Asia Online Group, an Asian based online travel network, specializing in low cost accommodations and travel resources in Asia Pacific, has created the first network of more than 2,500 hotels in Asia offering real time online Agents, customers, and businesses can now book directly to the hotel of their choice. The Asia Online Network offers three interfaces, one which links into travel agency systems, an online option for web consumers, portal for enterprise business travel solutions. Never again will travelers have to make a reservation request 72 hours or more to receive confirmation on their booking.
Bangkok, Thailand – Asia Online Group has announced the first ever consumer targeted Asian Pacific hotel network which gives direct access to hotels in travelers. AsiaTiv.com now shows consumers instant availability for hotel rooms in Asia.
Dror Meytal, Asia Online “Unlike in Europe and USA, none of the Asian online travel web sites offered direct access to dynamic room availability information in Asia. Until today, travelers would browse the web find a hotel, based on general agency inventory and seasonal price list, and based on that the traveler needed to make a their credit card information and wait up to a week for a response."
Previously hotel reservations with a system which estimated availability and had a very long turn response time. Mr. Meytal continued “There is a very poor trend where more than 50% of hotel reservations in Asia being made for rooms that were no longer available, and for rooms on holidays or peak seasons the Customers were trapped by a scenario were their credit card was blocked for the amount of and they were not being rewarded for their patience. Our new network of over 2500 hotels gives them a real picture of room availability, price and simplifies the purchasing process.”