Compass Hospitality Partners with Tripadvisor to Participate in Instant Booking Feature

BANGKOK - Oct. 24, 2014 - PRLog -- Compass Hospitality (http://www.compasshospitality.com/), one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing hospitality management companies, today announced a partnership with TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, to integrate its inventory of hospitality properties into TripAdvisor instant booking. The feature, which is currently available on the TripAdvisor mobile app and mobile website for U.S.-based travelers, allows users to quickly and easily book a room through TripAdvisor booking partners without leaving the TripAdvisor site experience.

Once the integration is complete, TripAdvisor users will be able to tap a “Book Now” button on TripAdvisor to reserve a room at Compass Hospitality’s 46 hotels throughout Thailand and Malaysia. Compass Hospitality will handle all customer support inquiries through contact information that TripAdvisor provides its users.

“Our instant booking partnership with TripAdvisor will help travelers book more easily Compass Hospitality hotels, serviced apartments and resorts in exciting cities like Bangkok, Phuket, Samui, Pattaya , Kuala Lumpur & Johor Bahru,” said Tejinder Sidhu, VP Sales & Marketing, Compass Hospitality. “TripAdvisor is a gateway to millions of researching travelers and we expect that our partnership will help us increase bookings at our wide range of properties.”

“We’re pleased to partner with Compass Hospitality and expand the number of hotels in the Asia-Pacific region that travelers will be able to book through our instant booking feature,” said Robin Ingle, senior vice president, global sales, TripAdvisor. “Our partnership adds a diverse selection of property types ranging from hotels to serviced apartments to help travelers book a room that’s perfect for their trip.”

About Compass Hospitality

Compass Hospitality, one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing hospitality management companies, manages and operates a wide portfolio of 46hospitality properties across all market segments. Brand identities include Compass Hotels & Suites, Citrus Hotels, Citin Hotels and Ananda Spas. Compass’ portfolio of properties includes hotels, resorts, executive serviced apartments and spas located in Bangkok, Pattaya, Hua Hin, Phuket and Koh Samui in Thailand; and in Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru and Pulau Langkawi in Malaysia.

About TripAdvisor

TripAdvisor^® is the world's largest travel site*, enabling travelers to plan and have the perfect trip. TripAdvisor offers trusted advice from real travelers and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features with seamless links to booking tools. TripAdvisor branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, reaching nearly 280 million unique monthly visitors**, and more than 170 million reviews and opinions covering more than 4 million accommodations, restaurants and attractions. The sites operate in 45 countries worldwide, including China under daodao.com (http://www.daodao.com/). TripAdvisor also includes TripAdvisor for Business, a dedicated division that provides the tourism industry access to millions of monthly TripAdvisor visitors.