Occupation CEO at Hotel Tonight Website hoteltonight.com | Name Sam Shank Education University of Virginia | |
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Alma mater University of Virginia, Kellogg School of Management Profiles | ||
How Hotel Tonight Rises Above the Competition
Sam Shank is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and the CEO of Hotel Tonight, a mobile travel app for iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone and Android devices that helps users find discounted last-minute hotel accommodations. Shank previously founded DealBase.com, a travel deals search engine, and TravelPost, the second largest hotel review site.
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- How Hotel Tonight Rises Above the Competition
- Sam shank ceo cofounder hotel tonight on how he created grew the world s most loved hotel app
- Career
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Sam shank ceo cofounder hotel tonight on how he created grew the world s most loved hotel app
Career
Shank is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Kellogg School of Management. He began his career by working in business and product development at NexTag, Excite, and CNET. In 2004, Shank founded and served as the CEO of TravelPost, a travel startup which originally acted as an online travel journal where people could write about their travels, or hotels, and upload photos before focusing more on hosting hotel reviews. SideStep acquired TravelPost in 2006 . In 2008, Shank founded and served as the CEO of DealBase, an aggregate site that compares hotels and hotel prices. Shank is also an investor in the mobile commerce app, WillCall.
In 2011, Shank founded the mobile app HotelTonight. HotelTonight is a free mobile app which offers curated last-minute hotel deals. Shank said he wanted to create a "service that can solve the problem of 'I need a hotel right now' and getting you quickly into a room at a great price."
