Active Hotels and Reporo team up to enable users to make instant hotel reservations on their mobile - TravelMole


Active Hotels and Reporo team up to enable users to make instant hotel reservations on their mobile

Monday, 21 Apr, 2005 0

Business users and leisure seekers alike will soon be able to make instant hotel reservations on their mobile with Reporo and Active Hotels. With location the biggest driver for choosing a hotel, this service is a convenient tool for people looking for a place to stay whilst on the road or in a location without internet access. Revolutionary new mobile shopping application, Reporo enables consumers to search and book hotels through Active Hotels by simply using their mobile phone or other handheld devices such as PDA’s. Fast and secure, www.reporo.com is an easy to use facility which lets people browse and buy a vast array of every day essentials, gifts and services regardless of the time or location. On top of a mountain, on a boat, on the other side of the world, if you have mobile reception, you have Reporo! Nick Monaghan, Head of Distribution, Active Hotels says, “Reporo is an exciting new initiative which provides consumers with access to more than 10,000 instantly bookable hotels across Europe at any point in time, as well as offering existing Active Hotels users an alternative to the internet for booking hotels whilst on the move. The Reporo service opens up a whole host of new opportunities for next generation consumer needs and requirements.” The Reporo service which launched in February this year offers unparalleled mobile access to products ranging from flowers, CD’s, books, underwear and beauty products through established and popular retail partners, including Blackwells, Flowers Direct, 1800 Flowers, Boots Flowers, CD WoW, Mankind, Debenhams, and Firebox. Richard Watney, Managing Director for Reporo says, “Reporo is delighted to have teamed up with Active Hotels, together offering customers an up-to-the-minute, valuable, hotel booking service using cutting-edge technology. We look forward to adding Active Hotels’ dynamic reservations system to our array of services, designed to make everyday busy customers’ lives easy and convenient.” – End – About Active Hotels Active Hotels (a Priceline company), is one of Europe’s leading online reservation providers to the hotel industry. The company has over 10,000 hotels, which it promotes through 1,500 distribution partners, including many of the market leaders in online travel. Active Hotels currently sell over 2 million hotel room nights per annum. See www.activehotels.com Media enquiries Mandy Zakhour, European Media Relations, Active Hotels, mandy@activehotels.com, tel: + 44 (0) 1223 578134 About Reporo Reporo is the UK’s first and only successful cross network mobile shopping service. For the first time Reporo has allowed retailers to build a mobile customer base of new and existing customers who can browse and order anytime, anywhere. Reporo is driven by a Java application which communicates over GPRS using XML – which overcomes the speed, quality and navigation limitations that WAP has had. Reporo is available on over 90% of new phones. See: www.reporo.com Media enquiries Donna Amato, GolinHarris, damato@golinharris.com, tel: + 44 (0) 20 7067 0605



 

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