Gaest
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The work made for Gaest runs to 2 verified projects — mostly DDA2017 and DDA2018.
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Make Meetings Matter
In just one year, Gaest.com has sprung up well and thoroughly in the meeting industry, which in Denmark alone has sales of more than 21 billion dkk per year. It is an industry where much is still done by analogy with papers and documents back and forth, and where it is thought and traded fairly traditionally. But the way we work - and not least meet professionally - is rapidly changing. At large Danish companies, the focus is increasingly on employees' efficiency and creativity, and therefore demand easy access to creative and different places for meetings, workshops, and seminars. And the trend is also becoming more visible and thriving in the growing freelance culture. Here more and more people work from home or in co-working spaces and therefore need both professional and inspirational frameworks for customer meetings, team sessions, etc. Gaest.com addresses these challenges with an online platform that makes it easy to find, book and rent creative frames for everything from meetings and workshops to photoshoots and product launches. From the start, the ambition has been to open up all the fantastic places and rooms that have otherwise been hidden away behind door codes and receptionists. Since its launch in January 2017, the platform has grown from over 300 premises in Denmark to over 3,000 in four markets. At the same time, traffic has increased by 243% and the number of new visitors has increased by 317%. DANSK Baggrund På kun et år har Gaest.com rusket godt og grundigt op i mødeindustrien, der alene i Danmark omsætter for mere end 21 mia. kr om året. Det er en branche, hvor meget stadig udføres analogt med papirer og dokumenter frem og tilbage, og hvor der tænkes og handles temmelig traditionelt. Men måden vi arbejder – og ikke mindst mødes professionelt – er under hastig forandring. Hos store danske virksomheder, har man i stigende grad sætter fokus på medarbejdernes effektivitet og kreativitet, og efterspørger derfor nem adgang til kreative og anderledes steder til både møder, workshops og seminarer. Og tendensen bliver også mere synlig og trives i den voksende freelancekultur. Her arbejder flere og flere hjemmefra eller i co-working spaces, og har derfor brug for både professionelle og inspirerende rammer til kundemøder, team sessions mv. Gaest.com løser disse udfordringer med en online platform, der gør det overskueligt og enkelt at finde, booke og udleje kreative rammer til alt fra møder og workshops til photoshoots og produktlanceringer. Ambitionen har fra starten været at åbne op for alle de fantastiske steder og lokaler, der ellers har været gemt væk bag dørkoder og receptionister. Løsning Gaest.com åbner op for et stort, inspirerende og varieret udbud af kreative steder, med alt lige fra husbåde og brotårne til ubrugte mødelokaler i virksomheder, som kan lejes på timebasis. Vi vil være de første man tænker på, når man har brug for et kreativt sted til møder, workshops, interviews mv. Med dette fokus har vi skabt en visuelt veldesignet og imødekommende platform bygget på solide tekniske løsninger. Det er nemt at navigere rundt via kort, søgning og filtre, og al kommunikation og alle transaktioner foregår direkte på platformen. På den måde er det både nemt og enormt hurtigt at booke lige det sted, der passer til dit behov (den hurtigste booking i 2017 gik igennem på kun 58 sekunder). Det betyder også, at udlejerne på platformen fået en helt ny og uhyre effektiv international salgs- og markedsføringskanal for deres lokaler. Gaest.com er samtidig blevet en del af deleøkonomien, da en stor del af vore værter aldrig før har haft muligheden for at tjene penge på de kvadratmeter, der ofte står tomme mange timer hver dag. Resultat Gaest.com blev officielt lanceret i januar 2017 og er på rekordtid blevet Nordeuropas største online markedsplads for booking af kreative omgivelser med over 3.000 lokaler i Danmark, England, Sverige og Norge. Planen er at åbne i 8 nye markeder i 2018. Den hurtige vækst har medført stor opmærksomhed og en prisregn til Gaest.com, der i 2017 vandt priser ved Danish Digital Award, Danish Events and Meetings Awards, Berlingske Business Boost og blev årets Guldæg udpeget af bl.a. Saxo Bank og Microsoft. Og selvom 2018 kun lige er begyndt, er platformen allerede nomineret DenmarkBridge Award og en Disrupt Award ved the Business Travel Show, der er verdens største messe for business travel-branchen. Siden lanceringen i januar 2017 er platformen vokset fra godt 300 lokaler i Danmark til over 3.000 fordelt på fire markeder. Samtidig er trafikken steget med 243 % og antallet af nye besøgende er steget med 317 %. Derudover har vi blandt andet opnået at • øge vores konverteringsrate fra 0,5 % til 3 % i Danmark. • udbetale over 1 million kroner alene til vores danske værter • skabe bedre rammer til mere end 1.400 møder med næsten 10.000 mødedeltagere Gaest.com udfordrer kort sagt den etablerede mødebranche, og er i fuld gang med at ændre måden vi mødes på. (English translation + Google translate) Background In just one year, Gaest.com has sprung up well and thoroughly in the meeting industry, which in Denmark alone has sales of more than DKK 21 billion. SEK per year. It is an industry where much is still done by analogy with papers and documents back and forth, and where it is thought and traded fairly traditionally. But the way we work - and not least meet professionally - is rapidly changing. At large Danish companies, the focus is increasingly on employees' efficiency and creativity, and therefore demand easy access to creative and different places for meetings, workshops and seminars. And the trend is also becoming more visible and thriving in the growing freelance culture. Here more and more people work from home or in co-working spaces, and therefore need both professional and inspirational frameworks for customer meetings, team sessions, etc. Gaest.com addresses these challenges with an online platform that makes it easy to find, book and rent creative frames for everything from meetings and workshops to photoshoots and product launches. From the start, the ambition has been to open up all the fantastic places and rooms that have otherwise been hidden away behind door codes and receptionists. Solution Gaest.com opens up a large, inspiring and varied selection of creative places, ranging from houseboats and bridge to unused meeting rooms in companies that can be rented on an hourly basis. We will be the first to think about when you need a creative place for meetings, workshops, interviews, etc. With this focus, we have created a visually well-designed and accommodating platform based on solid technical solutions. It is easy to navigate through maps, search and filters, and all communications and transactions are done directly on the platform. That way, it is both easy and extremely quick to book just the place that suits your needs (the fastest booking in 2017 went through in just 58 seconds). It also means that the landlords on the platform have been given a brand new and extremely effective international sales and marketing channel for their premises. At the same time, Gaest.com has become part of the sharing economy, since a large part of our hosts have never before had the opportunity to make money on the square meters, which are often empty many hours every day. Result Gaest.com was officially launched in January 2017 and has in record time become Northern Europe's largest online marketplace for booking creative environments with over 3,000 premises in Denmark, England, Sweden and Norway. The plan is to open in 8 new markets in 2018. The rapid growth has attracted a great deal of attention and a prize rain for Gaest.com, which in 2017 won awards at the Danish Digital Award, Danish Events and Meetings Awards, Berlingske Business Boost. Saxo Bank and Microsoft. And although 2018 has only just begun, the platform has already been nominated for the DenmarkBridge Award and a Disrupt Award at the Business Travel Show, the world's largest business travel industry fair. Since its launch in January 2017, the platform has grown from over 300 premises in Denmark to over 3,000 in four markets. At the same time, traffic has increased by 243% and the number of new visitors has increased by 317%. In addition, we have achieved, among other things, that • increase our conversion rate from 0.5% to 3% in Denmark. • pay out over DKK 1 million to our Danish hosts alone • create a better framework for more than 1,400 meetings with almost 10,000 meeting participants In short, Gaest.com is challenging the established meeting industry, and is in the process of changing the way we meet.