Room Mate Hotels Enters Apartment Rentals Game With BeMate Launch
Photo Credit: Room Mate Hotels launched BeMate, a site travelers can use to book an an apartment stay and get all the services and amenities Room Mate offers. BeMate
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BeMate is a product of what some call "the Airbnb effect." Based on the success of Airbnb and other sharing economy sites, Room Mate Hotels sees it's chance to go where no hotels have gone before.
Renting an apartment to tourists while they're visiting a city is no longer a novel idea, but when a hotel starts offering this service the rentals landscape gets interesting.
This week, Room Mate Hotels launched BeMate.com, a site travelers can use to book apartments managed by the hotel in select cities in Europe and North America. There are 2,500 apartments in 10 cities so far, including New York
