Finnair partners with Booking.com for online hotel reservations

(Warsaw 12.9.2012) Finnair and Booking.com have signed a one-year agreement for hotel and accommodation reservation services, effective as of September 6th.

The partnership enables Finnair customers who book their trips through the Finnair website to take advantage of improved hotel search features and access Booking.com’s offering of more than 240,000 properties in 173 countries, with 15 million reviews from real guests. Accommodation searches powered by Booking.com are seamlessly integrated into the Finnair online experience.

“Finding the perfect place to stay is a critical part of the customer’s journey,” says Anssi Komulainen, Finnair’s SVP Customer Service. “This new agreement with a world-class partner enables us to provide the best one-stop shop to our customers seeking the best possible airfare and hotel arrangements.”

Further information:

Finnair Media Desk tel. +358 9 818 4020, comms@finnair.com
Finnair Hotel Search: http://hotels.finnair.com
Photobank: http://gallery.finnair.com
Finnair blogs: http://blogs.finnair.com
Finnair on Facebook: www.facebook.com/finnair
Finnair on Twitter: www.twitter.com/finnair
Finnair Group website: www.finnairgroup.com
Feel Finnair: http://feel.finnair.com


About Finnair

Finnair is a boutique airline specialised in fast connections between Europe and Asia via Helsinki. The airline carries more than eight million passengers annually and connects 11 cities in Asia with more than 50 destinations in Europe. The airline, a pioneer in sustainable flying, operates a young, modern fleet and has the highest score of any publically disclosing airline in the worldwide Carbon Disclosure Project. The only Nordic carrier with a 4-star Skytrax ranking, Finnair has also won the World Airline Award for Best Airline Northern Europe for the past three years running. Finnair has been a member of the oneworld alliance since its founding in 1999.

About Booking.com

With over 15 years of experience and over 4,500 employees in over 70 offices worldwide, Booking.com is the world's leading online hotel and accommodation reservation company. Booking.com B.V., part of the Priceline Group (Nasdaq: PCLN), owns and operates Booking.com™, attracting over 30 million unique visitors each month via the Internet from both leisure and business markets around the globe. Established in 1996, Booking.com guarantees the best prices for any type of property, ranging from small independents to five-star luxury. The Booking.com website is available in 41 languages, offers over 240,000 hotels in 173 countries and includes over 15 million real reviews from real guests. Guests do not pay booking fees. Ever. The company has its own in-house 24/7 available customer service team to assist guests in the best possible way. Most recent information about the company is available on www.booking.com.