Hotels.com sees increase in bookings made from the Middle East
Rushika Bhatia
Industry Watch
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Hotels.com sees increase in bookings made from the Middle East

Hotels.com, part of Expedia Inc and a hotel booking Websites, will be present this year at the Arabian Travel Market to discuss its current successes and future plans for the Middle East in Dubai from 2nd to 5th May 2011. The number of Middle East hotels offered across the award-winning website will reach the 1,000 mark this year.

At the event, senior delegates from Hotels.com will meet with industry delegates, media and consumers to showcase the site’s functionality and user interface, while at the same time, providing insight into Hotels.com’s expansion plans for the Middle East.

Hari Nair, Vice President Market Management EMEA Expedia Inc. commented, “The ATM exhibition is an ideal platform for us to highlight our progress as part of the largest online leisure travel company and further explore the potential of this dynamic region.”

Hotels.com launched its Middle East Arabic website in 2009 and since then, has seen big growth.

“The Middle East domestic demand for hotel accommodation has been growing exponentially and we are very pleased with the progress of Hotels.com so far. Bookings have continued to grow substantially year by year. Our hotel supply in key international destinations such as New York, London and Paris is excellent but we also have a growing number of Middle Eastern hotels on the site for domestic visitors. We already offer more than 350 hotels in Dubai, 100 in Sharm El-Sheikh and 70 in Amman, and are constantly adding new properties across the region”, added Nair.