Recode Decode: Sam Shank, CEO, HotelTonight

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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HotelTonight CEO Sam Shank talks with Kara Swisher about taking only 10 weeks to launch an online travel app. He explains how the startup worked to avoid being perceived as "another Groupon" and why he believes big hotel chains such as Hilton and Marriott are in danger. Plus: Despite turmoil in the markets, will HotelTonight go public? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.4	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode, hosted by Cara Swisher, powered by digital media.
0:37.2	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, executive editor of Recode.
0:40.4	You may know me as the new CEO of Zenefits, but in my spare time I talk tech and you're
0:44.5	listening to Recode Decode, a podcast about tech and media's key players, big ideas, and
0:49.4	how they're changing the world we live in.
0:51.5	You can subscribe to Recode Decode at iTunes.com slash Recode Decode, and while you're there,
0:56.9	leave us a review.
0:58.4	Today in the red chair, we have Sam Shank, the CEO of Hotel Tonight.
1:02.9	Before co-founding Hotel Tonight in 2010, he founded two other travel startups, TravelPost
1:08.2	and Dealbase.
1:09.2	Today, Hotel Tonight is active in hundreds of cities on five continents and is growing
1:14.4	enormously.
1:15.4	I happen to be a user of it too.
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