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Bookdirect Facebook App is now listed in the Facebook Applications Directory!

It is the top listed under Newest applications for Travel... probably because it is the newest...

Bookdirect has created a facebook app to search rates and availability and make bookings at over 75,000 hotels within facebook.  The app can be found at http://apps.facebook.com/bookdirect/

We have also created facebooks apps for individual hotels.

Check out:

Albert at Bay Suite Hotel, Ottawa - http://apps.facebook.com/albertatbay

Best Western Victoria Park Suites -  http://apps.facebook.com/victoriapark

If you are a hotelier and you are interesting in a turnkey booking engine app for your hotel in facebook - please send email to sales at (@) bookdirect.com

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Bookdirect has also created facebook widgets for an affiliate site - we have created a hotel search tool and a hotel listing tool for Ottawahotels.com.  

See http://apps.facebook.com/ottawahotels  and http://apps.facebook.com/ottawahotelslisting

Announcing bookdirect b2b

Bookdirect b2b - a business to business solution for travel agencies and major corporations to manage hotel contracts and hotel bookings.

Some of the features of bookdirect b2b include:

• Hosted solution tailored to a client's specific destinations and contracted properties

• Supports defining hotel contracts, and alternative properties

• Rapid booking functionality for individuals and groups with virtually an unlimited number of guests booked at once with support for unique credit card per hotel guest or utilizing a single corporate credit card for all guests.

• Real-time access to contracted rates, corporate rates, net rates, and BAR (Best Available Rates)

• Real-time comparison of BAR rates to contracted rates and ability to book lower rates if available

• Real-time GDS Contract Rate Auditing

• Real-time Online Reservations Reporting

• Automated reporting via email

• Compliance enforcement to enforce the booking of contracted properties and contracted rates

• Compliance tracking supports Sarbanes Oxley adherence

• Supports the creation and management of block room space (advance room blocks).

• Supports live bookings via the GDS as well as direct to hotel via fax or email

• For non-GDS bookings, hotels can directly update confirmation numbers in system

• Protects against duplicate bookings and no-shows

• Can interface with client's internal systems via webservice

• State-of-the-art online support system

• Highly Secure