The Boost Society and Mews: shaping the future of co-living

OPERATIONS

The Boost Society is a leading French investor-owner-operator in the co-living space, running two hospitality brands — Kley (student housing) and Hife (co-living for young professionals) — with a portfolio of 38 properties across France and Spain and €1.2 billion raised for expansion.

Why it matters: They chose Mews for its open API, flexible creation and management of bookable services, and strong commitment to the long-stay market, aligning perfectly with their growth ambitions.

Using Mews, Boost Society has built custom tools (via Mews Open API), such as an enriched booking engine, Salesforce integration, and diversified “bookable services” (like parking, karaoke rooms) to enhance guest experience and operational agility.

Top 3 Core Objectives: The Boost Society aimed to modernize its operations with a flexible system that could manage short, mid, and long-term stays across its co-living brands. They sought to diversify revenue through bookable services, gain full visibility into the guest journey, and automate payments to enhance efficiency and scalability. Mews provided the flexibility and integrations needed to support their rapid growth and multi-brand model.

Flexible stay-types management: Handle a range of stay durations — short, mid, and long-term — with visibility, control and appropriate services for each.
Full guest-lifecycle visibility: Capture data across the guest journey (reservation, stay, consumed services) to improve communication, retention, pricing, and tailor offerings using tools like Salesforce, DocuSign, Stripe.
Payment automation & flexibility: Automate payment processes, offer multiple payment methods and payment links, reduce manual work while ensuring compliance and security.

Innovators Mentioned

The Boost Society

Mews

Louis Salome

CTO

The Boost Society

""We strive to create a journey that is as digital and automated as possible, to simplify the experience for our customers and users, so they can focus on what truly matters.""

Louis Salome

CTO

👍 CTO Louis Salome said that The Boost Society focuses on creating a fully digital, automated experience to simplify stays and let guests focus on what matters most.:

""We strive to create a journey that is as digital and automated as possible, to simplify the experience for our customers and users, so they can focus on what truly matters.""

⚖️ The selection process: During their research process, Louis Salome evaluated Mews's product differentiators, customer support, and holistic value as a strategic partner and ultimately decided that Mews was the best fit solution:

CTO Louis Salome said, about their decision: ""Mews is moving fast with long-stay functionality, and it's clear they're serious about innovating this space. We're betting on them to lead this market and we're excited for mutual growth.""

📈 The results: With Mews, The Boost Society gained full visibility across the guest journey, automated payments, and introduced new bookable services that boosted efficiency, improved personalization, and unlocked additional revenue streams across their properties.

Custom-built Booking Engine and Customer Space for mid- and long-term stays, powered by Mews Open API.
Custom-built Salesforce integration, also powered by Mews Open API.
8-10 bookable services via Mews Spaces - by the hour, night, or month.