Frankfurt – Trust International has entered a partnership with Triptease to bring the innovative Price Check widget to Trust's global hotel group portfolio. The widget integrates seamlessly and shows live prices from three online travel agencies (OTAs) on a hotel's website. With the integration of Price Check, Trust is adding an additional tool to its portfolio of conversion solutions to drive direct bookings for its hotel clients.

The ability for visitors to immediately compare prices eliminates the need to shop around and increases guests' confidence in booking directly on the hotel website. Triptease's Price Check widget has been proven to increase direct bookings by 35% on average and can now be easily activated and configured through the Trust Internet Booking Engine dashboard. Trust clients will also get access to Triptease's recently launched Analytics Dashboard, which includes the "Disparity Dungeon." The "Dungeon" allows hotels to track prices displayed across the web and act on any unexpected issues within minutes. Olaf Slater, Chief Product Officer at Trust International, in a video interview discusses details of the partnership and benefits of Price Check for hotels and consumers worldwide.

"Showing OTA rates on the hotel's booking site is the latest proven way to increase consumer trust and price transparency," stated Richard Wiegmann, Managing Director of Trust International. "Real time price comparisons are an effective way for hoteliers to combat the generally false belief held by 76% of bookers that OTAs are cheaper than hotel websites. Once bookers know who has the lowest rate, they often book without delay on the direct booking site, which is the most cost effective for the hoteliers. We decided to partner with Triptease as their product is adaptable and truly market leading, and their team has shown a level of professionalism that's unrivalled. Triptease is a true win for both guests and hoteliers."

Falkensteiner Hotels & Residences, a Trust client, signed up early for Price Check and has seen an immediate impact on direct bookings. "The partnership between Trust and Triptease made it incredibly easy for us to implement Price Check on our website," said Rik M. Plompen, Director of Distribution, Demand Management & Systems for Falkensteiner Hotels & Residences. "We're looking forward to using the saved OTA commissions to improve the guest experience both online and offline."

Alexandra Zubko, Co-Founder and Head of Business Development for Triptease, added, "Since launching in January, we've been pleasantly surprised by just how effective Price Check has been. It's so simple and just works. We're proud to partner with Trust to help their hotels with direct bookings through our widget and we're excited about what lies ahead."

All enquiries should go to [email protected] Watch the video on the Trust-Triptease partnership and benefits of Price Check here: https://youtu.be/boogN8nBDXQ

About Triptease

Triptease (www.triptease.com) is a SaaS company that builds digital tools that create better experiences and relationships between hotels and guests. In 2015 Triptease launched Price Check, a widget for booking engines that encourages travellers to book direct.

The company was co-founded by Charlie Osmond, UK Young Entrepreneur of the Year and member of The British Airways Business Advisory Board, Alasdair Snow, named in TTGs Tomorrow's Travel Leaders 30 under 30, and Alexandra Zubko, former Head of Strategy at Intercontinental Hotels Group and winner of IHIF Young Person Leader Award.

In 2015 Triptease won Phocuswright's European Travel Innovator of the Year.

For more information contact [email protected], www.triptease.com

For further information about Trust International please contact:

Trust International Hotel Reservation Services

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60594 Frankfurt – Germany

049-69664089 1501

3504 Lake Lynda Drive

Suite 300, Orlando

Florida 32817, USA

Tel + 1 407 497 9272

[email protected]

www.Trustinternational.com

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About Trust International Hotel Reservation Services GmbH


Trust International is one of the world"s leading CRS providers and international hospitality partners. Trust"s services and supporting technologies help hotel chains and hospitality groups support their sales and marketing activities with the latest distribution solutions. The range of services includes CRS solutions and CRO software, connectivity to all GDS and OTA channels, Internet booking engines and third party integration to PMS, RMS and CMS systems. Trust International offers the full range of CRS-related products such as content management, business intelligence and commission payment services.

Via Trust"s own communication centers located in North America, Europe and The Far

East customers in 47 countries are served with private label telephone reservation, concierge and telemarketing services.

Established in 1989 Trust International is renowned for its highly reliable reservation

platform, continuous investment in systems and delivery of superior customer value.

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