HAVING launched its same-day hotel booking mobile application in Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysia in March, Hong Kong-based HotelQuickly has added Vietnam and Macau to its portfolio, becoming another contender in the last-minute booking marketplace that is heating up in Asia (TTG Asia e-Daily, November 21, 2012).
“Mobile phones enable the convenience of booking hotels on the go. (There’s) no need to spend precious time on websites anymore, browsing through ratings and locations, while filtering for all kinds of attributes. We show best-rated hotels only, close by to a user’s location”, said chief sales officer, Raphael Cohen.
As the HotelQuickly app constitutes a private sales channel, with hotels only available for booking after 12.00 on the day of checking in, exclusive hotel rooms in the three- to five-star category can be booked at up to 30 per cent discount on the best price available online.
While existing locations such as Taipei, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore have so far mainly targeted business travellers, the introduction of Macau has extended HotelQuickly’s offerings to leisure travellers from Hong Kong and Taiwan, its release said.
Available on Apple and Android platforms, the mobile app supports English, Chinese, Thai and Bahasa.
