TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 24, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wix.com Ltd. (Nasdaq:WIX), the leading global web development platform, today announced a partnership through which WixHotels' users around the world can participate in instant booking on TripAdvisor. WixHotels is expanding its existing partnership with TripAdvisor to power instant booking for hotel clients, making it possible for properties to acquire bookings directly on TripAdvisor.
WixHotels provides independent hotel owners with a professional web presence and a complete online booking engine and reservation management system. The extended partnership with TripAdvisor allows travelers to easily make a reservation directly with WixHotels users without leaving the TripAdvisor website. This is a powerful channel for WixHotels website owners to grow their business by acquiring more direct bookings from the world's largest travel site.
"WixHotels provides property owners the easiest way to establish a web presence and take and manage reservations online," said Adi Zellner, Head of WixHotels. "Now that we are certified to power instant booking on TripAdvisor, we are able to provide our users access to a massive distribution channel, thereby increasing their visibility and making it even easier for guests to book rooms online."
Designed to enable hotel owners to turn their Wix websites into a complete hub for all aspects of their hospitality business, WixHotels offers a complete booking engine that is fully integrated into a Wix website for hotels, B&Bs and vacation rentals. It makes it simple to build and maintain the room inventory complete with pricing, booking, reservation and payment management capabilities.
About Wix.com Ltd.
Wix.com is a leading cloud-based web development platform with over 73 million registered users worldwide. Wix was founded on the belief that the Internet should be accessible to everyone to develop, create and contribute. Through free and premium subscriptions, Wix empowers millions of businesses, organizations, professionals and individuals to take their businesses, brands and workflow online. The Wix Editor and highly curated App Market enable users to build and manage a fully integrated and dynamic digital presence. Wix's headquarters are in Tel Aviv with offices in San Francisco, New York, Miami, Vilnius and Dnepropetrovsk.
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