Swissôtel ties up with agoda.com for bargain rates

Bargain hunters now have a new way of finding out special offers from Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts properties in Asia as the hotel chain enters into partnership with Agoda.com, an online travel firm specialising in discount hotel bookings in the region. Swissôtel, which has hotels in prime locations in China, Thailand, Singapore, Australia and Japan, provides the online travel portal with better access to its room inventory and special offers. In return, it reaches to a new group of customers via the Agoda’s rewards programme that boasts over 1 million members. “We trust Agoda.com to complement our distribution especially in Asia, which is our key regions.  This strategic partnership will help us expand our network and reach thousands of additional travellers,” said Barbara Pezzi, Swissôtel director of web-marketing and e-commerce. Agoda offers hotel booking services through websites in 20 languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thai. For more details, visit www.swissotel.com and www.agoda.com Gigi Onag