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Some Like It Cold: Beat the Heat This Summer at Kimpton?s Hotel Palomar San Francisco

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Some Like It Cold: Beat the Heat This Summer at Kimpton’s Hotel Palomar San Francisco

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 04, 2011

With summer temperatures in San Francisco ranging from 55 to 65 degrees, the foggy city offers relief to those sweltering in 90 to 100 degree temperatures in other parts of the state and country. Surrounded by some of the most stunning scenery and comfortable weather in the world, Kimpton’s Hotel Palomar San Francisco, one of the top hotels in the Bay Area, is the perfect place to escape for outdoor activities in cooler climate, especially with their “Summer Like a Local” package.

Now through September 5, 2011, the Union Square San Francisco hotel offers guests “Summer Like a Local” upgrades for just $ 10 more than the hotel’s best available rate to receive:

    Deluxe accommodations
    $ 25 dining credit at the Fifth Floor Restaurant
    Complimentary morning coffee, tea and iced coffee
    Snuggly slipper socks offered in-room
    Afternoon lobby treat of hot cocoa
    Sangria at wine hour daily from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
    Complimentary DBC City Bikes

“As areas like Sacramento, Arizona and Las Vegas are baking in temperatures over 90 or even 100 degrees, people want to get away and cool down,” said Christopher Smith, general manger of Hotel Palomar San Francisco. “There is no better place to cool down than in San Francisco experiencing the city like a local with our special ‘Summer Like a Local’ package.”

Hotel Palomar is a top San Francisco hotel located at 12 Fourth Street in San Francisco, California. For more information about Hotel Palomar’s programs and other services, call 415-348-1111 or visit the website at hotelpalomar-sf.com. For reservations, please call 866-373-4941.

About Hotel Palomar San Francisco

Hotel Palomar is a stylish, artful retreat in the heart of downtown San Francisco. Featuring a contemporary style, this award-winning, downtown San Francisco hotel brings together its reputation for high-touch service and individual attention with sophisticated yet understated surroundings. Home to Fifth Floor Restaurant, which offers critically-acclaimed San Francisco fine dining, Hotel Palomar San Francisco is a full-service hotel that offers a myriad of personal touches such as a pet-friendly environment, hosted evening wine hour, Frette linens and a goldfish for every guest room upon request.

About Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants

San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, a collection of boutique hotels and chef-driven restaurants in the US, is an acknowledged industry pioneer and was the first to bring the boutique hotel concept to America. Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2011, Bill Kimpton founded the company in 1981 and today it is well-known for making travelers feel welcomed and comfortable while away from home through intuitive and unscripted customer care, stylish ambience and a certain playfulness in its approach to programs and amenities.

Adjacent to the hotels are locally-loved, top-rated, destination Kimpton restaurants. Kimpton leads the hospitality industry in ecological practices through its innovative EarthCare program that spans all hotels and restaurants. Market Metrix, a recognized authority and leader in feedback solutions, consistently ranks Kimpton above other hotel companies in luxury and upper upscale segments for customer satisfaction. Privately held Kimpton operates 52 hotels and 53 restaurants in 23 cities. For more information visit http://www.KimptonHotels.com or call 1-800-KIMPTON.

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HotelsCombined.com Finds Laterooms.com (TUI Travel PLC) Leads in Hotel Availability for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay

Posted by on July 26, 2011 1 comment

HotelsCombined.com Finds Laterooms.com (TUI Travel PLC) Leads in Hotel
Availability for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay










(PRWEB) December 27, 2007

HotelsCombined.com, the leading hotel meta-search site, has found hotel reservation website Laterooms.com (TUI Travel PLC) to offer the best availability for last minute hotel bookings for popular New Year’s Eve hotspot Edinburgh, days before the city approaches its world-famous Hogmanay celebrations.

The survey looks at the top ten hotel reservation sites which provide instant booking for Edinburgh, and they were: Booking.com (Priceline.com), HotelClub.com, Gtahotels.com, Laterooms.com, Lastminute.com, Priceline.com, Opodo.co.uk, OctopusTravel.com (Travelport Ltd), Ratestogo.com and Expedia.com. The findings show that Laterooms.com have the most hotels available for the New Year’s festivities.

