Streamlined Android Application From HotelSweep Brings Usability and Quality to Mobile Hotel Search

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, February 23, 2012 (Press-News.org) In times of ever increasing competition in the online hotel search industry, HotelSweep is planning to make an impression by using powerful information extraction technology to deliver a better user experience with greater speed, accuracy, search depth and diversity.

Hotelsweep.com is a pricing website featuring a very high quantity of minor hotels, guesthouses and B&Bs which are commonly overlooked by well-known hotel search services dominated by the major traditional hotel brands.

"The user experience is everything and even though HotelSweep features the bigger hotel groups our company offers a far more varied search so that users are more likely to obtain a cheaper, better value room, simply via a greater variety of results," explained Chris Doman, co-developer of HotelSweep.

HotelSweep likewise hopes to make life simpler for Android users on the move and searching for a cheap, high quality value room in a Hotel, Guesthouse or B&B. It has just launched an Android application which aims to streamline and boost Mobile Hotel Search using its sophisticated data store and rapid loading speed. Just the most relevant information is included - the Google android user still gets every piece of information they require, but their smartphone is not inundated with a plethora of superfluous options. Simple, well executed hotel search with the backup of a remarkable database of prices and rooms is what the HotelSweep mobile app for Google android is centered on.

A large proportion of smaller accommodations save their best costs for their own websites and are unpublished on the major sites like Expedia. However some of these establishments, especially independent B&Bs, simply don't know how to boost their online presence or don't wish to pay out listing fees. HotelSweep goes direct to the establishment's website, extracts the relevant information and informs the owner who has the chance to adjust the data themselves.

"HotelSweep is a win-win package for users who desire a broad choice and the very best prices and for independent hotel, guesthouse and B&B owners who receive increased online presence absolutely free - just what the hotel industry needs going into 2012," explains Richard Lewis, co-founder of HotelSweep.

The hotel search market has always been competitive but new start-ups are appearing more rapidly than in the past. New entrants to the market include Room77 and Mobissimo, each with its own take on hotel search. Well-known incumbents like Marriott & Hilton have also joined forces to build the new booking engine RoomKey.com in a second attempt at reaching tourists directly. And in July last year, Google unveiled Hotel Finder which is growing into a serious competitor in the hotel search engine market.

"Newcomers & incumbents alike need to get creative and differentiate themselves to guarantee a likelihood of gaining and holding market share," said Chris Doman. "A combination of a fast, simple interface with the innovative hotel 'deep search' capability which promotes small hotels, guesthouses and B&Bs is what makes HotelSweep special in the market. We hope that the results will speak for themselves."

Find out more at http://www.hotelsweep.com