Internet sensation ‘Dancing Matt’ launches Suite Escapes

Internet sensation ‘Dancing Matt’ launches Hotels.com’s Suite Escapes

Win one of 16 seven-night holidays to 16 of the world’s most amazing hotels!

Auckland, February 28, 2012: Today, a new viral video from YouTube celebrity ‘Dancing Matt’ will launch the Hotels.com Suite Escapes competition. Fans of Hotels.com will be given the chance to win one of 16 incredible holidays for themselves and three Facebook friends to 16 of the most spectacular hotels across the world.

The hotels located in 13 countries have already been visited by dancing travel fanatic Matt Harding who has been to (and danced at) all the hotels to create the viral video. Visit the Hotels.com Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/hotelscomNZ or YouTube: http://youtu.be/y1t1ByuxpBU, to check out the hotels and Matt’s unique dance moves.

The Suite Escapes competition will run in New Zealand, Australia, UK, US, Canada, Germany and France. Each week, three of the participating hotels will be featured as a holiday giveaway, with the 16th grand prize of seven-nights at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island Resort being drawn in the final week from all the entries made throughout the competition. The viral encourages fans to visit the Hotels.com Facebook pages, create a virtual hotel suite and invite three Facebook friends to join them. When all three friends have accepted the invitation, the entire group is automatically entered to win that hotel’s Suite Escape.

Fans will be given the opportunity to check the progress of their entries and nudge their friends to accept the invite. iTunes vouchers, valued at 20NZD, are also up for grabs in a daily prize draw.

Katherine Birch, Head of Marketing, Australia and New Zealand, Hotels.com said: “We wanted to give our Facebook community the ultimate escape, by offering not one but 16 individual holidays to a selection of the world’s best hotels. Simply log onto the Hotels.com Facebook page to watch Matt Harding on his journey and enter the competition.”

Hotels taking part:
• Jade Mountain St Lucia Soufriére, St Lucia
• Nickelodeon Suites Resort, Orlando, Florida
• Ubud Hanging Gardens by Orient Express, Ubud, Bali
• Jumeriah Beach Hotel, Dubai
• Hotel Marques de Riscal, Elciego, Spain
• W Retreat & Spa, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
• The Sebel Pier One, Sydney, Australia
• Conrad Maldives, Rangali Island, Maldives
• Copenhagen Admiral Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Atlantis, the Palm, Dubai, UAE
• Inter Continental, Hong Kong, China
• Relais de Charme il Songno di Guilietta, Verona, Italy
• Santorini Princess Luxury Spa Hotel, Santorini, Greece
• Hotel H20, Manila, Philippines
• The Queen Mary, Long Beach, California
• Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates, Dubai

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Notes to Editors

About Matt Harding

Matt Harding is a 35 year old American traveller, video game designer, and Internet celebrity known for his viral videos that show him dancing in front of landmarks and street scenes in various international locations.

About Hotels.com
As part of the Expedia, Inc. group which operates in all major markets, Hotels.com, the global hotel specialist, offers almost 150,000 quality hotels, B&Bs and serviced apartments worldwide. If the customer can find the same deal for less on a prepaid hotel, Hotels.com will match it. Hotels.com benefits from one of the world's largest hotel contracting teams in the industry, negotiating the best rates for its customers, plus there are more than 3 million reviews from users who have actually stayed in the hotels to ensure customers make an informed choice when booking. The company currently operates 85 Hotels.com sites around the world including 15 sites in 10 languages across Asia Pacific alone. Travellers can book online or by contacting one of the multilingual call centres on 0800 456 081.

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