The service is expected to be available by the first month of 2015 and will show only a select number of hotels near New York, Los Angeles and Seattle to start with.
Reports said service properties will list their room
types, availability, pricing information, and photos into an Amazon extranet
and would pay a standard 15% commission to Amazon for the prepaid bookings.
Amazon would be using TripAdvisor ratings to
identify the properties that will participate. There will also be information
about the destination and things to do on the site.
It is being said that the initiative will help
independent hotels and resorts who don’t have the marketing power of big hotels
chains or online travel agencies at their disposal list themselves and make use
of the wide reach and popularity of Amazon.
This will allow the e-commerce company to offer an
independent marketplace for hotels.
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