octopustravel.com is an innovative on-line hotel reservation
company with offices in London, Hong Kong and Los Angeles,
offering 15,000 discounted hotels in 112 countries
worldwide.
octopustravel is independently owned and has developed the
www.octopustravel.com web site in association with an
established tour operator with more than 25 years in the
business. This experience has enabled us to provide a web
site with one of the widest selections of hotels on the web.
With thousands of bookings handled on a weekly basis, our
massive purchasing power allows us to pass on significant
savings to our customers.
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Unprecedented attention is
given to the customer's selection and purchasing process
online. The result is that all our customers experience a
simple and quick booking process whilst receiving detailed
information to allow informed choices to be made.
Furthermore, the web site is able to confirm availability of
the customers' selected hotel immediately.
We cater for every budget, from 1 star to 5 star. Our web
site offers popular international chains, small boutique
hotels, French chateaux and English manor houses to name a
few. We individually negotiate with each hotel we sell, to
ensure octopustravel customers receive great rates and there
are no hidden extras: all our rates include taxes and
service charges and in most European hotels we even include
breakfast!
To assist our customers' selection of the hotel best suited
to their needs we provide a full list of amenities and an
independent report for each hotel. These are written by
travel professionals who have personally visited the hotels
and they provide an honest and up-to-date appraisal of each
property. For most properties we also provide hotel location
maps plus interior and exterior photos to avoid any
surprises.
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Advanced security
technology has been built into our web site to ensure
optimum security for credit card transactions. The credit
card information and personal details of every customer are
protected throughout their dealings with us. Our Digital
Certificate from Verisign is proof that our site has passed
stringent security tests and that all our credit card
transactions use Secure Socket Layers (SSL) encryption. Our
customers can be assured that the information they send to
octopustravel cannot be intercepted or decrypted by anyone
else.
octopustravel is a full member of HATA and TIC providing
customers with that final and complete peace of mind and
assurance that they are dealing with a truly reputable
travel company.
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We pride ourselves on
offering a service that surpasses our customers'
expectations. Our Customer Care Centre supports our web site
with staff on hand to answer questions by telephone and
email, thus providing the human interface that even the most
confident of web-shoppers appreciate. We have been in the
business long enough to know that not all travel plans run
smoothly, which is why our help is only a phone call away.
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| Travel is the largest and
fastest growing business on the internet and octopustravel
will continue to develop and build its brand and business on
a global scale. August 2001 saw the launch of our second
generation of web sites that will enable the subsequent
introduction of additional travel services such as airport
transfers and sightseeing tours. We will continue to work
closely with an increasing number of new partners whilst
rapidly expanding the number of affiliates who link to our
sites. The excellent reputation that we have already
established in Europe will be spread to new markets
worldwide. |