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05 February 2008, 11:10am
Hotels4U selects Multimap to power holiday website, as Multimap showcases Virtual Earth and new Indian and Chinese mapping at Travel Technology Show
Multimap, one of the world's leading online mapping and location-based services providers today announced that Hotels4U, a leading website for booking hotels and apartments world-wide, has selected Multimap to provide mapping, routing and local information services for its online booking site.
Talking about their decision to choose Multimap, Hotels4U Head of E-commerce, Steven Moore said “We decided to join forces with Multimap on the basis of its proven record with successful implementations of online mapping solutions for many high-profile global sites, with coverage that is second to none. The ability to view local Points of Interest and get travel directions will help our customers to not only book, but also to make the most of their holiday."
The announcement was made at the start of the Travel Technology Show in London (5th and 6th February, 2008). Multimap will be presenting in the auditorium at 3pm on the 5th February, alongside Microsoft customer easyJet and its partners Splendid and Flow Interactive, on the subject of “Can the Web enhance the Travel Management Lifecycle?”
Multimap is exhibiting at the show on stand B39, and demonstrating the integration of Microsoft’s Virtual Earth and Multimap services. Multimap will also demonstrate street level mapping in China, as the first internet mapping company to provide a choice of English and Chinese language maps, well in time for the Beijing Olympics, in addition to new street level mapping in India.
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