Results for hotel availability in Edinburgh for 29-31 Dec, 2007:

Laterooms.com – 50 hotels

Booking.com – 40 hotels

Opodo.co.uk – 29 hotels

HotelClub.com – 24 hotels

Priceline.com – 21 hotels

Ratestogo.com – 17 hotels

Expedia.com – 14 hotels

Lastminute.com – 12 hotels

OctopusTravel.com – 12 hotels

Gtahotels.com – 2 hotels

*The search was conducted Dec 25, 2007.

*The search was conducted for a three night stay December 29-31, 2007.

To access real-time comparison of hotel availability and rates for Edinburgh, go to: http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Edinburgh.htm


About http://www.HotelsCombined.com

HotelsCombined.com is a free, real-time hotel rate comparison tool which searches over 30 major hotel reservation sites at once, eliminating the need to search hotel websites one by one in order to find the cheapest prices. Websites compared by HotelsCombined.com include: AsiaRooms.com, Booking.com, OctopusTravel.com, Hotel.de, HotelClub.com, InterContinental.com, LastMinuteTravel.com, Priceline.com, RatesToGo.com, SuperBreak.com, Venere.com, ActiveHotels.com, Agoda.com, AlphaRooms.com, LateRooms.com, Opodo.co.uk, Orbitz.com, LastMinute.com, HotWire.com, CheapTickets.com, Travelocity.com and others.

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Thistle Hotels Announces Steven Devine as General Manager of the County Hotel

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Thistle Hotels Announces Steven Devine as General Manager of the County Hotel










London, England (PRWEB) October 8, 2010

Thistle Hotels has announced the appointment of Steven Devine as General Manager of the County Hotel in Newcastle, the very same hotel he worked at just a couple of years into his career. Devine makes the move back up north after three years overseeing Thistle’s Kensington Gardens hotel and Thistle Bloomsbury Park in central London. He started his new role at the County Hotel in September 2010.

Born and bred in County Durham and having studied in Newcastle, Devine brings with him a wealth of experience, built up over his 17 years of working for Thistle. After starting his career at the nearby Thistle Middlesbrough hotel, he has since undertaken a variety of roles within the group, from Trainee Manager to Food & Beverage Manager.

As General Manager of the County Hotel, Devine will be responsible for maintaining the smooth and efficient operations of the property, to ensure it continues to see an increase in occupancy rates and the impeccable levels of customer service its guests have come to expect. He will oversee the day-to-day management of the hotel and its staff, along with the financial management, planning and direction of the hotel.

Commenting on his move, Steven Devine said: ”Thistle has provided me with some fantastic opportunities throughout my career, and being given the chance to move back to my home town of Newcastle and oversee a hotel with such potential was one I simply couldn’t turn down. Its great location in the heart of the city and the current refurbishment taking place puts us in a great position for increasing occupancy amongst the business and leisure markets alike.”

Ewing Stewart, Regional Operations Director, Thistle Hotels, commented: “The County Hotel has undergone significant investment in recent months, transforming it into one of the city’s leading business and leisure hotels so we welcome Steven at an incredibly exciting time. We’re confident that his reputation within the group and his wealth of experience will help us to continue bringing a first rate guest experience to customers old and new. ”

About Thistle

Thistle Hotels is part of Guoman Hotel Management (UK) Limited which operates hotels throughout the UK. Thistle has 33 hotels UK Hotels (http://www.thistle.com/en/group/find_a_hotel_map.html?region=Europe ), many in superb city centre locations such as Newcastle Hotels (http://www.thistle.com/en/hotels/united_kingdom/newcastle/county_hotel/index.html ), Liverpool Hotels (http://www.thistle.com/en/hotels/united_kingdom/liverpool/atlantic_tower/index.html ) and Inverness Hotels (http://www.thistle.com/en/hotels/united_kingdom/inverness/thistle_inverness/index.html ), as well as eleven central London Hotels (http://www.thistle.com/en/group/find_a_hotel.html?searchby=city&city=London ). With a selection of restaurants and a choice of excellent health and leisure facilities, Thistle has something to offer everyone.

