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Bookassist named World's Leading Booking Technology Provider at World Travel Awards 2012

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Irish Company Bookassist Beats Stiff International Competition to Win Global Award

Dublin (PRWEB UK) 13 December 2012

Dublin, December 13th.

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Bookassist, the online strategy and technology partner for hotels, has won the World's Leading Booking Technology Provider award at the 2012 World Travel Awards. The prestigious prize was presented on December 12th at the 2012 Grand Finale event, which was hosted at The Oberoi, Gurgaon, New Delhi, India. Often referred to as "the Oscars of the travel industry", the awards recognise winners worldwide as setting the benchmark to which all others aspire. It is the third year in a row that Bookassist has been nominated in the category.

Speaking at the ceremony in New Delhi, Bookassist Founder and CEO Dr Des O'Mahony said "We're extremely honoured to have won, it was the third time lucky for us. Especially with such distinguished competition in the category such as industry giants like Sabre/SynXis and Amadeus. It's a real stamp of approval from our own industry for what we do."

"To have our client hotels and industry peers vote us into a world-leading position is testament to the hard work and dedication of the Bookassist staff, in all our offices. The award is recognition of the real difference they have made to our clients' business".

Bookassist was founded in Dublin in 1999. Entirely self-financed and privately owned, it has a strong emphasis on research and innovation and has grown to over 70 employees. The company has offices in Madrid, Paris, Italy, Rome, Vienna, Prague and Munich in addition to its headquarters in Dublin.

The company develops advanced booking software that allows hotels to sell directly on their own websites instead of relying solely on online travel agents, who typically charge hotels high commissions. Direct business is a strong growth area for hotels as the industry seeks to improve revenue margins and reduce commission bills.

The company's booking engine software powers thousands of hotel websites and has handled in excess of 120M Euro in direct hotel booking revenue in 2012 for its clients.

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FCm named world's top travel management company

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After taking out nearly every regional award in the travel management category of the World Travel Awards 2012, FCm has officially been named the Worlds Leading Travel Management Company.

FCm has now won the prestigious global title two years in a row. The announcement was made at a special World Travel Awards ceremony in India last night.

As part of our achievements in the 2012 World Travel Awards, FCm picked up a total of nine titles during the year in the travel management category, two of which we won for the first time.

FCms Global Leader Gregory Lording said the accolades had helped to make 2012 an outstanding year for the company.

"To be recognised at a regional and global level by this award program demonstrates that across our worldwide network, the FCm business shares the same award-winning DNA," Gregory said.

"As a valued client of FCm you can expect the same level of service excellence - wherever you do business with us. Service consistency across our network is a priority for our travel and account management teams and ensures that companies with multinational operations can rely on us for expert and reliable travel management service at all levels of their operation."

FCm general manager New Zealand, Simon McKearney, congratulated FCms local travel and account management teams and said the global award was a welcome addition to their regional award.

"FCm is recognised as a successful company globally, but it is the service from our local teams, our local market knowledge and in-depth understanding of each client's local business culture and travel needs that blend with our global expertise to offer the winning combination of service excellence that we have been lauded for," Mr McKearney said.

"Congratulations are in order for our travel and account management teams and our sales professionals for their efforts this year."

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FSX Mission Amsterdam to London Airline Run HD – Video

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FSX Mission Amsterdam to London Airline Run HD
As a new 737-800 captain for World Travel Airlines you lucked out and fly the fun, short routes within Europe. Today #39;s flight is a 200-mile hop from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (EHAM) to London Heathrow Airport (EGLL). Just another routine day on the job, or so you hope. The mission begins with your 737-800 parked at the gate with the engines running. Rewards http://www.fsxrewards.comFrom:pilotryan1533FSViews:3 0ratingsTime:27:55More inGaming

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Exclusive Luxury Townhouse For Sale in Bangkok – Resort in Town II – Video

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Luxury Townhouse For Sale in Bangkok. Resort In Town II Bangkok, Thailand has been chosen as the world #39;s best place for tourism 3 years in a row by the world travel commission. (www.worldwideiptv.com) This amazing property is located in the center of Bangkok #39;s District. Address: Address: 251 Soi Rotchana, Sukhumvit 21 Rd, Asoke, Bangkok. The land area is 1044 sqm (261 Sq.Wah). Interior area is 2058 sqm. The selling price is Baht 130000 per sqm. much lower than the prevailing market price. Our property is a 2 four-storey building with an elevator in between for the residents to go up/down. The swimming pool was specially designed and built with a see through glass as the floor, it extends to and beneath the living room. In fact, you can see the children play and dogs swim under the living room floor. And that is why we call it "Resort in Town II " Property Price: $8.7 Million Dollars The value of the mansion is US $8.7 Million (Baht 268000000) including all taxes and transfer fees. It is approximately Baht 130000 per sqm. This price is the same as the price in the near-by properties, except those properties are of low to medium grade quality. Elite Card Membership: We will give you the world #39;s only Distinguished Card, known as the Elite Card Membership, enjoying life time world class benefits accorded by the Thai Government to foreign investors. (A) Play in designated golf courses in Thailand free for life. (B) Enjoy Thai massage in the best designated spas free of charge ...From:Nick MilnerViews:9 0ratingsTime:02:19More inHowto Style

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Paris named world's most popular tourist destination once again

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Sydney, Dec. 10 (ANI): World's most popular destinations have been named after a record one billion people are set to travel across an international border as a tourist in 2012, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council.

The top five destinations in the world are Paris, London, New York, Mediterranean resort Antalya, Turkey, and Singapore, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation said.

While the United States and France remain the two largest destinations for world travel, experts said that much of the explosive growth in tourism has been to countries such as Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and the Ivory Coast, which were off the world tourism map a decade ago.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, while evidence of leisure travel can be traced to ancient Babylon, it began to grow swiftly after World War Two.

Several factors are responsible for the boom in world travel, including prosperity that has lifted tens of millions of people in Asia from poverty into the middle class, whetting their desire to use their new wealth to travel, the report said.

According to the report, another factor is the perception that the world is a more peaceful place, even though many regional conflicts continue, David Cortright, director of policy studies at the University of Notre Dame, said. (ANI)

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