Hotels.com Reveals Casablanca as the Hottest Destination for Irish Travellers in June

DUBLIN, September 27, 2010 - Hotels.com has revealed in its latest poll of the fastest rising
destinations that Casablanca has come out top of the new league table for
Irish travellers.

The Hotels.com 'hot list' has revealed a 496% increase in searches for
the Moroccan city on the Irish Hotels.com site in June 2010 compared with
June 2009. The monthly league table shows the destinations which are
experiencing the biggest growth in searches compared to the same period the
year before.

New Delhi was a surprise second on June's list with searches increasing
for the Indian capital by 477% while the town of Locarno, Italy came third
with a 443% increase.

Irish holiday destination favourite Playa De Las Americas in Tenerife
came in at number nine on the table, while the ever popular Fuerteventura in
the Canary Islands ranked 16th.

Surprise entries in the top 20 included Beirut at number 13 with a 365%
uplift in searches for the Lebanon capital compared with June of last year.
The town of Canterbury in the UK also experienced a surge in popularity
ranking 17th overall. Astonishingly there were no US destinations in the top
20 list, although hotels in New York City (
www.hotels.com/de1098/hotels-near-greenwich-village-new-york-united-states/)
have always been a perennial favourite with Irish travellers.

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Alison Couper, Communications Director at Hotels.com, said: "There were
some real surprises in the top 20 list in June with Casablanca coming out on
top. The figures indicate that North Africa is becoming increasingly popular
with Irish travellers wanting to holiday outside the Eurozone, with both
Marrakech and Alexandria in Egypt making the list."

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Hotels.com offers more than 120,000 quality hotels, B&Bs and serviced
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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 1.8 million reviews from users who have actually stayed in the
hotels to ensure customers make an informed choice when booking. Hotels.com
won the Gold Award for best hotel booking site in Webuser magazine in
February 2009.

The company currently operates more than 70 Hotels.com sites around the
world including 31 sites in 24 languages across EMEA.

The European sites launched in the UK in 2001 and now attract several
million unique users every month. Thousands of people book bed nights through
Hotels.com every day.

    For further information or spokespeople please call:

    Angie Grant
    Pembroke Communications
    16 Sir John Rogerson's Quay
    Dublin 2
    Ireland
    +353(0)1-649-6345

For further information or spokespeople please call: Angie Grant, Pembroke Communications, 16 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland, +353(0)1-649-6345