London, UK – SiteMinder, a leader in the online hotel distribution industry, is pleased to announce a new partnership with one of Spain's top online travel agencies (OTAs): Jumbo Tours Spain. The company was looking for a solution that would establish a seamless connection to global Property Management Systems (PMS) and Central Reservation Systems (CRS), and SiteMinder's Room Distribution Exchange (RDX) platform was the perfect fit.

As one of the leading international providers of incoming travel services and International wholesalers, Jumbo Tours Group, headquartered in Majorca, Spain with 27 offices worldwide, offers its services and products to tour operators and travel agencies globally. With over 35 years of experience in the travel industry, Jumbo Tours yearly caters to over 2.7 million clients (forecast 2013) in 50 destinations. Jumbonline and Jumbobeds, its B2B brands have grown rapidly in the main outbound market. The partnership enables Jumbo Tours to access dynamic room availability and rate supply directly from thousands of hotels that are clients of SiteMinder's Room Distribution Exchange switch platform. The platform connects the worlds CRS and PMS systems directly to hundreds of booking channels

"Our integration with SiteMinder helps our hotel partners to update rates and inventory in our sales channels in real-time, enabling us to bring the best offers to our customers. We expect an estimated growth by over 20% as a result of this connectivity" said Javier Soriano, Head of Preferential Partners, Jumbo Tours Group.

"A key differentiator of SiteMinder's Room Distribution Exchange platform is the sophistication of the technology. The two-way real-time connection through the platform's SiteConnect API interface delivers accurate automatic updates of rates and inventory, assisting OTAs to overcome the connectivity challenges that they face, while allowing hotels to receive OTA reservations directly into their own systems" said David Williams, Executive Director, Global Sales and Marketing, SiteMinder. "With over 11,000+ hotel clients around the globe, the partnership also provides SiteMinder's clients with a more efficient product because of the services offered by multiple OTA partners."

To find out more about SiteMinder's award-winning suite of solutions, visit www.siteminder.com or contact us at [email protected].

To arrange an interview with SiteMinder or Jumbo Tours Spain please contact Jennifer Nagy at [email protected] or +1.647.867.0093.

About SiteMinder

SiteMinder Limited (ASX:SDR) is the name behind SiteMinder, the only software platform that unlocks the full revenue potential of hotels, and Little Hotelier, an all-in-one hotel management software that makes the lives of small accommodation providers easier. The global company is headquartered in Sydney with offices in Bangalore, Bangkok, Barcelona, Berlin, Dallas, Galway, London and Manila. Through its technology and the largest partner ecosystem in the global hotel industry, SiteMinder generates more than 115 million reservations worth over US$45 billion in revenue for its hotel customers each year. For more information, visit siteminder.com.

Jennifer Nagy
jlnpr for SiteMinder
+1.647.867.0093

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