EMEA Entrepreneur. Mauricio Villamizar and Yoann Demont, Co-Founders, Pop & Rest. In the heart of London, a new “Pod-Hotel” concept is taking the capital and the world by storm. Redefining hospitality with a perspective toward encouraging and fostering the necessity of sleep and rejuvenation is rapidly emerging. With on-demand spaces that answer the problem of constantly being on the lookout for an affordable, appropriate, and practical setting or space to settle down for a few hours, this innovative “Pod-Hotel” concept offers travelers, business professionals, and urban explorers a unique solution to the city’s fast-paced lifestyle. Combining convenience, comfort, cutting-edge design, and tech-enabled services, these compact, stylish pods provide a safe space for rest, relaxation, and work that is made available all through a simple hassle-free search and reservation. As the demand for flexible, affordable, and quiet rental accommodations grows, London’s “pod-hotels” set a new standard for urban living.
One such example is the Pop & Rest company in the travel arrangement industry, located in London, England. Co-founded in 2017 by Mauricio Villamizar and Yoann Demont, Pop & Rest establishes a sustainable way of cutting down on emissions, time, money, effort, and stress by providing services in creating custom sleep pods that are specially designed to be multi-functional resting pods. These pods and spaces are created in numerous under-utilized commercial buildings, connecting workers and travelers on Pop & Rest’s website to book and rent spaces and sleep pods for short-term stays. This article shall delve into the journey of the founders of Pop & Rest, and how they came to start a business in deploying sleep and relation pods for travelers and tourists on the go.
Mauricio Villamizar and Yoann Demont – London’s Space Innovators of Sleep Pods:
Mauricio Villamizar and Yoann Demont are the co-founders of Pop & Rest. With the company’s founding and establishment in 2017 in Greater London, the two space innovators and visionaries have unlocked and enhanced the experience that can be achieved by creating sleep, meditation, and relaxation pods.
Mauricio Villamizar, the Chief Executive Officer at Pop & Rest has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management from Montpellier Business School and a Master’s Degree in Management and International Business/Trade/Commerce from KEDGE Business School. Having experience in various business and health tourism sectors, Mauricio helps connect travelers, remote and hybrid workers, and tourists with safe, comfortable, and peaceful sleep and meditation pods. Yoann Demont has experience working in Digital Consultancy and co-founded Pop & Rest alongside Mauricio in 2017.
Pop & Rest – A Smart Hospitality Solution:
Giving people living locally and tourists staying temporarily in large cities like London a space and place to relax and rejuvenate comfortably is what Pop & Rest is all about. Initially, the company started as a prop-tech business in London, with sleep and meditation pods being deployed in office buildings. After the COVID-19 Pandemic hit the world, Pop & Rest took a different path with the same concept, but now just more enhanced. The company expanded its services and grew to build sleep and relaxation pods around the city in under-utilized commercial spaces, thereby reaching more people to book and reserve Stays/Pod Hotels and Company Pods.
Pop & Rest has established an online platform powered by tech-enabled solutions, to provide people with stays and pod hotels that they can book temporarily for the day and even overnight. The pods are customized and designed in such a way that they are very comfortable and soundproof.
Now, with sleep pods available across the city, quiet, peaceful, and private rental accommodations help people take short naps, rest, relax for a few hours, sleep overnight, and even work at any time. Pop & Rest has seen more than 3000+ bookings for sleep and relaxation stays/pod hotels within just two years of its establishment. With the launch of the two pilot sleep pods and spaces – Stays/Pod Hotels and Company Pods across the city with a pre-seed investment raised by Pop & Rest, the company has garnered quality media traction and has been featured in The Guardian, Forbes, Metro, Lonely Planet, The Telegraph, BBC, TimeOut London, and more.
Pop & Rest aims to provide 24/7 access and is built to allow you to take naps, sleep, rest, rejuvenate, and work quietly. By prioritizing a person’s need and necessity to reach ultimate wellness and a quality sleep experience, and to make use of various under-utilized building spaces, Pop & Rest envisions its business offering cities innovative, safe, secure, and sustainable solutions to book and access your very own sleep and resting pods.