LAS VEGAS, Sept. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- Roomlia, the next-generation mobile hotel booking
app created by former Expedia executives Michael Reichartz and Jim Ferguson which launched to critical praise
on iOS in August, is now available for download on Android.
With this announcement the roomlia app is now available to 94% of
US smartphone users.
Designed by hospitality and digital experts who are both
passionate about travel and knowledgeable about the hotel industry,
roomlia launches on Android with multiple market first features
designed to make the hotel booking experience simple. Roomlia is
poised to become the premier mobile solution for hotel reservations
and change the way we shop for and book hotels.
In addition to launching on Android, roomlia is also announcing
availability in new markets including: New Orleans, Seattle, Silicon Valley and Reno-Lake
Tahoe.
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 and specifically optimized
for mobile. Co-founders Michael
Reichartz and Jim Ferguson
were early digital booking innovators at Expedia (EXPE) 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 stay at the top
hotels 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.
Roomlia launched in the U.S. and is expanding to other markets
at a quick clip. The app is currently available in major U.S.
Markets including: New York,
Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando, Chicago, and San
Francisco. In addition to the new cities announced today,
expansion to Boston, Washington, D.C, Phoenix and Scottsdale are planned for the coming
weeks.
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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