Ryanair News

News Release

15.02.13

RyanairHotels.com Attracts Record Monthly Visitors

5.5M USERS VISIT EUROPE’S BIGGEST ONLINE ACCOMODATION SITE IN JANUARY

Ryanair, Europe’s only ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC), today (15 Feb) announced record monthly traffic on its RyanairHotels.com website, the ultimate hotel price comparison site, with more than 5.5m unique visitors in January 2013, a rise of 300% on the previous month, coinciding with a ‘January rush’ in flight bookings.

RyanairHotels.com is the biggest online accommodation website in Europe (by number of hotels listed) offering passengers a choice of over 450,000 hotels worldwide, at the guaranteed lowest hotel prices as well as additional benefits including:

· Flexibility to book & cancel free of charge (depending on room choice)

· Comparisons between hundreds of travel sites to guarantee the lowest rates

· Over 17 million real guest reviews

Developed by Ryanair to search and deliver honest and verified guest reviews and the lowest bedroom prices, RyanairHotels.com has grown rapidly since its launch in April 2012 and caters for every budget, ranging from small independent hotels to luxury five-star hotels, displayed in a user-friendly results page. Hotel reviews cover all aspects of your stay, from rooms to staff and from services to accessibility, ensuring a complete overview before you book – and the guaranteed lowest prices when you book.

Ryanair’s Director of Ancillary Revenue, Garry Walsh said:

“As Europe’s biggest airline, Ryanair is used to breaking records and now our RyanairHotels.com site is attracting record traffic of its own, with over 5.5m visitors logging on in January 2013, coinciding with a surge in flight bookings, as passengers booked their summer holidays early.

RyanairHotels.com searches more hotel prices than any other comparison site to ensure that our passengers get the lowest prices and the maximum availability from over 450,000 hotels. So whether you’re looking for budget or 5-star accommodation you will find it, at the lowest prices, only at RyanairHotels.com.

Ryanair will carry almost 80m passengers this year at our guaranteed lowest fares and no fuel surcharges, while RyanairHotels.com guarantees the lowest hotel prices to ensure that Ryanair passengers save even more, every time they fly with us.”