New online travel sites : Hotels.com launches local hotel booking sites

eyefortravel.com - Travel Distribution News, Events and Analysis: "Hotels.com launches local sites in Russia and Poland...the launches see sites go live with IP based country recognition, local-language interfaces and local currency pricing. The company said Hotels.com now operates local language sites in over 20 European countries, which include UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia and Benelux. The company is now focusing on country expansion, of which the launch of local-language sites in Russian and Polish are the latest step."