140 London low-cost accommodation providers conquer international market

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(Free-Press-Release.com) November 6, 2008 -- Barcelona, 6 November, 2008 - 140 London hotels, hostels, apartments and bed & breakfasts offer their accommodation via the Barcelona based on-line booking portal budgetplaces.com. The owners benefit from a marketing program tailored to reach an international audience, as well as from the on-line platform's position in the lower price segment: the target price per person per night is 30 Pounds. The current economic situation makes this price range particularly attractive to consumers.

The concept behind the collaboration between London establishments and budgetplaces.com is simple: Once an establishment owner has decided to sell his rooms via the Internet, they are made available under the budgetplaces banner. Low priced accommodation in London is then available and instantly bookable for on-line clients.
For the accommodation owners this cooperation brings a whole range of benefits: sign-up, including creation of the establishment profile in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish, is completely free of charge. English speaking staff are available to help with updating data and to deal with any queries. A commission is paid to budgetplaces.com once a booking has been made. For the establishment there is no further cost involved.

The brand positioning of budgetplaces.com is especially advantageous for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME): the establishments are all available at a target price of 30 Pounds per person per night, boast a great location close to the city centre and tend to be small independent properties. Multi-million euro marketing and advertising measures taken by budgetplaces.com are aimed at an international target market and would be impossible for individual SMEs to afford.
budgetplaces.com, part of the EnGrande network, has been offering travel accommodation in the British capital since 2007. With over 3.000 budget establishments online, resulting in 35.000 low-cost, bookable beds across 20 city-break destinations, EnGrande currently processes over 12.000 reservations per month. EnGrande websites had more than 56 million pageviews in 2008. In addition to London, the Barcelona company offers accommodation in twenty other major cities, including Barcelona, Paris, Madrid and Berlin. More details can be found on www.engrande.com.

For any further information, please contact communications@budgetplaces.com.

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