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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Leeza Morris
International Bed and Breakfast Pages
P.O. Box 50594
Denton, TX 76206 USA
tel: 1-940 239 7570
e-mail: info@ibbp.com
Bed and Breakfast Guide Adds Instant Reservations to Website
DENTON, TX - Now using the internet to find and reserve that quaint B&B
for your weekend getaway is even easier. International Bed and Breakfast
Pages (IBBP.com) announces online reservations capabilities directly from
their website.
IBBP contracts with Inntopia.com and Webervations, real-time online reservations
systems, to provide electronic booking forms. Each inn listing on the IBBP
website has the option to subscribe to either service.
According to founder Yvonne Tornatta, "the reservations feature makes us a
comprehensive inn-finding and booking service. It helps both innkeepers and
travelers to streamline." Tornatta hopes to have the majority of IBBP
listings on a reservations system within the next 18 months.
Originally conceived as a starting point for travelers seeking to compare
accommodations before making travel plans, IBBP provides information on bed
and breakfasts, inns, homesteads, farmsteads, cottages and villas located
throughout the world. Formerly, once you found accommodations on the IBBP
site, you called the inn to check availability and make reservations. Now,
for those inns subscribing to the online booking service, a "make
reservations now" icon leads to an electronic booking form. You can instantly
check availability and confirm your stay.
Traditionalists who'd rather reserve a room by phone will find the service
useful too. "People who stay in B&Bs often like to contact the inn directly
and ask questions," Tornatta says. "Even if travelers choose to book by
phone, this system lets them know the inn has availability before they call."
Based in Vancouver, Washington, 5-year-old IBBP currently lists 1500 inns
from 40 countries, adding 50-100 listings per month. The site appears in
"Internet Cool Guide: A Savvy Guide to the Best Destinations on the Web" (c.
1999, te Neues publishing). It was featured in the February 2000 London Times
Sunday Travel section's "Essential On-Line Travel Sites." For more
information, visit ibbp.com.
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