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ByHours
Type of site
Hotel Booking service
Available in7 languages
FoundedMarch 2012; 13 years ago (2012-03)
Headquarters
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Area served20+ countries[1]
Key peopleGuillermo Gaspart
(Founder & Chairman)
Christian Rodríguez
(CEO & Founder)
IndustryTravel, Hotel
Employees35+
URLwww.byhours.com
CommercialYes
Current statusOnline

ByHours is a Spanish company and first microstays booking platform where hotels can be booked on the hourly basis.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] The company was founded on March 2012 by Christian Rodriguez, Guillermo Gaspart, and Christian Picard Rinaldi in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Byhours currently has more than 2,500 hotels across Europe (971 hotels in Spain, 424 in Germany, 133 in France,[11] 100 in Colombia and 869 in Italy etc.).[12][13][14][7] The Company represents hotels in 20 countries in Europe, America, and Asia.[1] The app is available on Android and iOS.[15] The company raised €600K seed funding from Caixa Capital and Cabiedes Partners in July 2013.[16] In 2014, according to Travelmole, over 150,000 bookings were made through ByHours at over 1,500 hotels in Spain.[1][13][17][6][2][18][8][19]

History

ByHours was estalished on March 2012 by Christian Rodriguez, Guillermo Gaspart, and Christian Picard Rinaldi.[12][18] The company is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.

Funding

On July 2013, ByHours raised €600K seed funding from Caixa Capital and Cabiedes Partners.[16]

Awards and recognition

  • Best Startup of the Year in 2012 Spain at Ecommerce awards.[5][2][20][21]
  • Received eAwards 2014 as the Best App of the Year in Spain.[2]
  • Won the first prize in the travel and tourism web shop category.[5][20][21]
  • Finalist of Bully Awards and Red Herring 2014.

References

  1. ^ a b c "ByHours.com dinamiza hoteles de A.Latina al ofrecer habitaciones por horas". W Radio: Noticias en Colombia y el mundo (in Spanish). 2017-07-06.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. ^ a b c d Hutchinson, John (2015-04-20). "ByHours lets guests choose a London hotel for stays in three-hour blocks". Daily Mail.
  3. ^ "La plataforma de reserva de habitaciones ByHours cierra una ronda de inversión de 3 millones". El Economista (in Spanish). 2017-12-11.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. ^ GASTESI, AINTZANE (2017-12-11). "Byhours capta tres millones más e incorpora inversores de Abu Dabi". La Vanguardia (in Spanish).{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. ^ a b c Pizzetti, Elena (2016-11-18). "Hôtellerie 2.0: it's time for Temporary Rooms". Il Giornale (in Italian).{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  6. ^ a b R, B (2015-04-16). "A quick in and out". The Economist.
  7. ^ a b Fischer, Joachim (2016-09-21). "BACK TO BUSINESS: STUNDEN SINNVOLL UND KOSTENEFFIZIENT NUTZEN". Tourism-Insider - Das wöchentliche Onlinemagazin (in German).{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  8. ^ a b "ByHours, pour réserver des hôtels à l'heure". Deplacements Pros (in French).{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  9. ^ "ByHours, ora gli alberghi si prenotano giorno e notte per 3, 6 o 12 ore". ItaliaOggi (in Italian). 2016-11-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  10. ^ DAVIS, MARTA (2015-04-11). "ByHours: la 'app' que vende habitaciones de hoteles por horas". Forbes (in Spanish).{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  11. ^ "ByHours.com arrive en France". Tour Hebdo (in French). 2016-12-07.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  12. ^ a b "Una plataforma catalana, d'hotels per hores, triomfa". Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (in Catalan). 2016-05-04.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  13. ^ a b "ByHours.com alla conquista dell'Italia". GuidaViaggi (in Italian). 2016-11-09.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  14. ^ "Arriva in Italia ByHours.com, le camere d'hotel si vendono a ore". Travel Quotidiano: Giornale specializzato nel turismo (in Italian). 2016-11-09.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  15. ^ "Nuova identità di marca e nuova App per Byhours". MediaKey.TV (in Italian). 2017-10-27.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  16. ^ a b "ByHours.com Raises €600k in Funding". FinSMEs. 2013-07-26.
  17. ^ "Startup pitch: ByHours to go beyond hotels to offer meeting rooms in hourly slots". Tnooz. 2015-02-23.
  18. ^ a b Woos, Ben (2015-01-04). "ByHours now lets 'business travellers' book a hotel room in London for 3, 6 or 12 hours". The Next Web.
  19. ^ "Sbarca in Italia la piattaforma di prenotazioni alberghiere ByHours: gli hotel si prenotano per 3, 6 o 12 ore". Webitmag (in Italian). 2016-11-09.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  20. ^ a b "Arriva in Italia ByHours per utilizzare gli hotel per multipli di 3 ore". Travelnostop (in Italian). 2016-11-09.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  21. ^ a b "LE PRENOTAZIONI DI HOTEL "A ORE" DI BYHOURS SBARCANO IN ITALIA". Missionline (in Italian). 2016-11-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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