New hotel widget on YELLOWPAGES.COM – just in time for holiday travel!

With over 39% of all travel bookings being made on the web*, consumers have high expectations of online travel resources. We believe we can meet these expectations and deliver a more satisfying travel planning experience with the new hotel rates and availability search widget, which will launch on YELLOWPAGES.COM and YP.com in November and December 2009 respectively.

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With the widget consumers can easily check hotel rates and availability, and book a room. If users find their favorite hotel completely booked for their vacation dates, they can also search for other options through the widget.

Traveling during the holidays can be stressful, so relax while you’re planning: slip into your favorite flannel jammies, get a cup of hot cocoa and use the YELLOWPAGES.COM hotel rates and availability search widget to help plan your trip. Afterwards, drop us a note and let us know how it worked (the widget, not the cocoa). This is just our first phase, so stay tuned for more from your Hotels Vertical Team.

Steven Lee
Sr. Product Manager for Hotels Vertical

* PhoCusWright’s U.S. Online Travel Overview Ninth Edition