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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

News / Technology

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

News / Technology

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

News / Technology

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India-based late-booking service RoomsTonite has withdrawn its mobile app and is showing no signs of life.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

News / Technology

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

News / Distribution

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

News / Technology

In-app search on Google enters new phase

By Kevin May | January 19, 2016

Mobile app indexing could be one of the quieter trends to emerge in travel marketing during 2016. HotelTonight and Chimani, a provider of tourist apps for National Parks in the US, are part of a pi Read More

News

HotelTonight lays off about a fifth of its staff

By Sean O'Neil | November 10, 2015

HotelTonight, the pioneer in same-day hotel booking apps, has laid off 37 staff members, or about a fifth of its team. But the company plans to continue to hire selectively for particular roles, es Read More

News / Technology

HotelQuickly slows down as well, now offers seven-day bookings

By Kevin May | October 26, 2015

Asia-based HotelQuickly has followed the trend in the same-day hotel booking sector - in other words: abandoned the model. The company, based in Hong Kong, announced today that it would extending i Read More

News / Technology

HotelTonight on targeted success, future developments and industry trends

By Linda Fox | October 23, 2015

Back in January HotelTonight began enabling hotels to offer cheaper hotels to certain guests using the location of their mobile phone. Such has been the success of the initiative, according to boss Read More

News / Online

HotelTonight moves into Dubai, targets 25 percent unfilled rooms

By Kevin May | October 6, 2015

Late-booking mobile service HotelTonight is targeting the desert city of Dubai for its first foray into the Middle East. The San Francisco, US-based company now has a presence in 35 countries aroun Read More

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