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HotelTonight Checks Into London
- TechCrunch, Wednesday, June 20, 2012 12:21 PM
The last-minute discounted hotels booking app, is bringing its service to the UK, with an initial service in London launching today. In addition, Heather Leisman, most recently of the troubledJetsetter travel startup, has joined as MD for Europe. The company has also opened its London-based office in the Shoreditch area of East London, widely acknowledged to be home to the largest single cluster of tech companies in the city. Additional cities in the UK and Europe are being planned. So far the partners signed up include hotels such as Belgraves, Blakes Hotel, Chancery Court Hotel,The Cadogan and The Langham, among others. The app launches at an auspicious time: just ahead of the London Olympics.