Thistle Hotels is the first hotel group to achieve Hospitality Assured accreditation, across its entire UK portfolio. Created by the Institute of Hospitality, the Hospitality Assured standard measures the quality within customer facing businesses across the hospitality, tourism and leisure industry.

PR contact:

Kymberley Hill

Head of Public Relations

Guoman & Thistle Hotels

The Grosvenor

101 Buckingham Palace Road

London

SW1W 0SJ

020 7868 6322

http://www.thistle.com

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Dhr.com Presents Last Minute Hotel Deals for Every Budget

Posted by on July 26, 2011 1 comment

Dhr.com Presents Last Minute Hotel Deals for Every Budget











Dhr.com

(PRWEB) July 18, 2011

Being a leading hotel provider, Dhr.com is facing the challenges and opportunities with the expansion of the Internet and the users from around the world are eager to explore the website, share their experience. As a new generation of online hotel booking, Dhr.com offers services through its own website and call centers for more than 150.000 hotels in 15.000 different places across the globe. The company gives travelers a wide selection of accommodation options, including both independent and major chain hotels by using internet. Dhr.com is becoming one stop shop source for hotel pricing, amenities and availability.

With the last minute hotel deals that Dhr.com offers to its visitors, spend a quality time in discount hotels and beach destinations that can be found on the hotel list. The website has last minute hotel deals for nonstop party places like Ibiza, Magaluf, Playa de las Americas to destinations that give the travelers a break from everyday life and place to rest and enjoy the beautiful sandy beaches like Miami, Rio de Janeiro, Dubai, Barcelona, Marrakesh and many other places that listed on Dhr.com.

Dhr.com established a team that literally covers the globe, with offices in Turkey, Philippines and United States of America, which means there is always someone to assist the customer in need. In time to come, Dhr.com will continue to invest and grow in one of the most trusted online agencies, will increase its destinations and add new accommodation types to satisfy its visitor’s needs and constantly work on giving the lowest hotel rates and discounts hotel reservations around the world. The website is multilingual and operates on 21 languages with real time availability and provides an effort free and smooth booking.

Also, at Dhr.com exists useful information about tours and activities such as sightseeing, attractions, day trips, show tickets and transfers. The site supports booking up to 10 different activities for different destinations. Customers can easily search for a group activities and everybody can organize a trip for business, honeymoon or celebration or sporting event.

Dhr.com will continue to listen to its customers and give hotel discounts for destinations all over the world. Besides providing cheap hotel offers, the website also has a modern user friendly interface that gives much information and pictures of the hotels so the needs and interests of all the visitors are suited.

It is time to visit Dhr.com (discount hotel reservations) and choose some of the many last minute deals.

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Amsterdam Hotels Information Provider Celebrates First Decade

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Amsterdam Hotels Information Provider Celebrates First Decade










(PRWEB) September 14, 2005

HollandHotels.com has become a leading online resource for travel planning Information and service for Amsterdam Hotels. A visit to the website reveals a multitude of user-friendly search options with information on: hotel ratings listed by city or area districts, city maps, special attractions, and dining and entertainment information. HollandHotels.com offers complete information for travelers staying at hotels in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague for individual and group travel.

“We have been offering Amsterdam Hotels and London hotels on the internet since 1995 – a staggering length of time for any Internet company,” said owner Ian Ogden. “This alone speaks for our reputation, which encourages a loyal customer base. To date, we have successfully managed in excess of 150m GBP in client bookings.”

In addition to booking to Amsterdam Hotels, HollandHotels.com gives customers a complete picture of their destination by providing complete dinning, entertainment and travel information as well as the location’s special attractions all this with instant access to knowledgeable and helpful staff.

Visit HollandHotels.com for city maps, hotel directions, and in-depth information on all Amsterdam Hotels facilities, and:

     Learn about Amsterdam Hotels and others in surrounding area

    See photos of rooms and facilities in Amsterdam Hotels

    Get instant confirmation of reservations for Amsterdam Hotels

Take advantage of the live chat facility where operators offer first-hand advice on hotel accommodations and related travel information for Amsterdam Hotels.

