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2. • Rapidly growing mobile usage
• Increasingly seeking unique,
authentic local experiences
• Highly curated, single-purpose
mobile app with the world’s best
hotels at the lowest prices
HotelTonight creates a win-win situation
HOTELS USERS
• 60% average occupancy rates
• Highly restrictive distribution
channels
• 100% flexible, focused last minute
solution helps Russian hotels sell
otherwise unsold rooms

3. 3&
Offline Web Mobile
Carlson Wagonlit
Travel
Vision: to Build the Dominant Mobile Travel Co

4. First Line of Code:
Sept 25, 2010
Launch: a Sprint to the Starting Line
Live:
Dec 18, 2010

5. A Superior Product: 3 taps & a swipe to book!
We make booking simple and seriously easy.
1 Browse 2 Book 3 Stay

6. HotelTonight Today
San
Francisco
Paris
London
Berlin
Sydney
Toronto

7. Lessons Learned
Step 1: Product Vision
Step 2: Culture Vision

8. Lessons Learned
Don’t hire until you’re in pain

9. Lessons Learned
Don’t compromise on hiring

10. Lessons Learned
Invest in the things you believe in with conviction

11. Lessons Learned
Disrupt respectfully

12. Lessons Learned
Always be learning.

13. We’re hiring!

14. Download the app!
Use the promocode
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15. Plan less. Live more.
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