hotels.com has launched a new online travel site in hotels.com en espanol (espanol.hotels.com) to satisfy the needs of Hispanic consumers who prefer Spanish content.

Published: 29 Aug 2007

hotels.com has launched a new online travel site in hotels.com en espanol (espanol.hotels.com) to satisfy the needs of Hispanic consumers who prefer Spanish content.

“We have a long history of serving Spanish-speaking customers through our points of sale in Latin America and Spain, and are pleased to build out our offering to assist travelers in the United States,” said Joaquin Tamez, VP - strategy for hotels.com en espanol.

“Our new site builds on our heritage to offer an in-language experience while also delivering the rich content, searching capability and ease of use our customers have come to expect. hotels.com en espanol is the ideal resource for anyone planning a hotel stay who prefers to book in Spanish,” said Tamez.

The site offers a complete Spanish-language online travel experience to assist users in every stage of travel planning, from researching property information to booking rooms.

Features include access to more than 70,000 properties worldwide, the ability to organise and sort hotels by name, price, star rating and hotels.com picks to further refine the search, the option to view side-by side comparisons of several properties at once, full property descriptions, photos and virtual tours, mapping functionality to view hotels and special promotions and sales for a variety of properties, including last-minute deals.

hotels.com en espanol users also benefit from Flexible Booking, which enables them to change or cancel their reservation without any fee from hotels.com.