# Q3.2023 | Hotels By Day

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- Published at: 2023-11-05 14:56:53 UTC
- Updated at: 2025-07-09 03:24:06 UTC

## Author
Yannis Moati

## Subject
Hotels By Day

## Content
Dear HBD WeFunder friends,Some of you may already have gotten this message via email earlier this week. If so, please excuse the repetition. To others, I am pleased to share with our our Q3 results.Sales:  Up +8.8% YoY, partially thanks to our pioneering 'direct-connected' technology to the X brand reservation systems, where we grew our sales by +57% QoQ and +137% YoY.See below chart showing 3 essential KPIs related to our Direct-Connected (DC) product:(Y axis is confidential. More info upon request. feel free to DM).Folks, the good development of this DC tech tie-up with X brand is no short of amazing... so if you don't mind, I will focus this Q3 quarterly report solely on the reason why we're excited about this tech & commercial development:For 1) - before we built DC technology, zero night bookings in hotel revenue orthodoxy meant zero revenues. With our tech, HotelsByDay is changing the definition of zero night, where now zero night bookings can mean extra revenues. It's a game changer.2) - Despite all the technical difficulties associated with connecting to legacy systems, with nay-saying legacy gatekeepers, we were able to break-through all the barriers and pioneer the very first day use DC, for global connectivity & distribution, at scale.3) - Following point #2, we lucked out in partnering with the premier booking distribution tech provider, a partner like no other: DerbySoft, the leading hospitality API/connecting software in the industry, already connected to all major global brands. Our connection to DerbySoft serves us in 3 ways: Tech connector to leading brands; Lead generator; Brand reputation enhancer. 4) - Following point #3, after a slow and difficult start in deploying DC, global brands are starting to trickle-in; granting us the scalability we always dreamt of:ONE switch to hundreds of properties. We already expanded our footprint these past 12 months from 4 countries to 11 countries today.5) - The technology was not smooth at first: imagine what it means to create a whole new category, booking flow, sales channel, all connecting to legacy global reservation systems. But we phenomenally achieved it and tech wrinkle after tech wrinkle, we proactively solved every tech issue thrown at us, winning many accolades from hotel industry technicians & connectivity professionals. We have done, after all, what most pros in the industry thought impossible.I can go on... but I will spare you the geek-outs. Your takeaway is that the amazing team at HotelsByDay is breaking all barriers in the day-use sector and obtaining well deserved rewards for it.Keep also in mind that all these achievements are made with 1/30th of the funding from our sector's competitors. We are miracle workers.And hence I am here to remind you all that an investment in HotelsByDay will grant us faster acceleration. Feel free to reach out for investment opportunity details.In the meantime, thank you for your attention and amazing support.Please keep making noise for us on social media: follow us @Hotelsbyday, share our posts, download our app, review.yes, I'm looking at you!Sending love & daycation dreams,Yannis Moati - CEO Work. Play. Stay. ®