Matthieu Jost (entrepreneur)

Matthieu Jost is a French entrepreneur, founder and Chief Executive Officer of websites misterbnb and MyGayTrip.

Matthieu Jost
Born
Orsay
NationalityFrench
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forFounder - misterbnb & MyGayTrip
Websitewww.brak.com Matthieu Jost

Jost founded the French media company Taplanete in 2003.[1] The company published Internet sites for television shows and music and was purchased by AlloCiné in 2004.[1] Jost later founded the website MyGayTrip which has been referred to as a TripAdvisor type site for the LGBT community. It was founded as a joint venture along with Marc Dedonder and the French magazine Têtu.[2]Jost founded misterbnb after a trip to Barcelona.[3] He rented a room in a shared apartment and upon arrival was treated badly by the owner who was not expecting a gay couple.[3] Jost felt uncomfortable by the experience and returned to Paris the next day.[4] He then began building the site as a way for people to travel to welcoming environments.[3] The website started as a combination MyGayTrip and short-term apartment rental service, Sejourning and has developed into an Airbnb for the LGBT community.[5]

misterbnb now has over 300,000 hosts in 135 countries.[6]

References
  1. Beky, Ariane (15 November 2004). "AlloCiné atterrit sur Taplanete.net" (in French). Clubic.com. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  2. Beveraggi, Jean (23 March 2011). "Tourisme Gay et Lesbien : plus qu'une niche, un marché à part entière" (in French). Tour Magazine. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  3. Pirolli, Bryan (10 December 2015). "Misterbnb: Gay travel revolution takes on homestays". CNN. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  4. Rosini, Mattia (10 October 2014). "The founder of the only 'gay Airbnb' speaks out". West. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  5. Middleton, Josh (20 March 2013). "A Gayer Version of Airbnb, Misterbnb, Launches". Philly Mag. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  6. @NatGeoUK (2019-08-17). "Meet the changemakers: Matthieu Jost from Misterb&b". National Geographic. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
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