Dayuse.com

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Dayuse.com
Dayuse Wordmark Evening Blue RGB.png
Type of site
Daytime Hotel Booking Service
Available in14 languages
Headquarters Paris, France
OwnerDavid Lebée (CEO)
RegistrationYes
Launched2010;14 years ago (2010)
Current statusActive

Dayuse.com is a booking platform for microstays based in Paris, with offices in Hong Kong and New York. [1] Created in 2010. The company facilitates the online and telephone booking of daytime booking rooms. The platform collaborates with a network of over 7000 across 25 countries, serving as a intermediary that connects customers with their chosen hotel accommodations.

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In 2015, the daytime hotel booking platform Dayuse.com raised 15 million euros in a series A investment round . The investment [2] 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) [3]

History

Dayuse.com was founded in 2010 [4] by David Lebée [5] and Thibaud D’Agrèves, [6] 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. [7] [8] [9]

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