Webjet, eBay Team Up for Hotel Bookings

Webjet said the partnership brought together Webjet’s access to over 50,000 hotels with eBay’s customer databases –which totals over five million members in Australia.

“Unlike many other forms of distribution, eBay has a unique and very special community of members of enormous size and marketing strength in the Australian region,” Webjet managing director David Clarke said. “It is the largest single step that Webjet could make in terms of extending its market footprint into the sale of hotels.”

He said further guidance in terms of the likely profit contribution to Webjet’s bottom line would be made at the time of its annual result filing in August 2008. eBay vice-president Simon Smith said the website’s members have told the company that they love the idea of being able to find broader travel offerings on eBay.

“We’re excited to be able to expand the kinds of goods and services we can offer them by joining forces with Webjet,” Mr. Smith said.