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Budgetplaces is an online travel agency (OTA) which offers low-cost accommodation. As of April 2012, Budgetplaces is working with over 10,000 budget hotels, hostels, bed and breakfasts and apartments in more than 100 countries worldwide. == Company history == Budgetplaces was founded under the trading name EnGrande S.L. in Barcelona in 2003. Californian John Erceg created the concept of offering only no-frills budget accommodation at a target rate of 30 Euros per person per night. This target rate is reflected in the name of the website Barcelona30.com.〔Ugalde, Ruth and Morán, A. (18 April 2011). (“John Erceg (Budgetplaces.com): "El emprendedor se hace con pequeños y grandes fracasos" ). Lainformacion.es. Retrieved 22 Nov. 2011.〕 After experiencing tremendous success in Barcelona, Erceg decided to replicate the model in Paris and Paris35.com (as a reflection of a target rate of 35 Euros pppn) was launched. By 2007 websites for London, Berlin, Rome and other major European cities had followed. In 2008, after reaching a total of over 20 destinations and more than 3,000 partner hotels, hostels, apartments and bed and breakfasts, Budgetplaces was introduced as EnGrande’s new leading brand, uniting all destinations on one website.〔EnGrande (2011). (“EnGrande Company Milestones” ). EnGrande corporate website. Retrieved 25 Nov. 2011.〕 In July 2011, Palamon Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in EnGrande S.L., which further accelerated Budgetplaces’ international expansion.〔Breaking Travel News (25 July 2011). (“Palamon invests in EnGrande” ). Breaking Travel News. Retrieved 23 Nov. 2011.〕 〔privateequitywire (25 July 2011). (“Palamon invests in EnGrande, a leading European on-line budget accommodation agent” ). Privateequitywire. Retrieved 23 Nov. 2011.〕 As of April 2012, Budgetplaces collaborates with over 10,000 partner establishments in more than 1,700 worldwide destinations. Over 130 staff of more than 30 different nationalities are employed at the company’s headquarters in Barcelona and branch offices in New York City, London and Berlin. The World Economic Forum recognized budgetplaces.com as one of 22 successful startup companies in a 2011 report published in collaboration with Stanford University. The report focused on “Successful Growth Strategies of Early-Stage Companies” and featured Budgetplaces alongside the likes of Air Arabia, atrapalo.com, eBay, Microsoft Corporation or Skype, amongst others.〔Foster, George et al. (2011). (“Global Entrepreneurship and the Successful Growth Strategies of Early-Stage Companies” ). World Economic Forum and Stanford University. Retrieved 25 Apr. 2012.〕 In April 2012, Spanish national daily newspaper paper El País called Budgetplaces a “paradicmatic case” of a technology-based, successful startup company founded in Spain.〔Santiso, Javier (Mar 2012). (“¿Dónde está nuestra diáspora emprendedora?” ). El País. Retrieved 25 Apr. 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Budgetplaces」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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