Hotel Price
Comparison Made Even Easier – HotelsCombined.com’s New Total Cost Hotel Results
Sydney, 17 November 2009
– HotelsCombined.com, the world’s leading hotel price comparison search engine,
today unveiled its new total cost hotel results making it as easy as 1, 2, 3
for travelers.
With the new
out-the-door price results finalized on HotelsCombined.com, travelers can now compare
(1) the base hotel room per night rate; (2) taxes and fees per night; to see
(3) the total cost of their hotel room stay – all on one easy-to-read screen
(see table for an example illustration).
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Hilton
Hotel Heathrow Airport London (Fri 27 Nov 2009 - Sun 29 Nov 2009 2 guests in
1 room)*
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Booking
Site
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Room
Configuration at Best Available Rate
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Per Night
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Per Night
Taxes & Fees
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Total Cost
(2 nights)
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GtaHotels.com
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Twin Room
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£83.11
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£15.19
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£196.60
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Booking.com
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Twin Room
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£125.35
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£0.00
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£250.70
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Hotels.com
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Queen Room
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£118.97
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£17.85
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£273.63
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Expedia.com
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Queen Room
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£118.97
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£17.85
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£273.63
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LastMinute.com
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Queen Room
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£136.85
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£0.00
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£273.70
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Hilton.com
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Queen Room
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£119.00
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£17.85
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£273.70
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Ebookers.com
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Queen Room
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£136.85
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£0.00
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£273.70
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ReserveTravel.com
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Queen Room
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£119.06
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£17.86
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£273.84
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HotelClub.com
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Double
Room
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£138.35
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£0.00
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£276.71
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EasyClickTravel.com
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Queen Room
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£119.73
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£21.55
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£282.57
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* Rates are true and
accurate as at 16 November 2009.
Yury Shar, Managing
Director for HotelsCombined.com, said: “Given complexity of hotel taxes in
different destinations, calculating the total cost of stay can be quite a
challenge. When comparing offers from multiple sites it is often not clear what
taxes and fees are additional and what are already included in the displayed
price. This leads to incorrect choices and disappointments on arrival. Today,
HotelsCombined launched ‘total cost of stay’ feature to tackle these issues and
better serve the needs of our users.”
About
HotelsCombined.com
HotelsCombined.com is
the world’s leading hotel meta-search engine. Featuring more than 200,000
hotels; ranging from small independent properties to large scale hotel chains
including Accor Hotels, Best Western, Marriott and Starwood. HotelsCombined.com
delivers more than 900,000 real-time hotel deals which can be price compared
and booked through prominent supply partners such as Expedia.com (NASDAQ:EXPE), Hotels.com, Booking.com and Travelocity.com
as well as via direct corporate hotel partnerships with InterContinental (NYSE:IHG), Hilton, La Quinta and many more. HotelsCombined.com
has received critical acclaims from travel industry experts such as Arthur
Frommer, founder of Frommer’s Travel Guides and Budget Travel Magazine, who
said, “There's now an aggregator for finding inexpensive hotel rooms anywhere
in the world, and its results seem phenomenal.” CNN also praised
HotelsCombined.com saying, “If you are looking for hotels, HotelsCombined.com
gives you a darn good search” and ABC 15 remarked “Great website to help you
save some cash”. For more information or to find unbeatable hotel deals, visit
www.HotelsCombined.com.
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Media Contact:
Vicki Byrne
Head of Business
Development
Phone: +61 2 8011 4192
Email:
Vicki@HotelsCombined.com
Website: http://www.HotelsCombined.com
