvest Partners and Partech Ventures[12]
  • 2016: Winner of the People's Choice Award for Best Innovation at Phocuswright, Los Angeles [13]
  • 2017: Opening of new offices in Hong Kong
  • 2018: Launch of a new mobile application [14]
  • 2018: Launch of Dayuse Business, a professional solution dedicated to business travelers Learn more

References
  1. Carrington, Daisy (14 November 2012). "Business or pleasure? Luxury hotels offer day-only rooms". CNN.
  2. Myers, Peter (5 December 2012). "Get a (day) room". Reuters.
  3. Richardin, Anaïs (13 January 2016). "Dayuse lève 15 millions d'euros pour exporter la réservation d'hôtels en journée". maddyness.
  4. "This Week in Travel Startup Funding: Dayuse, Holidu and More". Skift.
  5. Marshall, Sarah (21 April 2016). "Hotels bookable by the hour - for naps, business and maybe more?". Irish Independent.
  6. Brown, Piers (3 May 2016). "Interview: David Lebée, CEO and founder of Dayuse.com". BoutiqueHotelNews.
  7. Harmet, Janet (13 September 2012). "New website provides hotels with opportunity to sell rooms by the hour". The caterer.
  8. "Made in Paris de Dayuse.com, site de réservation de chambres d'hôtels en journée". BFM Business. 14 January 2016.
  9. Marshall, Sarah (22 April 2016). "Hotel rooms by the hour - try a daycation". BT Group.
  10. Schofield, Hugh (17 February 2016). "The rise of the 'afternoon delight' hotel booking". BBC News.
  11. 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).
  12. Fox, Linda (12 January 2016). "Dayuse opens door to Euro 15 million funding". Phocuswire.
  13. "Dayuse.com's David Lebée & Marion Hughes-Roger - People's Choice Award - Phocuswright - Phocuswright". Phocuswire. 19 December 2016.
  14. Glusac, Elaine (25 June 2018). "3 New Services That Bring Hotel Amenities to Travelers Not in Hotels". The New York Times.
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