The founder and CEO of the interactive information portal, Stephan Uhrenbacher announced the new service in the company blog on January 10,2008. Qype can be used as a French city guide or online directory, said Uhrenbacher.

The German launch of Qype took place in April 2006. Approximately a year later in June 2007, the Hamburg-based Web2.0 portal released an English-language version. With the new French-language division, Qype has entered the hotly contested international core market, as referred to in an interview with “deutsche-startups.de“.