Booking.com Announces Distribution Agreement with Marriott International

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands | Booking.com, a leading international online hotel reservation service that is part of priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN), announced today a new multi-year distribution agreement with Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR). The agreement covers all of Marriott’s nearly 3,000 properties worldwide. Earlier this year, Marriott also renewed a similar agreement with priceline.com’s Travelweb business unit. No terms of either deal were released.
“As a leading lodging company with broad global reach in all of the markets served by Booking.com, we are very excited to work with Marriott, whose quality is known the world over,” said Michaela Baier, Area Manager, North America for Booking.com.
“Booking.com is the fastest-growing online hotel reservation service in Europe and it is quickly becoming a significant reservations source for many U.S. and Canadian destinations,” said Larraine Voll Morris, VP eDistribution, Marriott International. “We have a longstanding relationship with Priceline.com and look forward to strengthening our global collaboration in this significant way.”
About Booking.com | Booking.com www.booking.com is part of Priceline.com. With 26 million room nights booked between June 2007 and June 2008, Booking.com is Europe’s market leader. Its website attracts an average of 20 million unique visitors each month. Booking.com works with more than 52,000 affiliated hotels in 10,000 destinations around the world. Its services are available in 18 languages. Booking.com currently has 22 offices: Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Cambridge, Cape Town, Dubai, Dublin, London, Loulé (Portugal), Lyon, Madrid, Munich, New York, Orlando, Paris, Rome, San Francisco, Singapore, Stockholm, Vienna and Warsaw.
About Priceline.com(R) Incorporated | Priceline.com Incorporated (Nasdaq: PCLN)www.priceline.com provides online travel services in 21 languages in over 60 countries in Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Included in the priceline.com family of companies is Booking.com, a leading international online hotel reservation service; priceline.com, a leading U.S. online travel service for value-conscious leisure travelers; and Agoda.com, an Asian online hotel reservation service. Priceline.com also operates the following travel websites: Travelweb.com, Lowestfare.com, RentalCars.com and BreezeNet.com. Priceline.com also has a personal finance service that offers home mortgages, refinancing and home equity loans through an independent licensee. Priceline.com licenses its business model to independent licensees, including priceline mortgage and certain international licensees.
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