I-Expedia, Inc. namuhla imemezele ukuthi isisayine isivumelwano sesikhathi eside, esinamasu sokuhlinzeka emhlabeni jikelele ne-Barcelo Hotels & Resorts, inkampani ekhula ngokushesha phakathi kwamaketanga amahhotela aphezulu angama-28 eYurophu. Isivumelwano sihlinzeka ngokuthi zonke izakhiwo ze-Barcelo zizotholakala ukuze zibhukhe ku-Expedia(R)- kanye nezindawo ezinophawu lwe-hotels.com(R) emhlabeni wonke. Lesi sivumelwano siphawula eyokuqala ye-Barcelo ne-Expedia futhi izosekela ukukhula okuphawulekayo kweqembu lamahhotela, okuhlanganisa nokwanda kwalo kwakamuva emazweni afana neJalimane, i-United Kingdom, ne-Mexico, phakathi kwamanye.
"Sibambisene ne-Expedia ngesikhathi lapho i-Barcelo igxile ekukhuliseni ibhizinisi lethu, ukuvula ezindaweni ezintsha futhi iqondise abahambi emhlabeni wonke," kusho uSarah Despradel, uMqondisi Wokusabalalisa kanye Nemali Engenayo yeBarcelo. "Izinyathelo zomhlaba jikelele ze-Expedia kanye nobuchwepheshe bokumaketha ku-inthanethi businika ikhono lokufinyelela izimakethe ezintsha futhi sihlangabezane nemigomo yethu yokukhula."
U-Alex Gisbert, Umqondisi Wesifunda We-International Strategic Accounts for Expedia uthe, “Sijabule kakhulu ukusebenza neqembu lamahhotela elihlonishwayo nelandayo njenge-Barcelo ukuze sisebenzise amasu amasha okuthengisa nokusabalalisa ku-inthanethi ahlangabezana nezinjongo zalo zebhizinisi. I-Expedia ne-Barcelo bazosebenzisana eduze ukuze basize i-Barcelo ibonise izakhiwo zayo zamahhotela kubavakashi emhlabeni wonke.”
Ngaphansi kwesivumelwano, iBarcelo izofinyelela abahambi kulo lonke elaseYurophu, e-Asia naseNyakatho Melika. Ngokulandelayo, abahambi bangabhukha indawo yokuhlala kuzo zonke izigaba zamahhotela e-Barcelo Group kumawebhusayithi e-Expedia nama-hotels.com-branded emhlabeni wonke.
I-Barcelo inamahhotela nezindawo zokungcebeleka ezingu-167 emazweni angu-15, azoxhuma endaweni yemakethe yezokuvakasha yomhlaba wonke ye-Expedia esebenzisa i-Expedia QuickConnect(TM), ebhekelela izidingo zamaketango amahhotela azimele kanye namancane ukuya kwamaphakathi ngokuvumela ukushintshana kwamazinga, ukutholakala kanye imininingwane yokubhuka ngoxhumano oluqondile ne-Expedia.
