In 2010 Habbo Hotel celebrates its 10th Anniverary. This presentation gives an overview of its history, growth and success.

1. Habbo Hotel Turns 10 Years Old

2. Habbo Hotel, the world’s largest virtual community and social game for teens, is celebrating its 10th Anniversary – and the success continues...

3. Habbo Hotel by numbersFigures as of May 2010

4. Over 3,000,000new Habbo characters are created each month

5. 172,000,000 avatars have been created in Habbo

6. 40,000,000monthly user hours

7. 42 minutes is the average length of a user session

8. 15,000,000monthly unique visitors

9. 120,000,000 user-created rooms

10. Users from over 150 countries

11. The Habbo Hotel story began in 1999...

12. Founders Sampo & Aapo created an online app called ‘Mobiles Disco’

13. In February 2000 the idea was developed for an ad campaign for a Finnish mobile operator

14. Shortly after this, Sulake, the Habbo Hotel parent company was formed based on a micropayments business model

15. In August 2000, Hotelli Kultakala opened as the original Finish Habbo Hotel

16. In early 2001 the first international Habbo Hotel opened in the UK

17. So what is the secret to success?

18. Continuous development and a commitment to making the user experience better

19. Any effort to stay current has always been strongly influenced by user feedback and deep insight into teenagers’ lives

20. Celebrate Habbo Hotel’s birthday at www.habbo.com