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Vacenza grows long-haul portfolio
Online accommodation provider Vacenza is planning to further expand its long-haul coverage in the coming months.
The Sheffield-based company, which has now built up its Dubai portfolio to 58 properties, is looking to expand in the Middle East by introducing destinations including Abu Dhabi and Muscat in 2008.
More than 300 hotels will also be introduced in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific area over the next few weeks.
The sister brand to AlphaRooms.com has already increased its portfolio in New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Orlando, the Caribbean and Thailand.
Vacenza.com now offers more than 24,000 hotels and apartments in city break and beach destinations worldwide and transfers from 130 gateway airports in 40 countries.
Bev
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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