eviivo launches hotel booking site for SMEs
Tuesday October 14 2008 03:09 AM
Technology firm eviivo has launched a new accommodation website aimed at the SME market. www.bookingangels.com gives real-time access to more than 2,000 medium size hotels, guest houses, and B&Bs around the country, searchable by star rating, type of property and hotel facilities.
To incentivise SMEs to use the site, it is paying travel bookers 5% of their accommodation spend in commission, which can be exchanged for gift vouchers or to book other hotels on the site. VAT-registered companies can choose to receive this 5% commission by cheque.
Nigel David, eviivo’s CEO, said: “BookingAngels.com enables companies to source and book quality accommodation in an instant. It takes bookings 24 hours a day with real time access to the full room inventory. Whether the brief is to accommodate a travelling sales force, workers on a project, or find a boutique hotel for a CEO, there is something for all tastes, budgets and occasions.
“We are confident that in this challenging economic climate, these value for money properties will benefit the increasing number of companies seeking to cut business travel expenditure”.
To be included in the company’s system, hotel owners have to use eviivo’s frontdesk reservations technology, which pushes content out to 40 partners, including Expedia and hotels.com.