The HOTELdirect -voice computer tempotarily calls the hotels in question and asks for the current booking status of the day and the two following days. The data-completition takes place per telephone. Additionally the hotel is able to call the system at any time by giving his personal identification number (PIN) to process the following date: booked rooms for 3 days SR/DR - special prices from…..to.... SR/DR - standard prices   The collected data of the hotels are stored in the HOTELdirect-data bank and show the short term availabilities of the hotels. Longterm availabilities are to be taken from the present reservation system. The data are called from different service systems.   By calling a freecall number 0800-1941408 (Germany) the traveller reaches a voice computer. He tells a city of his choice. There are two possibilities: He chooses the requested price range and will be directly connected with the hotel of his choice. He quotes his fax number by using the push-buttons of his telephone or by voice and gets a current faxlist with information about free rooms and special rates.   Hotels being fully booked get a current hotel faxlist automatically mentioned all the free rooms of the other connected hotels of the city in question.   Current faxlists get HOTELdirect-Partners like: airport - information places Railway - info-points taxi - Centrals tourist - informations   The traveller gets all wished hotel information like the current allocation state, the standard prices and special prices, pictures and maps. He directly can book his hotel via telephone or via onlinebooking.   With a WAP-mobile phone the traveller can recall current hotel information online and book directly a hotel via voice by phone. He gets the current allocation state, the standard and special prices. The telephone-connection with the hotel will be constructed by click. The reservation takes place.   You will find the Telekiosk on airports and railway stations, in shopping streets and fair-centres in Germany. HOTELdirect uses the Telekiosk as a medial platform of the Deutsche Telekom AG. Travellers can recall day and night hotel-information. The reservation takes place via Telekiosk-phone by automatic connection. back to search