Holiday homes go interactive at holidaylettings.co.uk

Holiday homes go interactive at holidaylettings.co.uk

Tue 20 November 2007

Interactive Maps
All holiday home adverts now have the facility to include interactive maps, powered by Microsoft® Virtual Earth™. The maps inform holidaymakers of the precise location of the property before making an enquiry; enabling them to gauge the real distance to and from various local amenities and attractions.

Social Networking
Homeowners who use social networking site Facebook can now promote their holiday home rental prospect from their profile page with a link back to the full advert on holidaylettings.co.uk.

Holidaymakers who want to blog their trip whilst away or to accompany holiday photos on their return can now add links to their Facebook profile page or notes section showing the holidaylettings.co.uk properties in which they stayed.

“We are keen to ensure that holidaylettings.co.uk is the brand recognised for bringing the most traffic to its adverts and providing the best features for its advertisers,” comments Ross Elder, Managing Director of holidaylettings.co.uk.

Go AWOL
Go AWOL the virtual holiday application built for Facebook by holidaylettings.co.uk attracted over 500 virtual holiday-takers in its first week! Get away from the grey rainy days with a virtual holiday all of your own: http://apps.facebook.com/go_awol/

About Holiday Lettings:

Holidaylettings.co.uk was established in 1999 by Ross Elder and Andy Firth. Part of the TripAdvisor Media group since June 2010, the business continues to thrive as an independent brand from its offices in Oxford. Jonathan Dees has been managing director since March 2011.

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