Brand New Concept BeMate.com Offering Innovative New Holiday Apartment Rentals in Some of the World's Most Exciting Cities with the Best Hotel Services

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Room Mate, the design hotel chain founded by award-winning Spanish entrepreneur, Kike Sarasola, is set to revolutionise the tourism sector this month with its innovative online portfolio of new and stylish rental accommodation – BeMate.com launching today.

BeMate.com is a collaborative community of property owners and travellers, bridging the relationship between the two to provide personal, professional services and unforgettable stays in some of the world's most exciting cities. BeMate.com currently offers 2,500 handpicked apartments for rental, with this number expected to rise with the launch of new locations in the coming months, with predictions of BeMate.com being in 150 cities, including London, by the end of 2014.

Backed by the initial support of the hotel chain Room Mate, BeMate.com fuses the freedom of a city apartment with the best facilities of a hotel: 24 hours concierge, delivery and collection of keys, luggage storage, tourist information as well as a number of additional services from daily cleaning and airport transfers to a full fridge on arrival and tickets to shows.

BeMate.com ensures that all the apartments fulfill certain requirements to ensure its quality, condition and a prime location. This aspiration to provide travellers with an unforgettable stay in the heart of some of the world's most famous cities, sets BeMate.com apart from its competitors.

FEEL AT HOME ALL OVER THE WORLD

This pioneering vision was previously expressed in founder Kike Sarasola's hotel business Room Mate. Kike's belief that travelling should feel like a home away from away, has inspired each hotel to have its own name and individual personality to suit the city its located in.

BeMate.com goes one step further, bringing together a city full of hosts and properties who will make each and every traveller feel at home. With a careful selection of properties, featuring personalised design and an unbeatable location in the heart of the city, this new project is set to revolutionise the city break getaway.

CHANGING THE INDUSTRY STANDARD

Kike Sarasola has pioneered changes to the tourist accommodation industry, answering customer needs and changes in the purchasing trends. Between 2007 and 2013 touristic housing among international customers grew 44% compared to the 4.5% growth in hotel stays (Source Hosteltur).

Kike Sarasola, founder and president of Room Mate and architect of BeMate.com "With the ongoing criticism of new forms of tourist accommodation, we have made it our goal to get to know our client as best as possible. As always, our focus is on what the new traveller demands and I feel that BeMate.com provides a collaborative platform connecting a new generation of traveller with a new type of host, property and service. Our guests will feel safe and comforted by the hotel service they will receive including 24 hour concierge, delivery and collection of keys, luggage storage and tourist information, whilst enjoying independence in an apartment style accommodation.'

BeMate.com will offer its new accommodation in cities where Room Mate hotels are currently located, including Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Salamanca and Granada in Spain, Amsterdam and Florence in Europe, New York and Miami in the United States and Mexico DF. The goal is to be present in the major capitals of the world in the next months, as the platform is opened to any hotelier who wants to be a BeMate.com ambassador in new cities.

BeMate.com (www.bemate.com) is offering 2-bedroom city apartments in Barcelona from €95 (£75.70*) per night

*Conversion rate subject to change

NOTE TO EDITORS:

BeMate.com (www.bemate.com) is a collaborative community, supported by a local Room Mate hotel, that connects property owners with travellers, to supply high quality hospitality services during their stay. Its goal is to provide a professional environment to the property owners; travellers and service companies alike. BeMate.com is supported by the Kike Sarasola's experience, corroborated in his hotel chain Room Mate.

Conceived by Spanish entrepreneur Kike Sarasola, BeMate.com seeks to respond to a latent need in the new traveller, making possible a quality environment between owners and travellers where the best property are offered, together with the best services.

In this first stage of its launch, BeMate.com will offer accommodation cities around the world including Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Granada, Salamanca, Amsterdam, Florence, New York, Miami and Mexico City.

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