HOTREC | Shedding Light on the "Meal-Sharing" Platform Economy

17 / 28

17 HOTREC ‘MEAL-SHARING’ PLATFORM POLICY PAPER – MAY 2018
Platform Launch
Year
Country
of
Origin
Countries/
Cities of
Operation
Registered
Hosts
Firm
Valuation /
TFA
Social Media
Fan Base
(FB/INS)
Special
Features
OVERVIEW OF‘MEAL - SHARING’ PLATFORMS
2017
2004
2016
2012
2013
2015
2014
2017
2013
2010
2013
2013
Spain
Italy
Switzerland
US
Lithuania
The
Netherlands
Switzerland
Denmark
US
France
The
Netherlands
Italy
Barcelona
90+ cities
Switzerland
150+ countries
worldwide
31 countries
worldwide
30+ Dutch
cities
Switzerland
Several
countries
worldwide
38 Countries
Several cities
50+ cities
in 26
countries
Italy
n.a
200
150+
n.a
n.a
2.500+
n.a
n.a
n.a
7,000+
1200 (not
only chefs)
8,000
n.a
n.a.
2K / 173
n.a
€2M /
€800K
n.a
n.a
n.a
€3M - €5M
/ 800K
n.a
$17M
-
$25M /
$7.5M
n.a
400 / n.a
47K / 4.9K
416 / 125
11.8K / 3260
68K / 16.5K
4.3K / 416
1.5K / 309
7.6K / 3K
20K / 3K
19K / n.a
159K / 4.1K
116K / 2569
Healthy nutrition
dinners
Chef ranking system
Cooking classes,
catering and show
cooking
Recipes for vegetarian/
vegan foodies
Breakfast - Brunch
meals
Weekend highlights
per city
Restaurant week,
Bring your own wine
in dinner
Dinner rally
experiences
Outdoor activities,
cocktail parties and
tastings
Ambassador
program, market
tours
Ambassador
program, dinner
with artists, business
meals in Paris
Private food tours