DesignMyNight
{{Infobox website
| name = DesignMyNight
| logo = DesignMyNight_Logo.png
| company_type = Private
| foundation = London, United Kingdom
| creators = Andrew Webster; Nicholas Telson
| area_served = United Kingdom
| location_city = London
| location_country = United Kingdom
| key_people = Katie Kirwan (Nee Houghton), Head of Brand
| homepage = {{url|https://www.designmynight.com}}
| screenshot =
| num_employees = 100
| launch_date = 2011
| current_status = Active
| language = English
| website_type = Discovery site; Ticket sales; Booking software; Hospitality voucher software
}}
DesignMyNight is a restaurant, pub, bar, club, events and experiences discovery website that was set up in 2011; it allows the customer to tailor their night out depending on their budget and interests, where they want to go and what type of night they're after.{{cite web |website=The Start Up Magazine |url=https://thestartupmag.com/interview-nick-telson-andrew-webster%E2%80%A8%E2%80%A8-founders-designmynight |title=Interview with Nick Telson and Andrew Webster founders of Design My Night |date=3 April 2014 |author= |access-date=29 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529204736/https://thestartupmag.com/interview-nick-telson-andrew-webster%E2%80%A8%E2%80%A8-founders-designmynight |archive-date=29 May 2015 |url-status=dead }} The site has coverage across more than 20 cities in the UK and Australia and was branded as one of the world's best start-ups in 2015List of the Worlds Most Promising Start-Ups. Retrieved from {{cite web|url=http://www.launchingnext.com/. |accessdate=May 29, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529200746/http://www.launchingnext.com/ |archivedate=May 29, 2015 |title=Launching Next | New startups, startup ideas, great business ideas }} and top UK startup in 2014.{{cite web |website=Start Ups |url=http://startups.co.uk/startups-100/2014/42-designmynight/ |title=42. DesignMyNight: The bespoke 'night out designer' helping UK city dwellers come up with their perfect evening |date=21 May 2014 |first=Ryan |last=Platt}}
DesignMyNight also acts as a software provider for the nightlife industry with its own ticketing solution, [https://www.designmynight.com/work-with-us/tonic-ticketing Tonic Ticketing], that can be integrated on the site and the client's site as well as an enquiry management and booking software, Access Collins.
Founders
DesignMyNight was founded by Nick Telson and Andrew Webster whilst visiting New York City.{{cite web |url=http://www.designmynight.com/about |title=About Us |website=DesignMyNight |date= |author=}} The nightlife knowledge of their hotel concierge inspired them to create the service. They both quit their jobs at L’Oréal and Accenture and worked solely on DesignMyNight, with no income for two years, before the business took off in 2013.{{cite news |website=Huffington Post |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11/27/young-entrepreneur-week-designmynightcom-nick-telson_n_6231920.html |title=Young Entrepreneur Of The Week: Nick Telson Of DesignMyNight.com |date= 27 November 2014 |first=Lucy |last=Sherriff}}
In 2017, DesignMyNight was acquired by The Access Group.{{cite news|website=The Access Group |url=https://www.theaccessgroup.com/company/news/access-group-completes-acquisitions-of-designmynight-and-pronett/ |title=The Access Group Completes Acquisitions of DesignMyNight and ProNett to expand its Hospitality software suite |date= 23 November 2017 |first=Katy |last=Hamilton}}
Products
In 2013, DesignMyNight launched an app with similar features to their existing service.{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/designmynight/id687386215?mt=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529210939/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/designmynight/id687386215?mt=8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 29, 2015 |title=DesignMyNight: Best bars, restaurants and events in London |website=Apple App Store |date= |author=}} In February 2014, they launched Collins, an enquiry management and booking software designed specifically for bars, restaurants with bars, pubs and private hire spaces. bar bookings and inquiry-management software. It allows venues to do real-time bookings from their site while also taking enquiries and managing them effectively within the system's back-end. The venue can also take payments, card authentications, manage emails and their client's database. 2014 also saw the launch of the ticketing software that allows event organisers to take advantage of DesignMyNight's up to 3.9 million monthly userbase while also making their own site or social media channels transactional.{{cite news |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2014/nov/21/money-upfront-instant-pot-of-cash |title=Now we get money upfront so there is an instant pot of cash |date=21 November 2014 |first=Eleanor |last=Ross}}