Business Home-renting company Airbnb has bought HotelTonight, an app for finding hotel rooms at a discount, as it wades deeper into the hotel-booking business to attract a wider variety of travelers ahead of a hotly anticipated initial public offering. 08 Mar 2019 02:16AM Bookmark SAN FRANCISCO: Home-renting company Airbnb has bought HotelTonight, an app for finding hotel rooms at a discount, as it wades deeper into the hotel-booking business to attract a wider variety of travelers ahead of a hotly anticipated initial public offering.The acquisition, which Airbnb announced on Thursday, expands the company's inventory by adding a number of listings from hotels - long viewed as the arch enemy of Airbnb - and is part of a strategy to win over travelers who have shied away from the risks and quirks of renting a stranger's home. The bid to become a one-stop travel service for more mainstream sightseers puts Airbnb more squarely in competition with large travel sites such as … [Read more...] about Airbnb buys HotelTonight in deeper expansion into hotel-booking business