Lending a personal touch to booking systems
Find engine for accommodation FindsYouAPlaceToStay.com has partnered with the Welsh Assembly Government’s tourist team VisitWales to provide holidaymakers in Wales with a new way to find their desired accommodation.
Published: 24 Nov 2010
Find engine for accommodation FindsYouAPlaceToStay.com has partnered with the Welsh Assembly Government’s tourist team VisitWales to provide holidaymakers in Wales with a new way to find their desired accommodation.
The FindsYouAPlaceToStay.com service, which is also associated with Britain’s national tourism agency VisitBritain, will be available for VisitWales users from December 2010.
As part of the search facility on the website www.visitwales.co.uk, the new find engine allows accommodation seekers to post a ‘wanted’ advert, outlining exactly what they are looking for. The FindsYouAPlaceToStay service then matches the request with suitable Welsh accommodation providers who are then able to contact the user directly.
This partnership means FindsYouAPlaceToStay.com can offer accommodation seekers a tailored service confined to Wales specific searches whilst delivering Welsh accommodation providers with genuine customer-leads.
For the first six months, accommodation providers, including companies running a quality-assessed hotel, guesthouse or self-catering accommodation, in Wales are being offered the service completely free of charge.
VisitWales representative Amir Ramzan said, “This facility, which is not location-biased, provides people with a user-friendly, simple way of matching available accommodation to their specific requirements. This service is not only an excellent tool for VisitWales users looking to explore the country; it will also provide an invaluable source of custom for accommodation providers.”
FindsYou.com CEO Guy Walker said, “Our recent research shows that although the majority of people use the internet to source accommodation, they’re increasingly disillusioned with faceless booking systems. The FindsYouAPlaceToStay service re-introduces the personal contact that most customers prefer.”