LAS VEGAS, Aug. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- Roomlia, the next-generation mobile hotel booking
app designed for savvy, smart travelers, is now available for
download on iOS.
Designed by hospitality and digital experts who are both
passionate about travelers and knowledgeable about the ins and outs
of the hotel industry, roomlia launches with multiple market first
features designed to make the hotel booking experience simple, fast
and effortless – roomlia frees travelers of restrictive
last-minute, day-of booking by allowing reservations at the most
competitive rates to be made up to seven days from arrival. Roomlia
is poised to become the premier mobile solution for hotel
reservations, and change the way we shop for, and book hotels on
the go.
Available for download, roomlia offers:
- Availability of rooms up to seven days from arrival
- Rates exclusive to roomlia users
- 24/7 Customer Service 1.800.374.1226
- Swipe to book: a one-swipe, one-tap process creating the
fastest booking experience in travel
- Option to search for roomlia deals near users via map
feature
- Rapidly growing hotel inventory giving users new options
daily
Roomlia's user experience is designed for, and specifically
optimized for mobile. The app saves consumers time and unnecessary
stress with the fastest booking process in the industry
– one swipe to book, one tap to confirm. Roomlia also
adds the convenience of location specific search, allowing users
the option to browse and book hotels via a map of each city, which
showcases both the hotels in the area, and the booking price.
Co-founders Michael Reichartz and
Jim Ferguson were early digital
booking innovators at Expedia and were responsible for building one
of the most successful sales teams in the travel industry – growing
Expedia's hotel revenues more than 4000%. Together they have
designed roomlia to offer an unprecedented mobile experience by
directly collaborating with hospitality partners, giving users the
ability to experience some of the top hotels in the top markets at
the best available rates.
"Our goal is to deliver the best mobile hotel booking experience
for travelers and the easiest reservations channel for hotel
revenue managers, and we believe we have achieved this with
roomlia," says co-founder Michael
Reichartz.
Launching in the U.S. and expanding to other markets at a quick
clip, roomlia currently features a roster of leading destinations –
including New York, Los Angeles, Las
Vegas, Honolulu,
Miami, Orlando, and the Florida Keys – with acclaimed
hospitality brands. Expansion plans over the next few weeks include
Atlantic City, New Orleans, Seattle, Boston, and Washington, D.C.
Release on Android is planned for September.
About roomlia | Roomlia is a streamlined, design-driven
mobile app for instant hotel booking founded in 2013 by
Michael Reichartz and Jim Ferguson, formerly of Expedia. roomlia is
the first app of its kind to launch with connectivity, ensuring a
seamless experience for both travelers and hospitality partners.
Roomlia is currently available in leading U.S. destinations
including New York, Los Angeles, Las
Vegas, Miami and
Orlando, with new hotels and
cities added daily. www.roomlia.com
About Remark Media | Remark Media, Inc. (NASDAQ:MARK) is
a global media company that owns and operates a portfolio of assets
focused on the 18-to-34-year-old demographic (otherwise known as
"The Millennials" or "Gen Y") across a variety of lifestyle
verticals. These include fashion, sports, travel, entertainment,
health and wellness, personal finance, and informational
know-how.
Remark Media's assets presently include: (i) Bikini.com, an
aspirational lifestyle and e-commerce destination for the beach
globetrotter; (ii) Roomlia, a mobile hotel-booking app that
provides a superior user travel experience while balancing the
needs of hotel owners; (iii) HowStuffWorks China and Brazil, locally known as BoWenWang and
Comotudofunciona, respectively; (iv) PPTV Boxing, the first-ever
digital boxing channel in China
launched in partnership with PPTV, China's largest leading online TV service; and
(v) Banks.com, U.S. Tax Center at www.irs.com, FileLater.com,
and TaxExtension.com, a suite of digital sites focused on personal
finance. Additionally, Remark Media is a founding partner and
equity owner of Sharecare, Inc. Created by Jeff Arnold, founder of WebMD, and Dr.
Mehmet Oz, in partnership with Harpo
Productions, Sony Pictures Television, and Discovery
Communications, Sharecare is a highly searchable social healthcare
platform organizing and answering the questions of health. The
company is headquartered in Las
Vegas with operations in Beijing and São Paulo. Remark Media is listed
on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker MARK.
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