20 January 2010 – Sprice.com, one of the world’s leading travel search engine, today announced a partnership with Hotels.com®, the global hotel specialist, which will offer travelers a choice of over 110,000 hotels worldwide on Sprice.com.

An online survey of over 5,500 travelers from eleven countries globally that was administered in August 2008 and jointly published by Visa International and the Pacific Asia Travel Association  indicated that Asia Pacific continues to be the region of choice for leisure travelers with 64 percent of respondents stating that they have travelled to or within the region. Looking ahead for the next two years, Asia Pacific is expected to maintain its lead with 60 percent of respondents saying they plan to travel to the region. The research also found that three-quarters of all travelers prefer to plan their travel online, starting first with broad-based planning before zooming in on specific destinations for more focused research.

Said Johan Svanstrom, Managing Director Hotels.com Asia Pacific, “Asia’s popularity as a travel destination, and the growing number of Asian travelers, presents to us immense opportunities. Our partnership with Sprice.com will help us to leverage these opportunities and reach out to a wider segment of travelers, presenting them with accommodation options that meet a wide variety of preference and budget.”

Said Vikas Gulati, Vice President for Asia Pacific, Sprice.com, “As a leading real-time travel search portal, Sprice.com is excited by our partnership with Hotels.com. At Sprice.com, we aim to offer to travelers the range of choice at the lowest possible rates, and this partnership with Hotels.com will enable us to do just that.”

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About Sprice.com
Sprice.com (http://www.sprice.com), the leading real-time travel search engine in the world, is a product of Sprice Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-registered company. As the pioneer of real-time and deep-search technologies, Sprice operates in Europe through its office in France, while the head office in Singapore serves the markets in Asia Pacific.

About Hotels.com
As part of the Expedia group which operates in all major markets, Hotels.com, the global hotel specialist, offers more than 110,000 quality hotels, B&Bs and serviced apartments worldwide. If a customer can find the same deal for less on a prepaid hotel, Hotels.com will match it. Hotels.com benefits from one of the largest hotel contracting teams in the industry negotiating the best rates for its customers, plus there are 1.5m reviews from users who have actually stayed in the hotels to ensure customers make an informed choice when booking. Travellers can book online or by contacting one of the multilingual call centres on 0871 200 0171. The company currently operates 73 Hotels.com sites around the world including 13 sites in 8 languages across Asia Pacific alone.

Hotels.com and the Hotels.com logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Hotels.com, LP, a subsidiary of Hotels.com, in the US and/or other countries. Other logos or product and company names mentioned herein may be the property of their respective owners

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For more information, please contact:
Jolin Tan / Jacinta Paul
Tel: +65 6534 7250
Email: spricesg@lewispr.com