22nd Mar 2007 10:00
Ryanair Holdings PLC22 March 2007 RYANAIR ANNOUNCES FIVE YEAR HOTEL PARTNERSHIP WITH EXPEDIA Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline today (Thursday, 22nd March) named Expedia Private Label as the exclusive partner to provide hotel accommodation for its passengers on www.ryanair.com. Thanks to this new five year deal, Ryanair's 50 million passengers will enjoy achoice of more than 20,000 hotels across Europe, ranging from basic budget tofive-star luxury, available at each of Ryanair's 130 destinations. Bookings canbe made easily and conveniently on www.ryanair.com. Beginning in 2008,tailor-made hotel deals will be incorporated into the flight booking process. To celebrate this new partnership, three special offers are availableimmediately: •Book a hotel in the next day and receive a £30-off voucher for a minimum spend of £300, or a £50-off voucher for bookings over £500. This offer will run until midnight tomorrow so passengers should log on to www.ryanair.com today to grab the best bargains. •Free flights, cheap nights sale: one million free* flights are available for customers who book a hotel before midnight Thursday 29th March. •Expedia is offering three nights for the price of two on many hotels in Ryanair destinations. Passengers should visit www.ryanair.com to book, and for the terms andconditions which apply to these offers. Announcing this new partnership, Ryanair's deputy CEO, Michael Cawley said: "We are delighted to select Expedia as the exclusive partner forryanairhotels.com. This is a win-win for Ryanair, Expedia and most importantlyour customers. Passengers will enjoy significantly improved choice and fantastichotel deals from the world's largest online hotel vendor on Ryanair.com, Expediawill grow alongside Europe's fastest growing airline, while the additionalbusiness will contribute to offering the lowest fares as Ryanair grows to 84million passengers per annum in 2012." David Roche, senior vice president of Expedia Private Label, said: "Adding easy access through the Ryanair site to our unrivalled hotel stock willmean that passengers can book their accommodation simply and quickly, knowingthat they can choose exactly where they want to stay at the best available rate.These special introductory offers, and others we have planned, will make theproduct even more attractive. "This is an important business win for us," he added, "and we are very pleasedto be working with Ryanair. This agreement recognises our expertise in providingprivate label services to companies wishing to offer their customers highquality travel products without the need for upfront investment. We have aproven track record in delivering ancillary revenue earnings growth for ourclients and we look forward to working with Ryanair for the long-term." * Taxes and charges excluded - subject to availability and a reservation onwww.ryanairhotels.com ABOUT RYANAIR Ryanair is Europe's largest low fares airline with 19 bases and 455 low fareroutes across 25 countries. By the end of March 2007 Ryanair will operate anentire fleet of 134 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft with firm orders for a further117 new aircraft (net of planned disposals), which will be delivered over thenext 5 years. Ryanair currently employs a team of 4,200 people and expects tocarry approximately 50 million scheduled passengers in the current year. Ends. Thursday, 22nd March 2007 For further information on Ryanair please contact: Peter Sherrard - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants +353 1 8121 228 +353 1 4980300 ABOUT EXPEDIA Expedia Private Label, part of Expedia Inc, provides full-service travelproducts to more than 8,000 private label partners globally, including many ofEurope's pre-eminent airlines, top train companies, portals and market-leadingonline travel agencies including Eurostar, Alitalia, Swiss Air Lines, VirginExpress, Icelandair and Formula 1. Expedia's Private Label platform allows thesepartners to distribute Expedia's highly competitive travel products, and benefitfrom Expedia's robust technology, unrivalled supply quality, and leadingmerchandising tools. Expedia Private Label offers hotels, dynamic packages, carhire, flights, insurance and destination services to partners in more than 20EMEA markets Expedia, Inc. is the world's leading online travel company, empowering businessand leisure travellers with the tools and information they need to easilyresearch, plan, book, and experience travel. Expedia, Inc.'s companies operateinternationally with sites throughout EMEA, including the United Kingdom,Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Scandinavia, Canada, Australiaand Japan, as well as China, through its investment in eLong(TM) Expedia, Inc.'sportfolio of brands include: Expedia.com(R), hotels.com(R), Hotwire(R), Expedia(R)Corporate Travel, TripAdvisor(TM)and Classic Vacations(R). For more information,visit http://www.expediainc.com/ . For further information on Expedia Private Label please contact: Lizann Peppard, Expedia Private Label Jess Cross, Seventy Seven PR +44 (0)207 019 2016 +44 (0)207 492 0911 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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