HBSi Roars into Asia’s Travel Demand Market by Adding Leading Site Agoda to its Distribution Network

ATLANTA (November 5, 2009) – HBSi, an IBS Group company, has entered the bustling Asian travel market by adding Singapore-based Agoda, Asia's leading and fastest growing online hotel reservation service, to its growing network of travel distribution partners.

Agoda will be available through HBSi’s iDemand Gateway, an integrated channel management and connectivity solution for hotel companies. The iDemand Gateway entirely automates the connections between hotel inventory systems and distribution outlets, giving hotel companies a centralized and cost-effective way to quickly and intelligently connect to an endless array of travel web sites including major OTAs (online travel agents), tour operators and niche travel sites around the world.

"Our team at Agoda is impressed with HBSi’s flexibility and ability to configure to our business rules. Through HBSi, we’re increasing our access to quality hotel inventory around the world. We can promote to our growing Asian customer base that books hotels globally." said Wilfred Fan, vice president of Agoda. "We expect HBSi to benefit from its focus on integration technology and become a long-term valued partner for Agoda," Fan added. Part of Priceline.com, Agoda is available in 21 different languages and is 10 years old.

"The addition of Agoda to HBSi’s Demand Partner Network is a milestone—marking HBSi’s first travel-site customer in the Asian travel market,‖ said HBSi COO Greg Berman. ―Now our hotel customers can expose their real-time inventory to millions of additional travel consumers in this region."

 

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