Preferred Hotel Group, a global provider of sales, marketing, and distribution services to independent hotels, today unveiled the latest development in its aggressive distribution model by launching a new partnership with Skyscanner. The move is designed to drive greater consumer awareness of the Preferred Hotel Group brand, while increasing bookings and reducing the costs of customer acquisition for its 650 member hotels and resorts worldwide.

Skyscanner predicts that planning and booking a holiday will be as easy and speedy as buying a book from Amazon within the next ten years. The Future of Travel 2024 report launched today by the global travel site reveals what’s in store for holiday makers in the 2020s.

Travel search site Skyscanner has confirmed it will acquire Barcelona-based hotel search company Fogg. Following the deal, Skyscanner will integrate Fogg’s hotel search into its site.

Apadmi, a Manchester-based mobile software developer, has created Skyscanner’s latest mobile app for Blackberry’s BB10 smartphones. The official app was released earlier this month by the leading global travel search site which claims to be the world’s fastest growing travel service.

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Leading travel search site Skyscanner has unveiled a dramatic new redesign, rolling out the new look simultaneously across all platforms and markets in 29 languages. “The launch date was only decided back in November and we have been flat out with the re-design since then,” said marketing director Frank Skivington.