About HollandHotels.com:

In a decade, HollandHotels.com has become the leading provider of booking for London and Amsterdam Hotels. Now, HollandHotels.com immerges as a complete online travel assistant, which is committed to customer service.

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CondoHotels.com Launches New TV Show

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CondoHotels.com Launches New TV Show











Denver, CO (PRWEB) July 6, 2006 –

CondoHotels LLC (http://www.CondoHotels.com) announces the launch of its new TV show, Condo Hotels Connection. The show airs Wednesday evenings on DirectTV’s Channel 341 at 9:30 pm EDT and Thursday evenings on Dish Network’s Channel 223 at 9:00 p.m. EDT.

“The Condo Hotels Connection is designed to give investors more detailed information about our showcase properties,” says Steven Roszell Owner of CondoHotels.com and HotelsForSale.com. “They will be able to get an inside look at the hotel, check out the floor plan, tour the property, view the amenities and visit the local area, all from the comfort of their own living rooms.”

Condo hotels or Condotels convert a portion of rooms into condominiums and make them available for purchase. Once a property is bought, owners can enjoy their new luxury condo and/or choose to rent it. Owners receive a percentage of any rental proceeds and hotel management takes care of maintenance and cleaning.

Condo hotels attract many different types of investors. Clients overseas like being able to secure their money in the U.S. and have their property managed by the hotel. Retiring baby boomers enjoy owning a luxury vacation home with first class amenities. Corporations, too, are considering condo hotels as an alternative to corporate housing due to their prime downtown locations in popular cities and for facilities to accommodate meetings and conventions.

“Condo hotel owners enjoy the privileges a first class hotel has to offer, from 24 hour concierge services, five star gourmet dining, recreation rooms and club houses,” says Roszell. “Potential investors can now view these properties in detail on TV and on CondoHotels.com. Tune into Condo Hotels Connection.”

About CondoHotels.com (http://www.condohotels.com)

CondoHotels.com has a team of local, licensed Realtors in Florida, New York, Colorado and in Las Vegas and soon in Mexico, California and Hawaii and everywhere Condo Hotels are opening. CondoHotels.com works with the largest developers and the best projects including Trump, Four Seasons, Hilton, Ritz Carlton, St. Regis, and more.

Contact:

Steven Roszell

Licensed Real Estate Broker CO and FL

CondoHotels.com

Condo Hotel Connection

Condo Hotel Collection

HotelsForSale.com

303-561-1900

steve @ condohotels.com

http://www.condohotels.com

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Galveston Historic Hotel ? Hotel Galvez to Host Holiday Lighting Celebration November 26

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Galveston Historic Hotel – Hotel Galvez to Host Holiday Lighting Celebration November 26











Hotel Galvez kicks off the holidays with an annual holiday lighting on November 26. The historic hotel will celebrate its centennial in 2011.


Galveston Island, TX (Vocus) October 18, 2010

Hotel Galvez & Spa, A Wyndham Grand® Hotel, will host its third annual Holiday Lighting Celebration on Friday, Nov. 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. This festive celebration, which will kick off with the lighting of the hotel’s new 35-foot Christmas tree, is free for the public and will feature a special visit by Santa Claus; holiday entertainment by the Galveston Ballet, bagpipers and more; and holiday greetings from Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski and Galveston’s own Queen Victoria. Hotel Galvez will also be collecting new, unwrapped toys for the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation

Festivities will begin on the front lawn of Hotel Galvez with the arrival of Santa Claus by carriage. As part of the celebration, Mayor Jaworski will count down with the crowd and officially light the hotel and Christmas tree to mark the start of the holiday season.

Inside the hotel, Executive Chef Jerry Helminski will unveil his holiday gingerbread display, a replica of the Hotel Galvez made entirely of gingerbread, and the lobby bar will feature holiday specialty drinks. The event is sponsored by Mitchell Historic Properties and Hotel Galvez & Spa.

