HotelTonight CEO Says Travel Industry Always Ripe for A Shakeup


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If HotelTonight is really attracting incremental demand -- travelers who otherwise would have gone home or slept on the street for the night -- then that's testament to the staying power of same-day hotel apps -- and disposable income.
With Travelocity becoming best friends with Expedia, and travelers booking apartment rentals and taxi rides on their smartphones, does the travel industry need a little more disruption? Sam Shank, the CEO of HotelTonight, the mobile-only same-day hotel-booking app (three taps, eight seconds after you register), think