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GENERAL: SKO: Serko Partners with Expedia Affiliate Network
Market Release
17 December 2014
Serko Partners with Expedia Affiliate Network
Serko Limited (NZX:SKO), a leader in online travel booking and expense
management for business, announced today that it has partnered with hotel
provider, Expedia Affiliate Network (EAN), to allow Serko Online users to
book select Expedia-sourced hotels through Serko Online.
The deal adds more than 120,000 properties to Serko Online's already
extensive hotel inventory and opens the door for Serko Online customers to
consolidate their hotel bookings with the rest of their itinerary in Serko
Online.
Serko CEO Darrin Grafton says: "As many as 40% of business travellers book
hotels through leisure sites, like Expedia, rather than their Online Booking
Tool (OBT) because they believe it helps their company save money. But
booking outside of programme means corporations lose visibility of where
their travellers are staying, travel spend is harder to reconcile, and duty
of care obligations are not met."
"Enabling Expedia hotels to be booked through Serko Online, confronts this
problem head-on and is another step towards Serko transforming business
travel for the better", added Grafton.
Expedia Affiliate Network Director Australia & New Zealand, Raphael Lanfant,
says: "We are excited about this new relationship with Serko and the
expansion of hotel options for agents and their customers in the Australasia
region. We share a commitment to create a smarter hotel shopping tool for
agents that provides multiple options for their travellers".
ENDS
For investor relations queries please contact:
Tim Bluett, Chief Financial Officer, Serko
+64 9 309 4754
[email protected]
For media queries please contact:
Morgan Bailey, Porter Novelli for Serko,
+ 64 21 812 620
[email protected]
About Serko
Serko is Australasia's leading online travel booking and expense management
company for businesses and is listed on the NZX Main Board (NZX:SKO). With
its HQ in Auckland New Zealand, and with offices in Sydney Australia, Xi'an
City China and Gurgaon, India, Serko employs more than 120 people worldwide.
Serko Online is an integrated Online Booking Tool used by administrators and
travellers to book flights, accommodation and car hire from the broadest
possible set of travel providers. The OBT ensures that travel bookings comply
with corporate travel management policy without limiting the user's choice of
travel provider.
Visit www.serko.com for more information
About Expedia Affiliate Network
Expedia Affiliate Network (EAN) is a division within the Expedia, Inc., one
of the world's largest travel companies. EAN works with over 7,500 partners
in 33 countries to turn their web traffic into hotel bookings and happy
customers. EAN.com LP creates the tools and technology that help millions of
travelers find the perfect hotels for their next trips.
Visit www.ean.com for more information.
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