ByHours

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ByHours
legal form
founding 2012
Seat Barcelona , Catalonia ,SpainSpain
management
  • Guillermo Gaspart
    (Founder & Chairman )
  • Christian Rodríguez
    (CEO & Founder)
Number of employees 35+
sales 6.1 million
Branch Excursions, hotel
Website www.byhours.com

ByHours is the first booking platform with micro- stays , where hotels can be booked by the hour. The company was founded in Barcelona in March 2012 and currently has more than 2,500 hotels on three continents (971 hotels in Spain, 424 in Germany , 211 in France , 126 in Colombia and 522 in Italy , etc.). The company offers hotel reservations in 50 countries in Europe , America and Asia and has received international funding from several investors. Among the latest registered financing rounds, the investments received in November 2017 (€ 3 million), April 2014 (€ 2.6 million) and August 2016 (€ 1.5 million) mark. The initial funding was provided by Cabiedes and Partners and Caixa Capital (€ 600,000) in July 2013. In 2014, according to Travelmole, more than 150,000 bookings were made through ByHoursin more than 1,500 hotels in Spain.

history

ByHours was founded by Christian Rodriguez and Guillermo Gaspart in March 2012. The company is based in Barcelona ( Spain ). The accommodations are located in major cities in Europe , the Middle East and Latin America .

Funds

In July 2013 ByHours raised EUR 600,000 in seed capital from Cabiedes' partner and Caixa Capital.

Awards

  • Best start-up in 2012 in Spain at the Ecommerce Awards.
  • It won eAwards 2014 for best application of the year in Spain .
  • Awarded first prize in the Travel Webshop and Tourism category of the Ecommerce Awards.
  • Finalist of the Bully Awards and Red Herring 2014 and 2017

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b A quick in and out (en) . In: The Economist , April 16, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2017. 
  2. ↑ a b By Hours, pour réserver des hôtels à l'heure (fr) . In: Deplacements Pros . Retrieved December 25, 2017. 
  3. ↑ ByHours, ora gli alberghi si prenotano giorno e notte per 3, 6 o 12 ore (it) . In: ItaliaOggi , November 10, 2016. Accessed December 25, 2017.  (subject to payment)
  4. ↑ ByHours: la 'app' que vende habitaciones de hoteles por horas (es) . In: Forbes , April 11, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2017. 
  5. ↑ ByHours.com arrive in France (fr) . In: Tour Hebdo , December 7, 2016. Accessed December 25, 2017. 
  6. ↑ a b Una plataforma catalana, d'hotels per hores, triomfa (cat) . In: Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals , May 4, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2017. 
  7. ↑ a b ByHours.com alla conquista dell'Italia (it) . In: GuidaViaggi , November 9, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2017. 
  8. ↑ Arriva Italia ByHours.com, le camere d'hotel si vendono a ore (it) . In: Travel Quotidiano: Giornale specializzato nel turismo , November 9, 2016. Accessed December 25, 2017. 
  9. ↑ BACK TO BUSINESS: USE HOURS SENSIBLY AND COST-EFFICIENTLY . In: Tourism-Insider - The weekly online magazine , September 21, 2016. Accessed December 25, 2017. 
  10. ↑ a b ByHours.com Raises € 600k in Funding (en) . In: FinSMEs , July 26, 2013. Accessed December 25, 2017. 
  11. ↑ ByHours.com dinamiza hoteles de A.Latina al ofrecer habitaciones por horas (es) . In: W Radio: Noticias en Colombia y el mundo , July 6, 2017. Accessed December 25, 2017. 
  12. ↑ Startup pitch: ByHours to go beyond hotels to offer meeting rooms in hourly slots (en) . In: Tnooz , February 23, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2017. 
  13. ↑ a b ByHours now lets 'business travelers' book a hotel room in London for 3, 6 or 12 hours (en) . In: The Next Web , April 1, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2017. 
  14. ↑ Sbarca in Italia la piattaforma di prenotazioni alberghiere ByHours: gli hotel si prenotano per 3, 6 or 12 ore (it) . In: Webitmag , November 9, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2017. 
  15. ↑ a b Arriva in Italia ByHours per utilizzare gli hotel per multipli di 3 ore (it) . In: Travelnostop , November 9, 2016. Accessed December 25, 2017. 
  16. ↑ a b LE PRENOTAZIONI DI HOTEL “A ORE” DI BYHOURS SBARCANO IN ITALIA (it) . In: Missionline , November 10, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2017. 

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