The latest edition of Hotels.com® Hotel Price Index™ (HPI®) indicates that North America saw the second fastest rise in average hotel prices in the first half of 2012, with a growth of 5 percent, putting the Index at 109. The good news for travelers is that prices stayed 10 Index points behind their peak in 2007 and were still cheaper than in 2006.
The HPI tracks real prices paid per room by Hotels.com customers at approximately 140,000 properties within the Hotels.com network in major destinations around the world. This edition of the report, which compares the first six months of 2012 with the same period in 2011, shows an upward trend in hotel prices across all global regions, resulting in an average global increase of 4 percent. This is the first time in five years that Hotels.com has seen an increase across the globe.
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For the first time in five years, travellers paid more on average for their hotel rooms during the first six months of 2012 in all parts of the world, according to the latest Hotels.com® Hotel Price Index TM (HPI®). The global 4% rise, compared to the same period the year before, demonstrated that the economic recovery in the hotel industry was well-established.
The Index stood at 108 for this period meaning that, despite the latest increase, hotel prices in general were still considerably lower than in the first half of 2007 when the HPI was at its peak of 119.
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PROVAB TECHNOSOFT (http://www.provab.com/hotelbookingsystemsoftware-onlinebookingsystemsusa.html), a leading hotel booking software / travel booking system development company. We integrate hotel XML / API (hotel consolidators) including GTA, Kuoni, Hotelbeds, Tourico, Travco, Special Tours, HotelsPro, DOTW, TravelCube and GDS including Amadeus, Sabre and Galileo.
Below is the latest hotel booking software (booking system software) project, which we have delivered to Orange Vacations, Inc in Florida, USA.
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Category: Hotel Booking Software (Hotelbeds XML Integration)
Business Model: B2C (Business to Customer)
Orange Vacations, Inc is a Florida, USA based Tour Operator specializing in Tour Packages & Hotel Bookings. This hotel booking system has been launched to cater the B2C clients, who can now search the hotels worldwide and book it online as well. Booking system software let the clients choose the USA travel packages, which are custom made by Orange Vacations\\\' professional team.
Orange Vacations, Inc. has been operating since 1990, providing excellent services to clients using multilingual hotel booking system and mid office. The core team is fluent in English and Spanish as well as experienced in this profession. The goal is to provide our customers with the best available services at very competitive prices.
OV also provides Discounted Vacation Packages which include the major Theme Parks and local transportation. Its hotels are all modern and convenient. OV offers economy, superior, and deluxe properties that are carefully selected for their excellent service and convenient locations. You can find pictures and descriptions of the many hotels available with its packages in our comprehensive hotel directory pages.
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Hotels.com®, the world’s leading hotel booking website, today unveiled its Xtreme Booking 2 campaign, which features stuntman Andy Bell using the company’s mobile booking app while dodging thousands of runners and out-maneuvering two thousand pound bulls during the annual Running of the Bulls.
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Hotels.com® has long been an authority on lodging around the world, but savvy travelers know that there is more to finding the perfect place than just the hotel property alone. That’s why vacationers rely on the experts at Hotels.com to provide insider information on key trip-planning elements, such as food and activity trends, to make their journey a success. Today, the online booking expert has released the results of a global survey of 27,000 travelers that discovered some core facts about American food preferences internationally and domestically.
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www.ClickTecs.com Hotel & Events Mobile Application for Hotel & Event Tracking by ClickTecs - Our Hotel and Events Mobile Application Platform will allow a Hotel to have a feature rich App of their own on the Apple App Store, at a small fraction of the cost. At the heart of this platform is an Events Module that allows the Hotel to provide a custom application for any Events to the organizers. The Events Module is the most feature rich Event Application on the Market. All this is controlled via an Easy-To-Use Web Portal that will be branded with the Hotels branding!
A first for the hotel industry, boutique hotel company Affinia Hotels, with properties in NYC and Washington, D.C., has hired a bartender to train hotel staff on ‘The Spirit of Hospitality: The Art of Being Present.’ Dushan Zaric, widely known for his out-of-the-box mixology seminars for bartenders, is training the staff on how to be present and that how they feel when they are doing their jobs has a powerful effect on guests.
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As part of its continued dedication to lead the hospitality industry in customer care, Best Western International is rolling out its “I Care Clean” program throughout 2012 that will bring advanced cleaning technologies used in hospitals, such as UV wands and black lights, to the more than 2,100 Best Western hotels in North America.
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Here’s your chance to experience some of the most enchanting palaces in India. Thoughtfully restored and managed by the Taj Group, these award-winning palace hotels offer the most exclusive luxury experiences. Customers can choose from a choice of Taj Holiday packages under themes of Royal Retreats, Royal Spa, Royal Honeymoon or the itinerary-based Incredible Escapes, with rates starting from about US$200 per night per person, on double occupancy basis.
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The world’s most romantic city, Paris, has been named the most expensive city in the world for a Club Sandwich, according to research released today by Hotels.com. The classic chicken, bacon, egg, lettuce and mayo sandwich, available in hotels the world over, has been used as a measure of affordability by the hotel expert. The Club Sandwich Index (CSI) will give holiday-makers an indication of the costs associated with their holiday destination, using one of the most common items on any hotel menu around the world as a barometer.
The CSI average price has been calculated by taking the real prices paid by guests for a Club Sandwich in 30 hotels in the capital or major city of each country measured. In total Hotels.com surveyed the Club Sandwich prices in more than 750 hotels in the five, four and three star category across 26 countries.
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In the 2011/2012 vacation season, Riu Hotels & Resorts will open four new hotels in Mexico, Caribbean and Costa Rica and overhaul four more. Riu Hotels & Resorts is one of Apple Vacations’ most popular hotel chains. In 2011, 10 Riu Hotels in Mexico, the Caribbean and Costa Rica were awarded the Golden Apple Award for exceptional service, quality and value, as rated by Apple Vacations’ customers.
“Apple Vacations has had a long and successful partnership with Riu Hotels,” said Sandy Babin, Apple Vacations’ Vice President of Marketing. “Since 1998, Apple Vacationers have enjoyed Riu Resorts, referred their friends and returned time and again to experience Riu’s exceptional service and consistency.”
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