HolidayIQ Powers Travel Page on Bangalore Mirror

HolidayIQ, India's largest holiday information portal will power a special travel page each Friday in the popular daily compact newspaper, Bangalore Mirror, owned by the Times of India Group.

Bangalore, India (PRWEB) December 18, 2007 -- HolidayIQ, India's largest and most authentic holiday information website, will power a special page devoted to travel, on Bangalore Mirror, the new, independent, compact English newspaper from the Times of India Group. This page titled "Trippin" will appear every Friday and provide readers exclusive information for travel planning from Bangalore, along with insights by HolidayIQ members, who upload genuine reviews and ratings on the website about their actual real life holidays.

Extending the HolidayIQ motto of "Know before you Go" to the readers of the Bangalore Mirror, this special page will be packed with suggestions for off-beat holidays, tips for a smooth journey, descriptions of sightseeing highlights, photographs of destinations and more. It will prompt readers into the process of Intelligent Travel, by giving them in-depth knowledge on tourism destination.

HolidayIQ.com is India's most well-researched and in-depth holiday planning portal providing the latest hotel reviews, photos, maps, destination guides and Q&A covering over 350 Indian tourism destinations. It is also the most comprehensive source for user reviews, prices and packages for hotels, resorts, heritage hotels, guest-houses & home-stays in India.

Now by extending its brand further to the print media, HolidayIQ will expand its reach many fold by tapping the readership of newspapers and magazines. Internet media and print media can very successfully boost each others efforts in a complementary manner. This has been successfully displayed in "Trippin" in Bangalore Mirror, powered by HolidayIQ.com. The company is in the process of formalizing more content sharing partnerships with publications all over the country.

The site has traveller friendly features of comparison of hotels, comparison of hotel and flight packages, weekend destination options for major cities and intuitive and flexible hotel search. Registered users of HolidayIQ, who number more than a hundred thousand, can review destinations, hotels and airports and upload travel photographs. Registration on the site, which is free, gives access to additional information on the hotels as well. Registered users can rate their experience of a hotel based on the parameters of location, appearance, food, service and facilities. HolidayIQ consolidates these individual user ratings into a unified rating index.

Visit www.holidayiq.com for information on Destinations, Hotels, Resorts, Home-stays and other accommodation options in India.

About HolidayIQ.com
HolidayIQ is owned & operated by Leisure & Lifestyle Information Services Private Limited, based in Bangalore, India. Formerly India Resorts Survey, HolidayIQ started operations in April 2004, focusing on creating India's first travel community and getting the community to contribute feedback on tourism destinations and hotels across India.

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