Skyscanner and HotelsCombined Partnership Takes Off
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Jul 06 (MARKET WIRE) --
Travel search site Skyscanner has launched new hotel search functionality
at http://www.skyscanner.net/hotels. Powered by HotelsCombined, the hotel
search function allows Skyscanner users to search over 200,000 hotels
across 195 countries, comparing prices from the biggest suppliers in the
business such as Holiday Inn, Hilton, Booking.com, Hotels.com and
LateRooms.com.
Frank Skivington, commercial VP for Skyscanner, said, "As well as finding
the cheapest flights and car hire, now Skyscanner users can find the
cheapest hotels too. It's all part of the strategy for Skyscanner to
become a one stop shop for travel, building on our already immensely
popular flight search engine."
Skivington added, "Industry expertise was the foundation for the
partnership. We wanted to ensure we partnered with a provider that
understood the complexities of travel price comparison. HotelsCombined's
knowledge is comprehensive, their private branding solution flexible and
they offer currency and language facilities to cater to the worldwide
market."
Yury Shar, Managing Director of HotelsCombined, welcomed the new
partnership: "We are extremely pleased to partner with Skyscanner. This
partnership offers tremendous benefits to Skyscanners' users who can now
search and find the perfect accommodation deal by comparing the best
travel sites. For our supplier partners this is an exciting distribution
expansion made seamless by the sophistication of HotelsCombined's advanced
partnership platform."
About Skyscanner
Skyscanner is the most powerful and flexible flight search engine in
Europe, providing instant online comparison on flight prices for over
670,000 routes on over 600 airlines. With Skyscanner, users can browse
without having to enter specific dates or even destinations, and
Skyscanner is available in 20 different languages including French,
German and Spanish.
About HotelsCombined.com
HotelsCombined(R) is the world's leading hotel meta-search engine,
empowering business and leisure travelers to find the best hotel deals
directly from hotels and prominent travel sites. HotelsCombined.com's
portfolio of supply partners includes: Intercontinental Hotels & Resorts,
Hilton Hotels Corporation, Expedia.com, Booking.com, Hotels.com,
Travelocity.com, HotelClub.com and many more. For more information visit
http://www.HotelsCombined.com
Media Enquiries:
Skyscanner
Sam Baldwin
Tel: +44 131 555 7789
Email: Email Contact
www.skyscanner.net
HotelsCombined
Vicki Byrne
Director of Business Development
Tel: +61 2 8011 4192
Email: Email Contact
www.HotelsCombined.com
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