Active Hotels Secures Deal with Lycos UK

Cambridge, UK, 24th July – Active Hotels, the leading provider of online reservations to the European hotel industry, has today signed a deal to provide hotel information and real-time reservation capabilities for Lycos UK.

Lycos UK is part of Lycos Europe, one of Europe’s leading Internet portals which has a presence in 10 European countries. The deal means that Active Hotels’ partner hotels and guesthouses throughout the UK and Europe will have even greater visibility online, reaching an audience of over 1.2 million potential customers globally.

Andrew Phillipps, CEO, Active Hotels comments, “Forrester Research has predicted that online hotel bookings will double in the next four years from $6.9 billion this year to $14.7 billion, making travel the number one activity for Internet lookers and bookers. We are delighted, therefore, to forge a partnership with one of the leading internet companies in the world.

“As online booking volumes continue to rise, our partner websites are realising real benefits in terms of commission earnings. In fact they have already seen over a 120% rise in commission earnings since the start of 2003,” says Phillipps.

Alex Kovach, Managing Director of Lycos UK, says, “We selected Active Hotels because of their strength in the UK hotel market. They are offering us a comprehensive selection of hotels across the country, both in the major cities and in the sought-after regional areas. With the majority of UK holiday-makers opting to holiday at home this year, there is no doubt that Lycos will benefit from the growing demand for real-time online reservations delivered by Active Hotels.”

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About Lycos Europe

Lycos Europe is one of the leading European Internet destinations operating a pan-European network of websites in ten languages. The company’s combination of search, communication services, content channels, Internet access, homepage building and online communities addresses a wide range of target groups. The Lycos Europe Network provides an attractive medium not only for consumers but also for advertisers and e-commerce partners throughout Europe. Every month more than 25 million users visit the Lycos sites in Europe. Today, Lycos Europe generates more than three billion page views each month. With a network of websites covering Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, Lycos Europe has a large geographical reach in Europe.

About Active Hotels

Active Hotels is one of Europe’s leading online reservation providers to the hotel industry. It is currently processing over €130 million worth of bookings per year.

At present, the company has over 4,200 partner hotels, with 2,400 in the UK and 1,400 in France. It is also actively growing its hotel base across Europe, in Italy, Germany, Spain, Holland, Belgium and many others. The company promotes these hotels across its 1,500 partner websites, making each hotel visible to over a million Internet users each month. The service Active Hotels offers is easy to integrate and use and provides a reliable source of revenue for hotels and distribution partners.

For further information on Active Hotels please visit: http://www.activehotels.com

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