Columbus Startup Weekend

FindShelterNow.com Introduces Web Application - Help Is On The Way For Stranded Travelers

July 20^th, 2008

Columbus, Ohio (July 20, 2008) Launched at Columbus Startup Weekend, FindShelterNow.com is a Columbus, Ohio based startup company focused on satisfying the needs of people traveling without hotel reservations.  Industry studies indicate over 25% of hotel rooms are booked the same night as they are occupied.  This represents over $80m of hotel revenue generated each day from these travelers.  The FindShelterNow.com solution offers hotels the opportunity to assist these travelers to fill their needs across the country.

“Close friends of mine were recently traveling to their vacation destination and decided to stop along the way to split up the drive.  They were unable to find a hotel room until 2:00AM.  Use of FindShelterNow.com would have solved this problem,” says Dan Wesner of FindShelterNow.com.

Additionally, the FindShelterNow.com system will also be used by emergency management agencies in time of evacuation to direct people to hotels with room availability.

About FindShelterNow.com

is a national, consolidated, centralized one-stop data source of hotels with rooms to sell tonight, used to re-located evacuees to “commercial shelter”.
http://www.FindShelterNow.com/

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