Global Hotel Alliance Launches Fully Interactive Site with Independent
Tailored Packaging
ZURICH, Switzerland, Nov. 2 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- IXeo Interactive
Travel SA, the global tourism gateway, today announced that it has been
chosen by the Global Hotel Alliance, the new hotel alliance for luxury hotels
and resorts, to build and operate the company’s website with complete
dynamic packaging & tailored booking solution launched on the 27th October.
The agreement included both the front-end design and complete booking
engine around the prestigious hotels and resorts in the Global Hotel
Alliance. The IX-e booking solution adds flights and local services, to
complement each hotel’s accommodation and to broaden the product offering.
IXeo’s unique filtering technology, the IX-concierge, enables hotels to
offer services relevant to the chosen destination and their guests’ travel
motive and lifestyle through a completely flexible travel planner.
Through a partnership with Columbus Travel Publishing, the IX-e platform
is additionally enhanced by rich and reliable destination content, including
city guides, airport guides and local event information. IXeo will handle all
fulfilment, for GHA tailored packaged services.
Christopher Hartley, Global Hotel Alliance CEO, states: ‘through our
recent merger with the Asian Hotel Alliance, the GHA is now perfectly set to
be the alliance of choice for independent luxury hotel brands and our
discerning clients demand the very best global capability for leisure and
business travel. Our website not only reflects this image, but also offers a
reliable and state-of-the-art booking experience for our customers. IXeo has
impressed us with their complete quality approach to blend design,
functionality and high-quality content into one seamless application.’
‘We are proud to be selected as the complete application and solution
partner for the Global Hotel Alliance, with their innovative vision for the
hospitality industry. Our one-stop-shopping-solution for the customer has
once more provided a competitive advantage for our clients. The fast pace in
the hospitality industry calls for new creative solutions to retain customers
in the branded environment of a hotel’s website. We believe that flexible
destination content with the possibility to book all travel-related services
on one site will be the key factors for the future success of hotel branded
portals and tourism gateways,’ says Graham S. Leslie, President and CEO of
IXeo.
For detailed information please view http://www.globalhotelalliance.com .
About IX-e
The IX-e solution is a white label product from IXeo Interactive Travel
SA, a registered corporation with head offices in Kuesnacht-Zurich,
Switzerland, developed in partnership with zts tourism solutions, the leading
German based technology specialist for tourism applications. The IX-e mission
is to provide the travel market with an intelligent booking platform and
interactive live tourism content comprising hotels, resorts, lodges, camps,
transport and ground suppliers, online ticketing for special events and
ground services. IXeo is the only company providing a completely interactive
gateway integrating both the hospitality and travel industry including
fulfilment. ‘IXEO’, ‘IX-e’ and ‘IX’ are registered trademarks of
ICON.NET SA.
Contact: press@ixeo.com
About Global Hotel Alliance
Seven prominent hotel brands -- Dusit Hotels & Resorts, Kempinski Hotels,
Landis Hotels & Resorts, Marco Polo Hotels, Omni Hotels, Pan Pacific Hotels &
Resorts and Rydges Hotels & Resorts -- created an alliance promising to
deliver great value and a memorable experience worldwide.
The Global Hotel Alliance, created in 2004, is the world’s largest
alliance of independent hotel groups. GHA is about offering greater choice
and enhanced recognition to customers in a growing collection of hotels,
managed by individual, regional brands, which are respected in their home
markets for reflecting local traditions and culture through their hotels’
products and services.
Contact: rachel.mackinnon@globalhotelalliance.com