Priceline Europe, one of Europe’s leading online hotel reservations companies, announced today it will open 3 new offices in Rome, Vienna and Dublin this month. The new offices will be staffed with local sales and account management teams to ensure a closer relationship with suppliers and partners in each territory.
Stef Norden, CEO of Priceline Europe, stated: “As one of the largest and fastest-growing providers of hotel reservations in Europe, Priceline Europe has become a key distribution partner for over 20,000 hotels. Through our two brands Active Hotels and Bookings, we have developed strategic partnerships with both independent properties and hotel chains based on our localised offering and personalised account management. Our new offices in Italy, Austria and Ireland will help us to continue to grow our presence in these countries and become even closer to our clients.”
Priceline Europe currently operates from 8 offices based in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Cambridge, London, Loulé, Paris and Pisa. In addition the company has recently acquired larger premises in Paris to accommodate its growing team.
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About Priceline Europe
Priceline Europe is one of Europe’s leading online hotel reservations companies, processing over 5 million room-nights a year for a transaction value in excess of €450 M. It enjoys one of the highest organic growth rates in the industry with over 75% growth between Q3 2004 and Q3 2005.
Priceline Europe consists of Active Hotels Ltd (headquartered in Cambridge, UK) and Bookings BV (headquartered in Amsterdam, NL), both subsidiaries of priceline.com (NASDAQ PCLN). The companies together work with approximately 20,000 hotels in 40 European countries and have 11 offices across Europe, in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Cambridge, Dublin, London, Loulé, Paris, Pisa, Rome and Vienna.
Priceline Europe operates the following websites: www.activehotels.com, www.bookings.net, www.priceline.co.uk, which are available in up to 12 languages and include over 500,000 reviews of European hotels.
Media Relations
Mandy Zakhour, Priceline Europe
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