South China Morning Post
July 13th 2001
SCMP.com and asia-hotels.com launch online hotel reservations service
Hong Kong, July 13, 2001 SCMP.com, the internet publishing arm of South China
Morning Post Publishers Ltd, and asia-hotels.com, a Hong Kong-based Internet
travel service, today jointly announced a partnership to provide an online
hotel reservations service on SCMP.com. The service which can be accessed on the co-branded site, http://hotels.scmp.com, offers users
comprehensive hotel information and online reservations services for a wide
range of popular hotels and resorts across Asia.
Travel ranks high on the list of interests and online purchases of our readers. Asia-hotels.com has
a team of writers travelling the region, visiting and inspecting hotels,
and finding some really unique properties and writing some very direct and
honest city guides. This content together with travellers tales and extensive
hotel reviews, provides our readers access to up-to-date independent hotel
information as well as the ability to book rooms at competitive rates,
commented Christopher Axberg, SCMP.coms Publisher.
We pride ourselves in offering independent travel information and a quality
booking service through our network of offices around the region, commented
Jon Stonham, CEO of asia-hotels.com. We believe our comprehensive product will
add value to SCMP.coms extensive site and assist business and leisure
travellers to search, select and book hotels which meet their needs.