Be wary of Nigerian Hotels that do not have web presence

Dec. 3, 2010 - PRLog -- Many years ago, searching for hotel information in Lagos is almost as difficult as climbing the legendary Olumo rock in Abeokuta. It was like most Nigerian hotels had something against the internet and would never contemplate having a website. What for? Lagos bound travellers then depended on the limited information they could glean from their friends, family members, etc.

There are over 43million internet users in Nigeria as at June2010 representing almost 29% of Nigerian total population according to a recent ITU statistics (source: http://www.internetworldstats.com/africa.htm#ng). Online advertisments targeting Nigerians either home or abroad are more effective and cheaper compared to traditional TV, radio and newspaper adverts in Nigeria. So you stop and ask yourself why a 21st century hotel would not want to have a web presence? Some Nigerian Hotels are beginning to realise the potential of using the internet to boost sales.

A number of these hotels now have their own websites, but they deliberately provided very limited information about their facilities, and in some cases completely remove their hotel prices from their websites! Potential guests are expected to call the hotels first to get this information.
But hey, lets face it, forcing potential guests to call Lagos hotels first just to get their prices is punishment especially if these are people living abroad like Europe or America. This is because they are already incurring international phone cost even before booking the hotel all in the name of calling first to get hotel details. How much would they need to spend on international phone calls trying to call several hotels just to compare prices?

Moreover, hotels that hide their prices may be hiding more than just prices; perhaps they are hiding more serious details like hidden charges, lack of adequate security for their guests, etc. Some unsuspecting guests may have been committed to them -or shall we say enter into their traps before discovering what this hidden information is,.
Therefore, if you are searching for a good hotel to stay in Lagos, be wary of hotels that do not publish their nightly rates on their websites. Some people argued that not publishing the hotel rate means the hotels do not give ammunitions to their competitors. This is unadulterated nonsense. What stops a competitor from making a probing call pretending to be a guest?
 
http://www.LagosLocation.com is Nigerian's most innovative hotel price comparison website bringing hundreds of hotels in Lagos and their respective prices into one single portal to give Lagos bound travellers the benefit of price comparison. strategic advantage.

Users can book and make hotel room reservation directly from LagosLocation.com and get confirmation notices directly from the hotel itself. Each hotel listing on LagosLocation.com has hotel pictures, facilities, hotel prices, and interactive location map to improve user experience.

Hotels that are listed on LagosLocation.com have nothing to hide, majority of them do feel that publishing their prices on LagosLocation.com gives then some strategic advantage in a highly competitive market. Hotels can be searched on LagosLocation.com using Lagos suburbs or hotel prices. LagosLocation.com guarantees that you will find the lowest hotel rates in an efficient and consistence manner using this online hotel price comparison search engine

This offering ranges from budget to luxury five star hotels with regular savings off the normal room rate for a variety of independent and branded hotels in Lagos.
Remember this is the 21st century -the century of Intrernet, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Twitter, cloud computing, etc. If you are searching for a good hotel to stay in Lagos either for business or pleasure, be wary of hotels that do not publish their nightly rates on their websites, they could be hiding more serious details, and most importantly, run from hotels that do not have web presence!

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