Expedia Launches New Direct Connect Technology for Hotel Partners

Expedia officially launched Expedia QuickConnect, a reservation system interface that allows hotel partners to easily and efficiently link property management and central reservation systems to Expedia.

Expedia, Inc., today at HITEC 2007 announced the launch of Expedia QuickConnect, a reservation system interface that allows hotel partners to easily and efficiently link property management and central reservation systems to Expedia.

Through Expedia QuickConnect, independent hotels and small to midsize hotel chain partners can now easily automate the exchange of room, rate and booking information with Expedia, Inc. sites.

Expedia QuickConnect allows a wider range of hotel partners to benefit from the cost, speed, accuracy and security advantages of direct connectivity with Expedia’s reservation system and enables hotel partners to strategically manage their reservation office by monitoring their room availability more accurately in real time.

In addition, Expedia QuickConnect helps increase customer bookings to a property by allowing the hotel partner to offer a wider range of room types while also decreasing costs by eliminating the need to input bookings from fax reservations.