You Can Now Rent Hotel Rooms by the Minute

Renting rooms by the hour is not a new idea. Just ask any member of the world's oldest profession.

But by the minute? Well, that's relatively new. And getting to use a luxury hotel room for just enough time to do what you need to do and get on with your business—that's a treat that's only just now available, thanks to a new app called Recharge. An investment of JetBlue’s tech incubator, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Recharge Labs Inc. officially launched in 2015 in San Francisco. It expands to New York on April 24 with 16 luxury properties that range from the hipster-friendly Arlo, located in Hudson Square near the Financial District, to ritzy midtown five-stars such as the Quin and the Pierre.