Hotelclub

Mini- Presentation:

1. Describe the product and service and tell us what was interesting about it, how it surprised you and or how it was innovative.

2. Tell us a little about the company that developed it

3. Tell us how you were introduced to this product or service

4. Do you think that the promotion of this product or service is successful? Why or why not?

If you're planning to travel and looking for a hotel reservation, I think you’ve most likely search it on the internet and you will find many companies offering this services.

Today I am talking about the Hotelclub. It is the hotel reservation company offering the service over the internet. Their business is same with Agoda.com or Expedia.com or Booking.com. All of those websites say that they can guarantee the cheapest price. I‘d like to talk about Hotelclub because I have used it and was surprised.

Background

HotelClub was established in 1995, a wholly owned subsidiary of Orbitz Worldwide Inc., has been a world global accommodation e-wholesaler and specialist distributor of hotel room inventory over the internet.

HotelClub's headquarters are located in Australia, with over twenty offices worldwide including France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Russia, Spain, the UK and the US.

HotelClub operates 3 online accommodation sites: HotelClub.com, RatesToGo.com and Asia-hotels.com.

This time HotelClub has received an average of 8.8 million visitors each month

As last weekend I tried to find the hotel in San Francisco and I was looking for the room matching with my requirement such as location, the room rate and good service. After I chose the hotel, I needed to compare the room rate from 3-4 websites. I found that Hotelclub.com can offer me the cheapest rate (~5% less than others website) but they have only one condition is I have to present the hotel voucher when I checked in at the hotel. However, I have some problem that I am inconvenient to print the voucher and I asked their...