Edited Press Release
Marketplace
BedandBreakfast.com, an international travel website in the B&B industry and a division of HomeAway, Inc., has partnered with the Professional Association of Innkeepers International (PAII) to become a Platinum Key Supporter and the organization’s largest patron.
PAII website
The partnership aims to help the organization grow and promote awareness that B&Bs are a “Better Way to Stay” than a cookie-cutter hotel. (more…)
Edited Press Release
Marketplaces
BedandBreakfast.com, a leading online B&B directory and reservation network worldwide, recently launched three sister sites in French, Italian, and Spanish, enabling travelers to access expanded listings for more than 11,000 BedandBreakfast.com members in their native languages.
French logo of bedandbreakfast.com
Travelers can enjoy the ease of planning B&B getaways in their own language, while innkeepers can effortlessly translate information about their properties into four languages – English, French, Italian and Spanish. (more…)
Edited Press Release
HomeAway, the leading online vacation rental marketplace, today announced its acquisition of BedandBreakfast.com, a global site for finding bed-and-breakfast properties (B&Bs). With this acquisition, HomeAway strengthens its position as the No. 1 source for unique lodging alternatives to hotels. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Bedandbreakfast.com website
“HomeAway already provides the most trusted sites and broadest inventory for searching for the ideal vacation rental home,” says Brian Sharples, chief executive officer of HomeAway. “With the addition of BedandBreakfast.com, we’re providing travelers with another option to find home-like accommodations for a vacation experience that delivers far greater satisfaction than staying in a traditional motel or hotel.”
BedandBreakfast.com was founded in Austin, Texas, in 1995 by CEO Eric Goldreyer, and has grown into a top travel site listing more than 10,000 B&Bs across 100 countries. The site specializes in providing travelers with a way to have a more personal travel experience for a weekend getaway, business trip or extended vacation.
“We are thrilled to be joining the HomeAway family,” says Goldreyer. “The missions of our two companies are closely aligned – to help consumers easily find and experience a better lodging option than chain hotels and to help property owners effectively compete for and serve the traveler.”
HomeAway plans to operate BedandBreakfast.com as an independent brand.
About BedandBreakfast.com:
Founded in 1995, BedandBreakfast.com is a leading specialty travel website with detailed information on over 10,000 B&Bs worldwide. Travelers can research information including over 50,000 photos, over 100,000 unbiased consumer reviews, and make confirmed reservations instantly at almost 2,000 properties. Welcome at more than 4,000 B&Bs, BedandBreakfast.com Gift Cards have no restrictions or blackouts, and are available online or at over 20,000 retail locations. BedandBreakfast.com also owns and operates RezOvation, a PA-DSS and Microsoft Gold-certified leader in property management systems.
Edited Press Release
BedandBreakfast.com, the leading specialty travel website focused on inns and B&Bs announced today that it has entered into an agreement to market the rooms of its 1,600 bookable inns on Travelocity. Travelocity customers will now have a greatly expanded selection of specialty lodging in unique destinations from Cape Cod to Newport, RI, to Savannah and Napa Valley. BedandBreakfast.com’s properties are spread across 1100 unique destinations in almost all countries, often in areas with very little in the way of chain hotels.
Bedandbreakfast.com logo
BedandBreakfast.com’s properties will be linked to the Travelocity Merchant Hotel program for rates, availability, and reservations, providing innkeepers with direct access to Travelocity’s users around the globe. Innkeepers will manage their inventory just as they have been in the past through the BedandBreakfast.com Global Online Reservations Program, but their availability will automatically be added to the Travelocity website. The parties are planning to make BedandBreakfast.com’s properties available on Travelocity in the fall of 2009. RezOvation GT and Webervations customers will also be able to enjoy the same access to Travelocity as they now have to BedandBreakfast.com’s current distribution network including Expedia, hotels.com, Kayak, Sidestep, NexTag, Vast.com, Uptake, NileGuide, and thousands of other affiliate websites.
“Travelocity has always been a global leader in online travel and we look forward to giving our participating inns access to their distribution,” commented BedandBreakfast.com CEO Eric Goldreyer. “We think Travelocity consumers will benefit tremendously from the additional geographic coverage, and our participating inns will benefit from the increased international exposure that a site like Travelocity offers.”
According to David Levine, Director of Global Accounts for Travelocity; “As consumers look for more and more unique travel options, inns and B&Bs are increasingly in demand. We are happy to be able to bring such a large number and variety of these properties to our consumers through a company like
BedandBreakfast.com”.
About BedandBreakfast.com
Founded in 1994, BedandBreakfast.com is the leading specialty travel website, with over 7,000 B&Bs worldwide.