9th Jun 2016 10:35
LONDON (Alliance News) - Ryanair Holdings PLC on Thursday said it is launching 'Ryanair Rooms', a low-price accommodation booking offer, from October 1, though the budget airline won't itself become a hotelier.
Ryanair Rooms will offer a choice of hotel, hostel, B&B, holiday villa and homestay options, and Ryanair is inviting accommodation providers to partner with the airline on the offering.
Ryanair said all accommodation will be at the "lowest possible prices" for its customers.
This follows on from the launch of Ryanair Car Hire last August, in partnership with CarTrawler.
"More and more customers are looking to Ryanair for products other than flights, and we see this as a natural progression towards Ryanair.com becoming the Amazon of air travel. It also echoes the change in demand from customers for different types of accommodation, which in turn will be reflected by the varied range "Ryanair Rooms" will offer - from five-star hotel rooms to independent homestay," Chief Marketing Officer Kenny Jacobs said in a statement.
Shares in Ryanair were trading down 1.8% at EUR13.50 on Thursday morning.
By Karolina Kaminska; [email protected] @KarolinaAllNews
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