Hotwire News
Hotwire.com in mobile focus
Hotwire.com is enhancing its mobile booking platform and has shared insights on the way digital technology is changing travel patterns. Updates to the Hotwire app, available on Android and iOS, include a new home screen and functionality that allows customers to book one-way car rentals, reserve hotel rooms after midnight, and select a bed type when making hotel reservations.
Hotwire names top ten New Years destinations
Hotwire has revealed the top ten most popular destinations where revelers plan to ring in the New Year. With blizzards and cold fronts sweeping through the country, it’s no surprise that travelers are opting to start their 2014 in warmer weather destinations like Orlando, San Diego, Los Angeles and Miami, in addition to visiting well-known celebration cities like New York, Las Vegas and San Francisco.
Hotwire.com brings discount hotel booking app to UK
Hotwire.com has announced its recently launched mobile app is now available for free in the UK. Available for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, this app is aimed at helping travellers on-the-go obtain deep savings on hotel deals in over 3,000 cities and 60 countries around the globe.
Hotwire reveals that major cities in peak season are bucking trend
Hotwire.com®, a leading discount travel site, today revealed its list of top five Fourth of July deal destinations. Since Independence Day falls on a Thursday, travelers can get the biggest bang for their buck by lengthening their holiday with a four or five day weekend. To help Americans get that extra vacation this year, several major cities that typically see high prices during this holiday are instead topping the list of price drops.
Hotwire unveils new website
Discount travel site Hotwire.com has launched TripWatcher.com, a new website offering real-time alerts for airfare price drops, covering thousands of flight routes from U.S. origins every day.
21% of American adults spend $197 Billion on obligation travel
With wedding season fast approaching, Hotwire.com, a leading discount travel site, today revealed more results from its second annual American Travel Behavior Survey, conducted online on its behalf by Harris Interactive in October 2012 among over 2,000 U.S. adults.
Hotwire reveals biggest car rental price drops in January 2013
January has seen newcomers in the Hotwire poll for positions two through to five, giving way to fantastic coast to coast savings. Monterey, absent from the list since this past September, took the number one spot with a 19 percent price drop, and with January being California Restaurant Month, it’s a prime time for couples looking to wine and dine their way around Central California’s coast.
Hotwire expands secret hotel booking model
The secret hotel booking model, also known as the opaque channel, has taken off in 2012 attracting millions of new customers and thousands of new hotels around the world. A leader in opaque travel, Hotwire.com, has reported that it has doubled hotel bookings and signed up 5,000 new hotels in the past twelve months.
Hotwire reveals first cruise savings indicator
To kick off wave season, Hotwire.com®, a leading discount travel site, today announced their first ever Cruise Savings Indicator. An extension of their already popular Travel Savings Indicator, the Cruise Savings Indicator features the top five cruise destinations where prices have dropped the most.
Hotwire: Travel may be the key to a happier, healthier 2012
Vowing to live healthier lives is one of the top New Year’s resolutions year after year, and it’s also one of the hardest to keep. However, newly released results from the American Travel Behavior Survey conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of Hotwire.com®, a leading discount travel site, in July 2011, suggest that achieving better health may be as easy as treating yourself to more trips.
Hotwire claims last minute travel saves money
Discount travel site Hotwire has revealed new findings that last minute travel can save travellers money, which Hotwire claims disproves the ‘myth’ that booking a last-minute leisure trip costs more than booking one further in advance. These were some of the findings revealed in their latest American Travel Behaviour Survey.
Hotwire launches monthly Travel Savings Indicator
Hotwire.com, a leading discount travel site, today released their new monthly Hotwire Travel Savings Indicator, which features the top five cities in North America where hotel, air and car rental rates have dropped the most.