Kayak apparently got cute in trying to use the phrase "Hotel for tonight" in its apps and it appears as though HotelTonight prevailed in a trademark flap. Now they've partnered up as HotelTonight is selling through Kayak in a bid to trim costs.
Plug-and-Play’s Travel & Hospitality team is pushing hard to get companies throughout the travel industry to ‘get it’ on outsourcing innovation. Not everyone has. Airlines have jumped-in early because of their cost-sensitive business models. They can’t afford to hesitate.
Let's see: HotelTonight claims to have grown revenue 200 percent year over year in January while shifting its emphasis toward profitability instead of growth, and after laying off 20 percent of its staff in November. Sometimes it's just great to be a private company and to have such freedom of speech.