Press Release

HotelsCombined.com and Best Western Team Up

Sydney, Australia, 27 May 2010 – HotelsCombined.com, the world’s leading hotel meta-search engine and Best Western International, the world’s largest hotel chain® have today jointly announced their new partnership. This partnership allows distribution of Best Western hotels via HotelsCombined.com.

With the systems integration finalized on www.HotelsCombined.com, travelers can now search and compare live hotel rates from over 4,000 independently owned and operated Best Western hotels worldwide. Travelers choosing to make their hotel reservation direct with Best Western are then redirected to www.BestWestern.com where they will be able to complete their hotel booking without additional fees or mark-ups.

Yury Shar, HotelsCombined.com Managing Director welcomed the new partnership, “We are excited about our partnership with Best Western – an industry pioneer with one of the most renowned and iconic brands. Our ability to generate incremental direct business on a global scale is becoming a more attractive proposition to hotel chains like Best Western.”

Kimi Anderson, General Manager of Sales and Marketing, Best Western Australasia said, “This partnership gives our customers real-time rates and availability for over 4,000 properties worldwide. For our properties, it gives them a new distribution channel without any of the headaches of managing a new process. The management of rates already integrated into the current system means they will be able to reach more potential guests, without lifting a finger”.

About HotelsCombined.com

HotelsCombined.com is the world’s leading hotel search engine, with a database of more than 200,000 hotels from 195 countries. The site streamlines the largest amount of real-time international hotel deals into one simple and efficient format, aggregating prices from prominent online travel agents and hotel chains, including Expedia.com, Travelocity.com, Booking.com, Hotels.com, Hilton and Holiday Inn. More than 6.5 million monthly HotelsCombined.com users compare multiple hotels simultaneously and then click directly to partner Web sites to make a reservation. With no mark-up fees or additional booking fees, HotelsCombined.com offers travelers a completely free and invaluable tool for finding unbeatable hotel deals. HotelsCombined.com has received critical acclaims from travel industry experts such as Arthur Frommer, founder of Frommer’s Travel Guides and Budget Travel Magazine, who said, “There's now an aggregator for finding inexpensive hotel rooms anywhere in the world, and its results seem phenomenal” and CNN has praised HotelsCombined.com saying, “If you are looking for hotels, HotelsCombined.com gives you a darn good search.”

Media Contact

Vicki Byrne
Business Development
Phone: +61 2 8011 4192
Mobile: +61 403 561 344
Email: Vicki@HotelsCombined.com
Website: http://www.HotelsCombined.com

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