Frequently
Asked Questions
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In What way does AsiaHotelCentral.com differ
from other hotel and travel sites?
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AsiaHotelCentral.com works both
with hotels directly and with Online Reservation & Booking
suppliers of hotel accommodations. These Reservation suppliers frequently offer
different prices, may or may not have rooms on a specific date or
offer different levels of service.
AsiaHotelCentral.com allows you to make
comparisons between the different offerings for the property that
you are interested in and make a booking with the Reservation
Supplier that best
meets your needs.
Reservation suppliers are
dependent on direct relationships with hotels for discounts or
they provide rooms at the standard hotel rates which are more
expensive. No single Reservation supplier is able to provide the
complete coverage of all Hotels. By combining the inventories of many
suppliers, AsiaHotelCentral.com
makes it possible for you to find a place to stay wherever you may
be going.
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| Who
are the Online Reservation Platforms you currently use?
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This moment we use 8 different Online Reservation Suppliers for compiling
the data. They all have extensive coverage
of Asia Hotels.
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Precision Reservations
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Reservations 24
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Bookings
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Accomline
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Travelnow
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Expedia
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Lodgings
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StayXS
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| About
AsiaHotelCentral.com
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AsiaHotelCentral.com is operated and owned by Banner Media Ltd. an Application and
Service Provider for the hospitality industry. It was established to
provide tourists and business travellers with one stop comparative
shopping for Asia Hotels, hotels ranging from budget accommodations to 5 star
properties. All on the Internet, all in one place. It is the first
muti-vendor
comparison shopping engine for Hotel Reservations on the Internet.
At launch on July 1st 2002, AsiaHotelCentral.com database has over 2000 links
for Asia based Hotels.
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Week & Weekend Rates; Low Season and High Season
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In Asia almost all Hotels use different rates during the whole year, mostly the
rates differ by Season.
In General:
01-April-31 October is LOW season and prices are of 40-50%.
01-November-31March is high season.
Although, some hotels do have 1 flat rate,
where other hotels display 3 even 4 different rates during a year.
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| Are
these Rates really the best on the NET..?
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Rates shown on
this site are almost always cheaper than booking via your local travel
agent in the supermarket, or "Walk In"
rates. Moreover we aimed to collect data from as most as possible 11 and
different sources.
Mostly you need a credit card to
deposit some money but at certain Hotels you can make reservation without
any payments beforehand, they will rely on your Airplane ticket
description.
Generally a FULL
prepayment gives the best Rate!!
The
information below was correct the date we publicized, but actual rates may differ
around 10%.
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| Check-in
Time & Check out Time
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| Check-in time is normally around
3 P.M. and check-out time
is 12.00 noon. Extensions up to 6.00 pm are subject to a surcharge of 50%
off published rates. Full rates will be charged after 6.00 pm. Any of this
extra stay will be paid mostly directly to the hotel instead of via online
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| Compulsory
Gala Dinners
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A Compulsory Gala Dinner for all room types is mostly applied for
the nights of Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and local holiday festivals. If
the Validity Dates are ( Dec 24 2002 to Dec 24 2002 ) or ( Dec 31 2002 to
Dec 31 2002 ), the rate mostly includes the room rate plus compulsory
Gala Dinner for 2 persons (adult). For Children (under 12 years) the rate
for the compulsory Gala Dinner will be approximately half the adult rate.
Ask your Hotel about it!.
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| Room
Types: Single / Twin (Double) / Tripple
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| Single stands for a King Size Single Bed. Bed is suitable
for 1 persons. |
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Double stands for 1 Large King Size bed. Each bed is suitable for
2 persons.
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Twin stands for 2 Large Single beds. Each bed is suitable for 1
person.
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| Child
Policy :
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Commonly
used policy.
No charge for extra bed for child under 12 years sharing the same room
with parent(s).
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| About
online Global Distribution Systems (GDS):
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Worldwide
there are a couple of Global distribution systems who represent hotels for
online handling of reservations.
To name some: Amadeus /
Worldspan / Sabre / Apollo-Galileo / Utell / Pegagus.
Locally, Travel Agents and
Online Reservation & Booking Suppliers use the services of these
distribution systems to tailor needs of all travelers.
Now AsiaHotelCentral.com
did search and collect data of 11 large Online Reservation & Booking
Suppliers who all have a large base of Asia Hotels.
Our aim is to provide
visitors to ASIA with LOW hotel rates!
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| How
To Reserve a Hotel online:
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Quick steps on Hotel reservations online
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