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CHICAGO, July 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

Australian Hotel Company Implements iHotelier CRS, ChannelDirect at Select
Properties

TravelCLICK, Inc., the leading provider of emarketing solutions for the
hotel industry, announced today that Voyages Hotels & Resorts, one of
Australia’s leading hotel companies, has selected TravelCLICK for its central
reservations and Internet distribution solutions for select properties
throughout Australia. The Sydney-based company is using the iHotelier central
reservations system (CRS) for website reservations, and ChannelDirect to update
rates and inventory across multiple third-party Internet sites, including
Wotif.com, Need It Now, Rates To Go and quickbeds.com. With more than 400 hotel
customers in the region, TravelCLICK is the largest provider of electronic
distribution for hotels in Australia.

Voyages Hotels & Resorts, which specializes in unique vacation experiences
for its guests, wanted a robust and scalable central reservations system with
comprehensive property merchandising that would address the complex individual
requirements of its properties. The iHotelier CRS, with its award-winning
booking engine, iStay, provides a highly personalized shopping and booking
experience with guest-friendly navigation, large compelling photos and rich
digital content. Inventory and room rates display in real time on a single
screen, creating a fully interactive shopping environment. iHotelier allows
each property to promote its distinctive features and amenities and capture
incremental revenue through the merchandising of packages and add-ons. It also
enables the hotels to take full control of rates and availability, monitor
performance and identify opportunities for growth.

"Our properties, which cater to a wide variety of clientele, range from
dormitory style accommodations to premium resorts, so we were looking for a
booking solution that would allow us to promote our unique destinations during
the online shopping experience," said Jackie Douglas, General Manager of
Distribution and Revenue at Voyages Hotels & Resorts. "The iStay web booking
engine enables us to show high-quality images of different room types and
convey the unique experiences available at our resorts during the booking
process. Early results are encouraging, with a 97 percent year-over-year
revenue growth in our first month using the solution and a distinct trend
toward guests booking higher room types."

Voyages Hotels & Resorts also wanted a robust and reliable channel
management solution and implemented TravelCLICK’s ChannelDirect to manage and
update rates, inventory and restrictions across third-party Internet sites
from a single web-based platform. Using ChannelDirect, the company can easily
load inventory into channels to sell excess rooms, construct and update parity
groups to accommodate dynamic pricing decisions and reduce the time spent
managing extranets.

"As the owner-operator of many highly successful properties throughout
Australia, Voyages Hotels & Resorts understands how the success of independent
properties is defined today by a savvy online Internet presence," said Jan
Tissera, President of TravelCLICK International. "Our robust and graphically
compelling web booking engine will help each property build mindshare, create
a competitive advantage and increase profits by maximizing revenue per stay."

Voyages Hotels & Resorts, headquartered in Sydney, is an Australian travel
company that offers premium accommodations in some of the country’s most
remote and breathtaking locations, such as the Great Barrier Reef,
Queensland’s Outback, the Red Centre and Tasmania’s Central Highlands. The
company owns and manages 17 award-winning properties, including Cradle
Mountain Lodge, El Questro Homestead, Heron Island, Kings Canyon Resort,
Lizard Island and Longitude 131. Voyages Hotels & Resorts is part of GPT
Group, one of Australia’s oldest and largest listed property groups.

About TravelCLICK, Inc.
TravelCLICK (http://www.travelclick.net) is the leading provider of
emarketing solutions that help hotels sell rooms smarter and drive long-term
profitability. TravelCLICK helps hotels maximize asset ROI by combining
innovative market analysis and proven industry best practices with advanced
technology to develop and implement high-return strategies. The company offers
a full set of solutions including reservations and distribution management,
market intelligence-based decision support, and marketing services. Serving
the hospitality industry since 1996 and headquartered in the Chicago area,
TravelCLICK has more than 12,000 customers in 140 countries.

SOURCE TravelCLICK, Inc.

CONTACT: Katrina Pruitt-Andrews of TravelCLICK, Inc., +1-410-257-9154,
kpandrews@travelclick.net
Web site: http://www.travelclick.net