SideStep Boosts Hotel Presence
OCTOBER 25, 2006. SideStep has added more than 25,000 premier properties to its online travel search site.
SideStep.com gives consumers dynamic, real-time access to the most comprehensive online travel search information available, with more than 600 airlines, 150,000 hotels and 30,000 car rental locations worldwide.
These newest partnerships further extend SideStep's international reach by incorporating some of the most popular hotel destinations in the U.S., Europe and Australia into SideStep.com's robust hotel search. Las Vegas and regions of Europe were of particular focus in recent partnerships as SideStep continues to deliver on consumer demand. According to PhocusWright, travel to Europe in 2006 is projected to grow by 46% over 2005. Las Vegas is also a high demand locale, and the most traveled to destination in the U.S., according to Travel Agent Consortium.
"We pride ourselves on our ability to provide consumers with the best travel search experience possible," said Rob Solomon, president and CEO, SideStep, Inc. "We understand the importance of solid partnerships and direct supplier relationships, which allow us to create the seamless user experience that more than five million monthly users have come to expect and appreciate from SideStep.com."
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