Big Four Travel Websites Outperform Travel Specialists

SYDNEY, March 7 // -- Quick survey shows that the web's top four travel sites Expedia.com, Orbitz.com, Travelocity.com and Priceline.com return more hotels than specialist sites

    St. Patrick's Day is one of the most widely celebrated holidays in the world, but nowhere more so than in the Irish capital of Dublin where it is a five day festival. A last minute survey on accommodation availability for the festivities in Dublin, Ireland from leading European specialist travel sites and the web's Big Four travel websites finds that despite being less targeted, the top four return better results.

    The following sites were compared:

    Leading European travel specialists Vs Big Four

    Booking.com Expedia.com

    Lastminute.com Orbitz.com

    Laterooms.com Travelocity.com

    Opodo.co.uk Priceline.com

    Survey results can be viewed at http://www.hotelscombined.com/AboutUs/Press/StPatricks.aspx

    Orbitz.com topped the list followed by Expedia, Travelocity and Priceline, respectively. The best performing specialist site Laterooms.com, also a last minute accommodation provider performed as well as some of the major brands.

    Michael Doubinski, Business Development Manager of HotelsCombined.com said: "At first the results seem surprising, but given the strength of the big brands and their strong supplier relationships it makes sense that they should have the best availability."

    "On HotelsCombined.com, we show all these brands, from niche sites to all the major online brands. Consumers can use our website to get results from all these hotel reservation websites on a single webpage. They don't have to search each hotel website individually to compare pricing and availability information. That way, they can get the maximum results for hotel availability for any destination and the lowest prices for any hotel."

    About HotelsCombined.com:

    HotelsCombined.com is a hotel metasearch engine, which searches over 30 hotel reservation websites at once to find the lowest prices for any hotel, anywhere. The site compares major brands such as Booking.com, Hotel.De, HotelClub.com, Intercontinental.com, Cheaptickets.com and specialist sites including Superbreak.com, Venere.com, ActiveHotels.com, Agoda.com, AsiaRooms.com and others. Searching is done in real-time to show only the latest results direct from the provider. HotelsCombined.com was established in 2005 by former managers of HotelClub.com and RatesToGo.com. Please visit http://www.hotelscombined.com for more info.

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