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Asia Web Direct - not just a pretty new face
New-look AsiaWebDirect.com does more than just link 100+ destination sites
Bangkok - 22 May 2009: Travellers planning their next trip to Asia can easily find everything they need to research and book on one website with Asia Web Direct's new-look home page www.AsiaWebDirect.com.
Asia Web Direct CEO, Jirapa (Sii) Eawsakul said, "Asia Web Direct began with Phuket.com in 1995 and Bangkok.com in 2003, and although our 100+ other destination guides for Asia enjoy great search engine rankings their addresses are not as easy to remember. Our new structure links all of our sites from one easy-to-remember place - AsiaWebDirect.com.
"Our strengths are in providing quality destination guides, secure hotel and tour booking facilities and excellent search engines rankings. We therefore focused on allowing our customers to easily find what they need within our network of sites from one central place." she added.
New features on Asia Web Direct include:
- Quick navigation allowing users to go from anywhere in the site to another country or city, or directly to a different destination guide in one step.
- Intelligent recommendations of hotels and destinations based on what other people from the same location have booked.
- Shortlist feature for users to keep track of hotels in which they are interested.
- Advanced search tailored per destination i.e. hotels near a sky train stop in Bangkok. And
- Geo-targeted banners allowing Asia Web Direct to target promotions to travelers from specific regions.
AsiaWebDirect.com had more than just a make over; it now also offers more destination guides and deals for hotels and tours all over Asia.
"We have always provided comprehensive information and a broad range of hotels and tours to book for Thailand and Malaysia. Through relationships from our merger with Wotif Group and a huge effort by our writers and hotel teams, we have updated and created more destination guides and increased the number of hotel and tour deals available for destinations all over Asia."
"I don't imagine this is the final version of our site. There will be constant upgrades as technology improves and our customers demand more services, however this upgrade brings together all the information on the Asia Web Direct network and has provided us with a great new shop front," said Sii.
AsiaWebDirect.com is already enjoying high volumes of site traffic and the consistent navigation system throughout the sites has increased browsing between sites and benefitted the lesser-known destinations in the network.
About Asia Web Direct
Asia Web Direct has everything you need to research and book your next trip to Asia. With great rates for a broad range of properties, instant confirmation of bookings, real customer feedback, maps, photos and comprehensive destination information, booking with Asia Web Direct saves you time and money.
LateStays.com is the popular last-minute booking site for Asia Web Direct and sells accommodation online for the next 28 Days. With great last minute rates and instant confirmation of deals it's no wonder it is fast growing in popularity throughout Asia and around the world.
Our Asian offices are in Bangkok, Phuket, Krabi, Koh Samui, Singapore and Malaysia and we have staff based in Beijing, Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta to support or rapidly expanding presence in Asia.
Asia Web Direct is part of the Wotif Group with head office in Brisbane, Australia and offices in Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Wotif Group is a public company, which listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in June 2006.
For further information please contact
Kirsty Harrison
PR and Marketing Director - Asia
T: +66 (0) 2 651 9501- 514
M: +66 (0) 84 421 2206 |