MagicEvent.com presents its apartment rental platform at the Business Travel Show 2016
MagicEvent.com, a French start-up dedicated to peer-to-peer accommodation for business travellers, will showcase its reservations platform at the Business Travel Show in London on 24-25 February 2016.
- (1888PressRelease) February 11, 2016 - Launched in 2014, MagicEvent.com is the leading peer-to-peer accommodation and service website exclusively dedicated to business travel. MagicEvent offers over 20,000 types of accommodation - studios, apartments, villas - in 60 cities across Europe and around the world, such as Paris, Cannes, London, Barcelona and Hanover.
Providing a real alternative to hotels, business travellers are increasingly using apartment rentals for reasons related to cost, space and comfort. All accommodation on MagicEvent.com is selected to meet the needs of business travellers in terms of comfort and safety, and are in close proximity to exhibition and conference centres or in the centre of town. Accommodation is rated between 1 and 5 stars based on objective criteria related to comfort and amenities.
"More and more business travellers have tested apartment rental on peer-to-peer websites for personal travel, and are looking to benefit from the same advantages for business travel," explains Valéry Linÿer, CEO and Co-founder of MagicEvent.com. "This type of accommodation provides savings of 30% to 60%, without including the costs saved on restaurants and transport."
MagicEvent also offers a mobile concierge app for reserving numerous services during a stay in Paris. Prior to their trip or while travelling, professionals will have access to room service, as well as car and laundry services and practical/tourist information to help with their stay.
To facilitate the reservation and management of accommodation expenses by companies, MagicEvent.com has developed services that are 100% business-oriented: group agreements for large companies, an expenses monitoring and optimisation tool for travel managers, the Magic Business Card loyalty programme for executive assistants, the Pro Travel Agency offer for travel agencies, and white label sites for events organisers.
"We have simplified the reservation method as far as possible to allow payment by bank transfer, or monthly invoicing," adds Valéry Linyer. "Our tools perfectly meet the needs of companies looking to promote this type of accommodation and monitor the expenses and travel of their employees. Travel managers can have complete confidence in MagicEvent since our entire offer is adapted to business travel, in terms of location, comfort and safety."
Since its launch, the start-up has raised capital three times, to the sum of €3,000,000. It employs around 20 employees in France, Germany and Madagascar.
About MagicEvent.com
Launched in 2014, MagicEvent.com is the first sharing economy portal dedicated to business travellers. They can find accommodation next to exhibition and conference centres, and services in major European business cities.
MagicEvent.com was founded by three partners: Valéry Linÿer, William Lecerf and Eric Christophe.
Valéry has spent his career working in the events industry in France but internationally. He has set up events in Paris, Cannes, Hong Kong, Geneva, Abu Dhabi and Doha, and has attended many other events across all sectors.
"It is often difficult to find somewhere to stay during these major international events. A shortage of hotel rooms leads to an immense increase in prices and extended transportation times. Business travellers have more and more budget constraints. Renting an apartment offers more space and sometimes more comfort for a better price."
William specialises in short term rental and related services in Cannes. He works on many events and conferences across the city.
Eric Christophe, previously an Information Systems Director for a major financial group, is in charge of development and SEO.
The start-up carried out fundraising in 2013 with several funders. Further fundraising to the sum of €1 million in November 2014 allowed MagicEvent.com to accelerate its development in Europe, setting up offices in Paris and Cologne.
In September 2015, MagicEvent.com fundraised €1.5 million, which will allow it to develop its website for international clients and develop new services for business travellers.
Among the start-up's shareholders are Benoît Bassi, Partner and President of Bridgepoint Business in France, and board member for the Bridgepoint Group, and Michael Benabou, Co-founder of Vente Privée.com. The Banque Publique d'Investissement (BPI) and other investment companies are also helping the start-up to develop further.
For further information on Magic Event, go to www.magicevent.com or contact:
Bérengère Bonnet
Marketing/Communications Director
MagicEvent.com
182 avenue Charles de Gaulle
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 84 02 10 72
Mobile: +33 (0)6 86 86 37 12
Email: b.bonnet ( @ ) magicevent dot com
For a video on MagicEvent.com, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bfTNwM4veU
For further information regarding this press release, contact:
Fran Lambert, Communications & Marketing Adviser
Business France - The French Trade Commission in the UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7024 3613
Email: fran.lambert ( @ ) businessfrance dot fr
View other press releases at: http://www.youbuyfrance.com/uk/
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