In concert with the Holiday Lighting Celebration, the hotel will also offer a special holiday package during the Thanksgiving weekend. The Thanksgiving Getaway package, available Nov. 24 and Nov. 25, includes a two-night stay, Thanksgiving brunch for two and complimentary valet parking. The two-night package is priced at $ 395 for a deluxe Gulf view room or $ 355 for a deluxe city view room based on double capacity. Guests can add a third night to their stay for $ 129. Pricing does not include tax.

Santa Claus will make special appearances at the hotel’s Sunday Brunch with Santa throughout the holiday season on Dec. 5, 12 and 19, where guests are invited to take pictures with Santa. During the month of December, the hotel’s live entertainment will take on a holiday theme on Fridays and Saturdays from 5 to 10 p.m. and on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Hotel Galvez, A Wyndham Grand® Hotel and National Trust Historic Hotel of America, remains the only historic beachfront hotel in Texas. Rated four diamonds by AAA, the Hotel Galvez, is owned by Galveston preservationist George Mitchell and is part of Mitchell Historic Properties. For reservations call (409) 765-7721, (800) WYNDHAM or visit http://www.WyndhamHotelGalvez.com.

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, LLC and its affiliates, subsidiaries of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), offers upscale hotel and resort accommodations throughout the United States, Europe, China, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. All Wyndham® hotels are either franchised by the company or managed by an affiliate or through a joint-venture partner. For more information, visit http://www.wyndham.com.

MEDIA CONTACT:    

Christine Hopkins, APR

Public Relations Manager, Mitchell Historic Properties

(409) 457- 1055, chopkins(at)mitchellfamilycorp(dot)com

Mitchell Historic Properties Pressroom

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Cheap Hotels website launched by Area Hotels listing over 40,000 cheap hotels

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Cheap Hotels website launched by Area Hotels listing over 40,000 cheap hotels










Malaga, Spain (PRWEB) November 29, 2004

Area Hotels, Spain’s leading Hotel booking agency today launched its latest web property, offering cheap hotel accomodation worldwide, in more than 50 countries.

As part of Area Hotels online marketing strategy this site has been created to appeal to the largest audience possible and provide detailed hotel information of more than 40,000 of the finest hotels around the world, all of which offer the most competetive rates.

the site is inttiuatvly designed and offers users the ability to browse and book:cheap Albania Hotels, cheap Austria Hotels, cheap Belgium Hotels, cheap Croatia Hotels, cheap Denmark Hotels, cheap Faroe Islands Hotels, Cheap Hotels in France, cheap Gibraltar Hotels, cheap Hotels in Hungary, Cheap Hotels in Ireland, cheap Latvia Hotels, cheap hotels in Lithuania, cheap Hotels in Macedonia, cheap hotels in the Netherlands, cheap hotels in Portugal, cheap Hotels in Slovakia, cheap Hotels in Spain, cheap Hotels in the Ukraine and cheap hotels in Yugoslavia. More destinations and atleast 5,000 more cheap Hotel listings are planned to be added by early 2005. Bookings may be completed online, through Area-Hotels.com strategic partnership with Hotels.com or through it’s call centre in Southern Spain.

Area-Hotels.com was formed in 2001 and operates more than 300 Hotel bookings websites representing more than 50,000 hotel properties throughout Europe and Worldwide. Headquater in Marbella, Spain. Area Hotels is active in the organisation of conferences, group bookings and golf tours. With a range of services from basic and discounted hotel room bookings to full event organisation with onsite representation and provides not only online bookings but live customer service 16 Hours per day, 7 days a week 363 days a year.

http://area-hotels.host.sk

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WorldHotels, the Americas Appoints News Director of Business Development for the Northeast Region of the U.S.

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WorldHotels, the Americas Appoints News Director of Business Development for the Northeast Region of the U.S.

(PRWEB) October 16, 2005

WorldHotels, a leader in the global independent hotel sales, marketing and distribution industry, today announced that Parley Stock has been appointed director of business development for the Northeast region of the U.S. In his new role, Stock is responsible for seeking and securing new member hotels for the Comfort, First Class and Deluxe Collections of the WorldHotels, the Americas organization. Stock reports directly to Tom Griffiths, vice president of WorldHotels, the Americas.

