Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Sprice.com
Friday, September 25, 2009 02:44 PM IST (09:14 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Travel & tourism; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Hospitality, Information technology, Telecommunications, Travel & tourism; Technology
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Travel Search Engine Sprice.com Launches Hotel Search Application for iPhone
'Sprice Hotels' App, Now Available for Free Download on the iPhone App Store, will Enable iPhone Users to Search for the Best Hotel Deals and Packages from Over 120,000 Hotels Worldwide
Singapore, Friday, September 25, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Leading travel and hotel search engine Sprice.com (www.sprice.com) has gone mobile. iPhone users worldwide will now be able to search over 120,000 hotels globally on their iPhones using the power and convenience of the innovative 'Sprice Hotels' app. All it takes is a quick download of Sprice Hotels app, absolutely free, from the online Apple App store. Compatible with all iPhone generations including the latest 3G S version, the Sprice Hotels application allows users to quickly and easily search for hotels in an intelligent manner. Sprice Hotels generates important data with the search, including information about the hotel such as location map, photos, hotel guest reviews and amenities, as well as real-time offers and discounts on room rates. In addition, users can choose to filter the search results by the hotel's room rates, user rating and even the distance from whichever landmarks they choose as the start point.
"The launch of our mobile application Sprice Hotels is a natural progression for our travel search engine, as the pool of mobile users around the world continues to expand exponentially. Since Sprice.com was launched in 2007, we have received positive feedback from consumers all over the world and in Asia Pacific. Demand for our online hotel search product has consistently been on the rise with visitorship reaching a record of three million globally," said Vikas Gulati, Vice President of Sprice.com, Asia Pacific.
"The Sprice Hotels iPhone App empowers travellers to make last-minute booking decisions, even as they are en route to their destinations. Like Sprice.com, the mobile application is also very user-friendly. We are pleased to be working with Apple to extend such a powerful travel search tool to millions of iPhone users worldwide."
Sprice Hotels serves as a dynamic marketing platform for travel providers. Earlier this year, Apple announced that its global iPhone sales peaked and grew by 245% in 2008¹, and it expects this growth to continue. Over 200 of Sprice.com's travel partners around the world, including online travel agents and hoteliers, can reach out to tech-savvy consumers on the move directly and more effectively through Sprice Hotels.
About Sprice.com
Sprice.com (http://www.sprice.com), the leading real-time travel search engine in the world, allows travelers to search for cheap flights, find and compare over 120,000 hotels with hotel reviews, and get the best travel deals. Sprice.com is a product of Sprice Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-registered company. Sprice operates in Europe through its office in France, while the head office in Singapore serves the markets in the Asia-Pacific. Sprice.com offers detailed information on over 120,000 hotels around the world, hotel reviews and cheap flights.
¹http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=910112
CONTACT DETAILS
Julia Lai, Lewis PR, +65 6534 7250, spricesg@lewispr.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, TOURISM, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, HOSPITALITY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TRAVEL, TECHNOLOGY
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