Over 130 Hotel Brands offer Best Available Rate through Amadeus

Amadeus has signed over 130 major hotel brands up to its Best Available Rate programme. Hotels which have signed up to the programme have seen their bookings through Amadeus grow by between 10% and 30%. Travel agents and corporations can be confident that hotel rates in Amadeus are as good as, or better than, hotel rates in other distribution systems or on the hotel's own website.

Madrid, 24 July 2007: Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, has signed over 130 major hotel brands up to its Best Available Rate programme. Hotels which have signed up to the programme have seen their bookings through Amadeus grow by between 10% and 30%. Travel agents and corporations can be confident that hotel rates in Amadeus are as good as, or better than, hotel rates in other distribution systems or on the hotel’s own website

"The Amadeus Best Available Rate programme helps us to demonstrate our commitment to travel agents," says Andrew Rubinacci, Vice President of Distribution Marketing EMEA of InterContinental Hotels and Resorts, "We want travel agents to feel comfortable that they can find the best InterContinental rate for their customers using Amadeus Hotels, without having to shop around."

We are extremely pleased that so many hotels are giving a firm commitment to rate parity across the distribution channels," says Antoine Medawar, Managing Director, Amadeus Hospitality Business Group. "And travel agents are rewarding this commitment by making more hotel bookings through the efficient GDS/travel agency channel."

The following hotel brands guarantee the Best Available Rates through Amadeus:

Accor, including

Sofitel
Novotel
Mercure
Suitehotel
All seasons
Ibis
Etap
Formule 1
Red Roof
Motel 6
Studio 6
Accor Thalassa

Abba Hoteles
ACC-Nifos
AmeriHost Inns, including

AmeriHost Inns
AmeriHost Inn and Suites

Ana Hotels
Atel France Hotels
Barceló Hotels & Resorts
Best Western International, including

Best Western Hotels
Best Western Premier Hotels

Boscolo Hotels
Caesar Park Hotels and Resorts
Carlson Hospitality Worldwide, including

Regent Hotels & Resorts
Radisson Hotels & Resorts
Country Inns and Suites By Carlson
Park Inn Hotels

Charming Hotels and Resorts
Chateaux & Hotels de France, including

Caracteres
Orus
Beaux Hotels
La Compagnie des Auberges
Les Demeures Privees
Les Restaurants

Classic International Hotels
Columbus Reservation Services Hotel
Derag Hotel and Living
Design Hotels
The Dorchester Collection
Dorint Hotels & Resorts
Exclusive Hotels
Fiesta Americana Hotels and Resorts
First Hotels
Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns & Resorts, including

Royal Tulip
Golden Tulip Hotels
Golden Tulip Resorts
Tulip Inns

Graves Hotels Resorts
Great Hotels Organisation, including

Great Hotels of the World
Special Hotels of the World
Luxury Hotels of the World

Hilton International
Scandic
HotelREZ
Hotusa Hotels
Hyatt Hotels, including

Park Hyatt
Grand Hyatt
Hyatt Place
Hyatt Summerfield Suites
Hyatt Resorts
Hyatt Vacation Club
Classic Residence by Hyatt

InterContinental Hotels Group, including

Hotel Indigo
Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn Express
Staybridge Suites
Candlewood Suites
InterContinental
Crowne Plaza

Jumeirah, including

Jumeirah
Jumeirah Living

Kempinski Hotels
Keytel
Langham Hotels International, including

Langham Hotels International
The Langham Hotels
Langham Place Hotels

Leading Hotels of the World, including

Leading Hotels of the World
Leading Small Hotels of the World

Louvre Hotels, including

Kyriad Prestige Hotel
Kyriad Hotel
Campanile
Premiere Classe Hotels
Hotel de Crillon

Mandarin Oriental The Hotel Group
Meritus Hotels and Resorts
Millenium Hotels & Resorts, including

Millenium Hotels
Copthorne Hotels
Kingsgate Hotels

Moevenpick Hotels and Resorts
NH Hoteles
Oberoi Hotels & Resorts
Omni Hotels
Pacific International
Paramount Hotels
Performance Connexions
Prince Hotels
Posadas, including

Fiesta Americana
Fiesta Americana Grand
Fiesta Inn
ONE Hotels
Aqua
Caesar Park
Caesar Business

Protea
Quality Reservations
Raffles Hotels and Resorts
Reconline
Red Lion Hotels Corporation, including

Red Lion Hotels
WestCoast Hotel Partners

Sercotel Hoteles
Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts
Starhotels
Steigenberger Hotel Group, including

Steigenberger
InterCityHotel

Supranational
Thistle & Guoman Hotels
TOP International Hotels, including

TOP International Hotels
TOP City&CountryLine Hotels
VCH-Hotels
Familotels
B&B Hotels

Utell Hotels & Resorts
WestCoast Hotel Partners
WORLDHOTELS
Wyndham Hotel Group, including

Wingate by Wyndham
Travel Lodge
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
Super 8
Ramada Worldwide
Knights Inn
Days Inn
Howard Johnson
Baymont

US Franchise System, including

Hawthorn Suites
Microtel Inns and Suites.

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