 As of October 2015, students from over 140 countries have booked with Uniplaces for a total of more than 500,000 nights.The platform’s name is derived from “university” and “places”, abbreviated to “Uniplaces”.Uniplaces was founded in 2012 by Miguel Amaro, from Portugal, Ben Grech, from England, and Mariano Kostelec, from Argentina, having its headquarters in Lisbon and an office in London.