HotelConnect ceases trading
HotelConnect.co.uk, which sold through the trade and direct, has ceased trading.
According to ABTA, the online supplier has around 6,000 forward bookings through the trade and 400 sold direct to the consumer.
The company was based in North London and has been trading since 1994. According to its website, it had grown into a company selling over 2,500 hotels in over 200 destinations.
ABTA confirmed that HotelConnect had gone into provisional liquidation but stressed that the company’s website clearly states that it is a supplier to the trade.
A spokesman said this means agents need to contact hotels to make sure the booking is still going ahead and might have to pay again.
HotelConnect’s direct business had a bond with ABTA, but customers are advised to claim via their credit cards.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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