“Parley will be successful in hotel development because of his extensive background in many other aspects of the hotels industry, including reservations and distribution services, customer service and training, operations and member services, sales and marketing and hotel-level revenue and production analysis,” said Griffiths. “We are impressed with Parley’s strong skills and experience, and expect great things from him in the future,” added Griffiths.

Stock has worked in the hotel industry for more than 14 years. Throughout his career, he has held several management-level positions with world-renowned companies, including Warwick International Hotels, Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Doubletree Hotels and Anasazi/RezSolutions.

Most recently, Stock served as a strategic account manager for Pegasus Solutions, Inc., in which he was responsible for overseeing commercial relationships with Northeast regional supply accounts; increasing revenue performance and customers-renewal rates; and providing appropriate products and services to meet customers’ business needs.

Prior to his work at Pegasus, Stock was director of distribution at Warwick International Hotels. In this position, he educated member hotels on Internet/GDS distribution opportunities; conducted audits of hotels’ rate, availability and description information; managed marketing partner relationships; and oversaw the company’s global consortia contracting process.

About WorldHotels:

WorldHotels is one of the world’s leading hotel sales, marketing and distribution organizations. This progressive and steadily expanding corporation represents nearly 500 member properties in 70 countries spanning all continents. Unique in its approach, WORLDHOTELS meets the requirements of business travelers and vacationers alike by providing hotels in three distinct categories: “The Deluxe Collection,” hotels of refined elegance and luxurious comfort; “The First Class Collection,” hotels of casual elegance, superior class and high quality; and “The Comfort Collection,” hotels characterized by a casual ambiance, intimate atmosphere and moderate price.

For more information or to make reservations, visit online at http://www.worldhotels.com or call toll free at 1-800-223-5652 in the U.S. and Canada.

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Booking.com Revealed as No. 1 in Hotel Availability this Christmas by HotelsCombined

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Booking.com Revealed as No. 1 in Hotel Availability this Christmas by HotelsCombined

(PRWEB) November 27, 2007

Planning your Christmas party or a romantic Christmas Eve dinner with an overnight hotel stay can be hindered by not finding any available hotel rooms over Christmas. Many hotel reservation websites offer hotels, packages and special deals for Christmas, but how many actually have available rooms for the most important date on the calendar.

In research conducted by HotelsCombined.com this week, the following eight leading travel sites were compared for hotel availability over Christmas: Booking.com, Gtahotels.com, HotelClub.com, Hotwire.com, Lastminute.com, Laterooms.com, Priceline.com and Opodo.co.uk.*

HotelsCombined.com compared the number of available hotels returned by these sites for the world’s ten most visited cities: Paris, Barcelona, London, New York, Beijing, Mexico City, Rome, Istanbul, Frankfurt and Moscow.

Booking.com topped the list with a total of 2,394 available hotels across ten cities, providing substantially more availability than the other seven websites, despite not having any available hotels for Moscow.

HotelClub.com came second and GTAhotels.com third with a total of 1,591 and 1,582 available hotels respectively.

To see the complete statistics including the number of available hotels returned by each site for each city, go to: http://www.hotelscombined.com/AboutUs/Press/Christmas2007.aspx

Michael Doubinski, Business Development Manager of HotelsCombined.com said:

“HotelsCombined.com lets consumers search over thirty top hotel sites at once, enabling them to find more availability and better prices. We compare many big brands such as Lastminute.com, Hotel.de, HotelClub.com and OctopusTravel.com, and we continue to add more hotels everyday through our partnerships with suppliers.”

*The survey counts hotels which have at least one room available for instant online reservation for the stay starting 24th to 25th December (Christmas Eve to Christmas Day).

About HotelsCombined (http://www.hotelscombined.com):

HotelsCombined.com is a hotel search engine that helps consumers to compare hotel rates from multiple travel websites. They search and compare hotel offers and deals across all major hotel reservation websites, which are searched directly and in real-time to show up-to the minute pricing and availability. HotelsCombined.com is based in Sydney and established in 2005 by former executives of HotelClub.com and RatesToGo.com. For more information, please visit http://www.hotelscombined.com.

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