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Macdonald unveils new micro-sites

Hotel Booking Macdonald Hotels & Resorts has launched its new and enhanced website, redesigned to provide a better service and experience to customers, including a simplified booking service and up to the minute special offers.

Groople In the News Travelocity Teams with Groople to Offer Group Hotel Bookings New shopping tools added to Travelocity's hotel booking engine let travelers book 5+ rooms in a single reservation SOUTHLAKE, Texas and DENVER (February 1, 2005) Planning this summer's faraway family reunion Or maybe you're a coach needing a bunch of rooms for that upcoming youth tournament If so, you'll want to check out new functionality on Travelocity that makes planning and booking group travel a snap. Today, Travelocity announced an agreement with Groople Inc., a leading provider of online group travel bookings that gives Travelocity customers a specialized groups section with discounted hotel rates, group content and new planning features that are unavailable on other travel sites.

Travel Agency Recognising its key clients, the corporate and leisure markets, the groups website now offers dedicated areas for both client bases.

Travel agents obtain some of their information from the same sources as online booking sites such as Orbitz and Travelocity. They also receive daily emails and faxes with new specials from resorts and hotels that may not be published on the internet. Travel agents can also call a place directly to see if they can work out other kinds of special deals for you, something an online site can’t do.

Cheap Hotel As the UKs fifth most visited hotel website, receiving over 400,000 unique visits each month, the redesign reflects the Groups aim that the website should work harder to convert more of those hits into bookings, by providing the type of information that corporate and leisure clients need via their respective micro-sites.

New travel plans must be reserved and travel completed one (1) year from the original booking date and are subject to availability.

Flight Booking Reflecting the quality and commitment it offers to businesses, the corporate section offers a full listing of the groups 65 properties across the UK and includes details of Meeting@Macdonald, the dedicated conference and events service, which offers everything from private dining to team building facilities.

8mong many firsts for the group market, the new technology platform enables consumers to do something that other sites haven k allowed to book travel and accommodations for more than five rooms in a single online session. Featuring more than 56, 000 hotels, including 7, time group rates, Groople is primed to become the industry largest automated solution for unmanaged group leisure travel, a market estimated at $18 billion to $24 billion. Under its hosted inventory and commission models, Groople generates group bookings niche by niche for hotels and plans to add air, car, cruise, bus and rail later this year.

Travel Agent And, for leisure clientele, the website focuses on their key interests, offering specialised luxury breaks from murder weekends to golfing breaks.

While there are some below par travel agents out there, sources such as Tripology are great outlets to go to find reliable specialized travel agents that will match your needs. 10. Travel Agents Can Only Book My Flight and Hotel Travel agents can arrange car service, personalized tours and activities, in addition to all the basic travel services they provide. They are also excellent sources of information concerning good restaurants, good sites to see, and tips on what to pack.

Hotel Chicago As well as including details of its VITAL health and beauty clubs, the website also presents essential wedding information including a list of those hotels with civil licenses.

Online Booking Speaking about the websites latest re-design, Rachel Dommett, Macdonald Hotels Head of E-Commerce said:

Travel Health Insurance Following the implementation of a comprehensive online brand strategy back in March 2005, we were encouraged by our increase in web revenue and have continued to see online booking rise steadily. Because of this, we recognised the need to make information easier for our business and leisure clients to find.

Hotel Reservation Now, with dedicated areas for our business and leisure clients, with a new booking agent and with all the information a customer may need to make a decision about booking a meeting, function or a stay with us, making a reservation or booking facilities couldnt be easier.

London Hotel Booking Our website is currently the UKs fifth most visited hotel website and hope its redesign will encourage even greater online booking, increasing the visit/online reservation conversion rate.

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