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The hotel industry is known for a lack of flexibility when it comes to booking a room and changing check-in or check-out times.

Recharge aims to change all that. The user-friendly app directs potential guests to available rooms and enables them to reserve them instantly using a simple, one-tap feature. Another quick tap enable guests to check out at any time.

‘I started Recharge so that everyone can have an element of home when they are on the go,’ co-founder Emmanuel Bamfo explained to Forbes magazine. ‘When you are travelling, commuting, shopping or jumping between meetings, you sometimes need a break space. That is where Recharge comes in.’

Hotels, especially during the low season, often have a number of unused rooms. The Recharge app highlights how hotels can capitalise on these empty rooms and extend their services to members of the wider community, such as local residents who require a room for a few hours.

Breather, a similar sharing economy rental service, enables people to hire office space and meeting rooms by the hour.