New Travel Site Offers 'Phone-in For Best Hotel Discounts'
July 15th 2009 04:13
There is such a wide range of discount hotel websites on the web, that it's becoming increasingly difficult to find the best discounts on any single site. The meta-search engines like Kayak.com and others are trying to solve this issue by showing rates from as many as 30 different sources, so that you can select the best ones easily.
Hotels have a limitation to the discounts shown online, as it might affect their brand if a huge discount is displayed across many sites. So, normally they'd keep the lowest prices to their loyalty program members or corporate clients.
Now, one company has come out with an approach, which can give the customer access to these best rates from hotels without any bulk agreements or stuff. The site is Getaroom.com - which is launched by the former Hotels.com founders. Getaroom.com has an over-the-phone channel which enables hoteliers to market their inventory at rates that they would rather not disclose online. The Customer benefits by calling up and finding out a better rate than what's displayed online, which incidentally is also a discounted rate.
The online travel market is evolving fast, and every firm is trying hard to attract that customer to their so-called best business model with a new twist or a feature thrown in. We'd have to wait and watch - how this one goes!
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Hotels have a limitation to the discounts shown online, as it might affect their brand if a huge discount is displayed across many sites. So, normally they'd keep the lowest prices to their loyalty program members or corporate clients.
Now, one company has come out with an approach, which can give the customer access to these best rates from hotels without any bulk agreements or stuff. The site is Getaroom.com - which is launched by the former Hotels.com founders. Getaroom.com has an over-the-phone channel which enables hoteliers to market their inventory at rates that they would rather not disclose online. The Customer benefits by calling up and finding out a better rate than what's displayed online, which incidentally is also a discounted rate.
The online travel market is evolving fast, and every firm is trying hard to attract that customer to their so-called best business model with a new twist or a feature thrown in. We'd have to wait and watch - how this one goes!
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