Hotels.com to attract 1,000 ME properties this year: Expedia
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Hotel booking website Hotels.com has revealed that it expects the number of Middle East hotels signed up to the service to exceed 1,000 this year.The company revealed the prediction on the first day of Arabian Travel Market in Dubai yesterday.Hari Nair, VP of Market Management EMEA at Hotels.com parent company, Expedia, said: “The ATM exhibition is an ideal platform for us to highlight our progress as part of the largest online leisure travel company and further explore the potential of this dynamic region.”Hotels.com launched its Middle East Arabic website in 2009 and since then, has seen massive growth. “The Middle East domestic demand for hotel accommodation has been growing exponentially. Bookings have continued to grow substantially year by year. Our hotel supply in key international destinations such as New York, London and Paris is excellent but we also have a growing number of Middle Eastern hotels on the site for domestic visitors. We already offer more than 350 hotels in Dubai, 100 in Sharm El-Sheikh and 70 in Amman, and are constantly adding new properties across the region”, added Nair. Hotels.com has increased its focus on mobile bookings with the launch of two smart phone applications for iPhone and Android which allow users to search and book more than 20,000 last minute deals. A growing number of customers also use the mobile web facility particularly for last minute bookings.
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