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Pressroom / Recent Press ReleasesWalking/Driving Directions and More Dallas, Texas – August 1, 2007 – Hotels.com®, the expert in booking hotels online and via the phone, has added new, interactive mapping capabilities to help customers select the right hotel for every trip. Hotels.com partnered with deCarta, a leading provider of geospatial platform software and related services to implement the new mapping functionality, along with NAVTEQ for the detailed map database. Whether someone is planning a shopping getaway to New York City and wants to find the best walking route to the boutiques on Fifth Avenue, or is looking for a San Diego hotel close to both the beach and SeaWorld, the new online mapping capabilities on hotels.com will simplify the hotel selection. Using the new mapping features, travelers can display landmarks and points of interest surrounding their potential hotel choice on an interactive map. They also can drag the map in any direction, view the distance between two selected points, and the estimated driving and walking times between those points. The mapping features enable travelers to choose a hotel that is convenient to the local sites they want to visit (such as beaches, museums, parks, shopping areas and theaters) as well as transportation (such as airports and train stations). "Hotels.com has taken the lead in the hospitality market by embracing advanced mapping and navigation capabilities to drive competitive differentiation, increase customer traffic and deliver high user content and utility," said J. Kim Fennell, president and CEO of deCarta. "We're delighted to be working together to help showcase the distinctive capabilities of their site and to provide their customers with an excellent user experience in planning their trips." deCarta's software uses data from NAVTEQ, a leading map data supplier to provide hotels.com with the detailed and comprehensive map data needed to optimize routing capabilities. NAVTEQ® map data gives hotels.com users access to millions of roads nationwide as well as over 6 million unique points of interest such as restaurants, leisure facilities, gas stations and ATMs. "deCarta's Drill Down Server platform is a proven and powerful engine that showcases the rich capabilities of the NAVTEQ digital map database," said Winston Guillory, senior vice president, Consumer and Enterprise at NAVTEQ. "NAVTEQ is pleased to be working in concert with deCarta to meet the needs of such a well regarded and identifiable online presence as hotels.com." To learn more about hotels.com's extensive portfolio of lodging accommodations, visit hotels.com or call 1-800-2-HOTELS.
About Hotels.com Hotels.com® is a leading provider of lodging worldwide, offering reservation services through its own web sites (including hotels.com and others), its interactive affiliate network (https://www.IAN.com) and its toll-free call centers (1-800-2-HOTELS). Hotels.com gives travelers one of the widest selections of lodging accommodations from traditional hotels to vacation rentals at more than 70,000 properties worldwide. About deCarta deCarta is the leading geospatial software platform that powers today's most successful Location-Based Services (LBS) applications such as those deployed at Google Maps, Ask.com, Verizon and Sprint. The company's unique, patented technology is ideal for high volume LBS applications for use in Internet, mobile, personal navigation and enterprise applications where scalability, speed, and reliability are vital. Its "Drill Down Server" geospatial software platform, "Rich Map Engine" and Hosted Web Service are preferred by application developers and service providers who also want the flexibility to customize map styles, utilize unique routing capabilities and self-brand. deCarta customers and technology partners include AND, Appello, Ask.com, ATX, Google, hotels.com, Local Matters, Maps.com, Motorola, NAVTEQ, Networks In Motion, Pharos, Rand McNally, Tele Atlas, TeleNav, and Zillow. deCarta is privately held and headquartered in San Jose, California with international offices in the UK and China. For more information, please visit: http://www.decarta.com. deCarta, the deCarta logo and Drill Down Server are trademarks or registered trademarks of deCarta, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other product or company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. About NAVTEQ NAVTEQ is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems, mobile navigation devices, Internet-based mapping applications, and government and business solutions. NAVTEQ creates the digital maps and map content that power navigation and location-based services solutions around the world. The Chicago-based company was founded in 1985 and has approximately 2,800 employees located in 167 offices and in 28 countries. NAVTEQ is a trademark in the U.S. and other countries. All rights reserved. # # # hotels.com, the hotels.com logo and the Benny the Bellman logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries of hotels.com, LP, a subsidiary of hotels.com. Other logos or products and company names mentioned herein may be the property of their respective owners. For More Information: Maureen Carrig Robert Young For press related inquiries about deCarta please email pr@decarta.com. |
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