Easier corporate rates online

Companies in China will find it easier and cheaper to book hotel rooms with the launch of a Germany-based hotel portal for the Chinese market. Online bookings can be processed through computers and mobile phones.

This reservation service offers more than 250,000 hotels in 180 countries for corporate customers and allows them to add their own partner hotels, according to Tobias Ragge, CEO of Hotel Reservation Service headquartered in Cologne, but with a Beijing office opened on July 2.

The program makes reservations easier, and is a time-saver, he added. It also offers companies additional services such as analytical statistics about how frequently their partner hotels are used or what their top destinations are, data that can help companies optimize travel budgets.