HotelTonight

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Airbnb-HotelTonight - a deal at the right time for both

By Kevin May | March 11, 2019

Three experts covering the accommodation sector share their reaction to the deal by Airbnb to buy online travel agency HotelTonight. Read More

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Airbnb to acquire online travel agency HotelTonight

By Kevin May | March 7, 2019

The deal for the OTA gives it the chance to "accelerate our work to build an end-to-end travel platform that serves everyone." Read More

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HotelTonight ends mobile-only strategy with desktop addition

By Linda Fox | September 10, 2018

HotelTonight has launched a desktop version of its hotel booking service - prompted, it says, by feedback from customers. Read More

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The state of influencer marketing for travel brands

By Mitra Sorrells | March 29, 2018

Photos, blog posts and other content shared by social media influencers can be an effective way for brands to communicate with consumers – particularly since surveys have found that between one-third to... Read More

News / Distribution

VIDEO: Breathing new life into distribution of hotels

By Kevin May | December 11, 2017

We are forever hearing that the hotel model is under threat from, well, basically everything and everyone. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 6

By Kevin May | November 20, 2017

Redeam was the talk of the show - at least the first half of it - at The Phocuswright Conference 2017. Read More

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HotelTonight widens its booking window to 100 days out

By PhocusWire | September 19, 2017

Cast your minds back to late 2010 when HotelTonight was unveiled and boasted that it was the fastest mobile hotel-booking app out there as well as the first mobile-only travel-booking business. The Read More

Interview / Technology

Interview: Designing apps for the future with HotelTonight's Madhu Prabaker

By Nick Vivion | August 31, 2017

HotelTonight's Madhu Prabaker has built a career in designing experiences for a peculiar kind of beast: marketplaces. These types of companies require a delicate balance of competing interests from di Read More

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HotelTonight turns to investors again after three years, raises $37 million

By Kevin May | March 22, 2017

Hotel booking application HotelTonight has secured a $37 million funding round - it's first big capital deal for over three years. The Series E round brings its total investment to almost $118 mill Read More

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RoomsTonite not available tonight, or any night

By Kevin May | March 20, 2017

India-based late-booking service RoomsTonite has withdrawn its mobile app and is showing no signs of life. The company's website ("India’s #1 last minute hotel booking app") has removed links to Go Read More

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Worries emerge over mobile app plateau

By Kevin May | October 12, 2016

Mobile services generally are in an interesting spot right now, with most brands having an application of sorts for users to have on their smartphones. But some recent analysis by ComScore has foun Read More

News / Technology

Booking.com scraps standalone Booking Now late hotel app

By Kevin May | September 26, 2016

Booking.com has axed its Booking Now mobile app after 20 months in service, although it says last-minute hotels bookings are continuing to grow. The Priceline Group-owned hotel booking giant launch Read More

News / Technology

The Standard becomes another hotel group offering an OTA-like marketplace

By Sean O'Neil | September 20, 2016

It was a year ago that AccorHotels began selling independent hotels alongside its own properties on its website, in an "open marketplace" concept that has drawn a lot of attention. Today Standard I Read More

News / Distribution

Same-day mobile hotel bookings - where are the most spontaneous cities?

By Kevin May | February 11, 2016

Late hotel booking app HotelTonight reckons it has discovered where the impromptu travellers are located, based on data from its users. As well as trying to find out which cities in the US containe Read More

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Uber and Airbnb's business travel growth eclipsed by HotelTonight

By Martin Cowen | January 22, 2016

The poster children of the so-called sharing economy - Uber and Airbnb - are now mainstream corporate travel suppliers says a detailed report into US business travellers' expense claims by Certify. Read More

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