Expedia Signs Global Partnership Agreement With Top International Hotels
German hotel brand partners with global online travel leader to support growth
Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE), the world’s leading online travel company, today announced it has signed a global partnership agreement with TOP INTERNATIONAL Hotels, a Germany-based hotel brand with more than 250 three- to five-star properties across Europe. Under the new agreement, all of TOP INTERNATIONAL’s properties will be available on the more than 90 Expedia®- and hotels.com®-branded sites worldwide.
“This partnership with Expedia allows TOP INTERNATIONAL Hotels to reach more travelers than with any other online travel partner, helping us extend our reach outside of Europe and across the world,” said Mr. Hans R. Mueller, Chairman and Owner of TOP INTERNATIONAL Hotels and Corporate Partners. “We are pleased to offer our portfolio of properties with greater ease to a wider audience of travelers through Expedia and hotels.com.”
”We are pleased to enhance our selection of European hotels by adding TOP INTERNATIONAL properties to the Expedia marketplace,” said Matthew Crummack, Senior Vice President of Lodging, Expedia. “This partnership brings benefit to Expedia and our global audience of travellers, and we are confident it will bring value to TOP INTERNATIONAL as well.”
About Expedia, Inc.
Expedia, Inc. is the leading online travel company in the world. Since launching in 1996, the company's Expedia.com brand has grown to become the world's single most popular online travel booking site, generating more leisure travel bookings than any other travel agency - online or offline. Worldwide, the Expedia, Inc. family of brands today includes 20 Expedia.com sites; more than 70 Hotels.com sites; leading agency hotel company Venere.com™; leading U.S. discount travel site Hotwire®; Egencia™, the world's fifth largest corporate travel management company; the world's largest travel community TripAdvisor® Media Network; destination activities provider ExpediaLocalExpert®; luxury travel specialist Classic Vacations®; and China's second largest booking site eLong™. With more people booking travel online in Expedia, Inc's global marketplace than anywhere else, the company delivers consumers value in leisure and business travel, drives incremental demand and direct bookings to travel suppliers, and provides advertisers vast opportunity to reach the most valuable audience of in-market travel consumers anywhere through Expedia Media Solutions. Expedia also powers bookings for some of the world’s leading airlines and hotels, top consumer brands, high traffic websites, and thousands of active affiliates through Expedia® Affiliate Network. (NASDAQ: EXPE)
About Expedia Partner Services Group
Expedia Partner Services Group (PSG) is the central point of contact for travel suppliers to access the global Expedia marketplace of leading travel brands comprising more than 80 points of sale worldwide. With hundreds of employees in local markets throughout the world, Expedia® PSG makes it easy for suppliers to meet their global distribution objectives, and delivers a portfolio of innovative connectivity solutions, rate and inventory management tools, business intelligence reports, and online marketing expertise.
Expedia is a registered trademarks or trademarks of Expedia, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. hotels.com is either a trademark or registered trademark of hotels.com, L.P., a subsidiary of hotels.com in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other logos or product and company names mentioned herein may be the property of their respective owners.
About TOP INTERNATIONAL Hotels & Corporate Partners
TOP INTERNATIONAL HOTELS & Corporate Partners, head quarter based in Duesseldorf Germany, unites more than 250 hotels throughout Germany, Europe and the World. With this TOP counts to one of the leading voluntary hotel chains in Europe. Next to the own exclusive line, TOP CITY&COUNTRY LINE Hotels, the hotel group is a joint-venture partner of the VCH-Hotel Germany and affiliated through a marketing partnership with FAMILOTEL AG and FALKENSTEINER Hotels and Residences.
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