Priceline's Agoda unit released a free iPhone app featuring 18,000 properties in Asia-Pacific alone, along with user reviews , maps and decriptions of facilities at the hotel.
Agoda says the Agoda.com -- Smarter hotel booking app offers "special promotions not offered elsewhere" and its hotel portfolio includes 150,000 properties globally.
You can use the app to "find hotels near me" or you can conduct a traditional search.
Agoda, headquartered in Singapore and acquired by Priceline in 2007, is emphasizing last-minute bookings with the app, noting: "Travelers can literally step off the plane, book a hotel, and get directions from wherever they are to the hotel's front desk. By the time they arrive, their confirmation voucher is in their inbox, ready to present on check-in."
Parent company Priceline, too, has found that a large percentage of users of its apps are booking last-minute in close proximity to the hotel.