Edited & translated press release
Marketplaces
VACANDO, the holiday home marketplace of Hotelplan and Migros, is expanding its service offering. As a subsidiary of industry leader Interhome, VACANDO will offer to its home owners local services in more than 50 destinations throughout France, Switzerland and Spain.
Vacando to offer Interhome's owner's services
These range from cleaning, key holding and laundry service, to repair and maintenance work. (more…)
Edited Press Release
Interhome, Europe’s largest holiday home rental company performed well in 2007/2008. Following a successful brand re launch, booking business grew by 5.7% to CHF 196.4 million. Turnover reached a record CHF 211.9 million (+1.4%).
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The 2007/08 business year can be considered as a milestone year for the Switzerland-based Interhome Group. It re-launched Interhome brand and for the first time could welcome more than half a million guests (525,117) to its now 46,000 holiday home properties in 21 countries. Group turnover increased 1.4% to CHF 211.9 million, while booking business climbed 5.7% to CHF 196.4 million.
The largest increase in percentage terms was recorded by the source markets Russia (+59%), Germany (+14%), Poland (+13.7%) and France (+13.3%). Bookings from Swiss clientele also rose by 7.9%. Interhome registered a boom in winter bookings, with turnover up 14.1%. The top winter destination growth markets were Austria (+16.6%) and Switzerland (+13.5%).
Following its successful 2007/08 business year, Interhome is confident of continued growth. With effect from 1 January 2009, the group has been targeting the vast Indian source market. This is being achieved under a cooperation deal with the office in India of the Switzerland Travel Centre (STC), the holiday broker of Switzerland Tourism. Other new partnership agreements were concluded in 2008, ensuring access to two further source markets – the United States and the United Arab Emirates. Interhome CEO Simon Lehmann said: «We want to open our expanding portfolio of holiday homes and apartments to other interesting markets.»
About Interhome:
Switzerland-based Interhome is largest provider of holiday apartments and villas in Europe. It provides 46,000 properties in 21 countries. In 2008 it recorded annual sales of CHF 211.9m.
Edited Press Release
Austria’s leading marketing and technology provider tiscover.com achieved a booking increase for Austria of 15% over 2007. In January 2009, bookings also increased, 17% compared to last year.
Guests from Germany (35%) and Austria (29%) make up the majority. 4-star and 3-star hotels were highest in demand (33%), followed by private accommodation providers (19%) and vacation rental apartments (11%). Another trend on tiscover.com is toward short breaks: 19% of guests stay for two nights, 14% stay for three nights, which particularly benefits spa hotels.
In 2008, the number of accommodations bookable online through tiscover.com has risen by 10% to a record of over 6,000. Another 12,500 Tiscover hotels can be booked upon enquiry.
“The Internet meets the increased price awareness of users because travel offers can be compared quickly and easily. We are convinced that the percentage of online bookings will grow in 2009“, says Konrad Plankensteiner, CEO Tiscover.
In 2008, Tiscover reports to have had 23 million visitors, 420 million page impressions and over a million enquiries and bookings.
About tiscover.com
tiscover.com is a leading European provider of marketing and technology solutions for the tourism industry and a portal for travel information and bookings. It features over 25,000 accommodations available for online booking.