Nice win for HRS as it announces it will be the first – and initially exclusive – provider of technology to allow iPhone users to manage their hotel reservations on the new Passbook service.
A few weeks on from when Apple started giving out details about its Passbook system and users could take the new operating system, with a string of retailers and a few airlines such as United include in the first wave of partners, HRS looks to have secured a major deal with the tech giant.
The “joint venture”, as HRS calls it, allows users to handle their hotel bookings within the native app on their iPhones and iPads including adding and monitoring reservations with any of the hotel portal’s properties.
Read full story at: http://www.tnooz.com/2012/10/10/news/apple-selects-launch-partner-in-hrs-for-hotel-tools-on-passbook-app/