A new phone application has made it easier to find a last-minute hotel room in Toronto or Vancouver.

The app is called “Hoteltonight” and is geared toward people who have waited until the last minute to make travel accommodations.

Sam Shanks, the company’s CEO, said they are going after the spontaneous traveller.

He said the same-day market is about 15 per cent of the overall hotel business, accounting for about $70 to $80-billion a year.

“Hoteltonight” started just two years ago in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco.