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We’re almost halfway through 2017.Take a moment for that to sink in.

Remember how business trips used to be, back in the glory days of the Mad Men era? When “going on a jolly” meant charging all kinds of excesses to the company card, flashing any amount of cash to win a client, and frugality was a dirty word?

Roomex, the leading corporate hotel booking service, has announced a partnership with QHotels which will bring live availability and competitive rates to the platform from May 1 2017.

Boutique hotels and franchise are remarkably different business models despite effectively offering and identical service. The boutique hotel is predicated on freedom and flexibility, the opportunity for adventure and the chance to experience a different (often, more personalised) mode of hospitality to what you may typically expect. Franchise hotels offer something almost diametrically opposed to this philosophy. They are presented as a known-quantity, with a high standard of luxury and service which can be replicated the world over. With this, the customer can feel a sense of familiarity and as if the hotel is a home-from-home, thousands of miles away.

The great and the good of the Irish Internet community gathered last Friday night in the RDS for the annual showpiece of the industry calendar, the Dot IE Net Visionary Awards 2016.  Awards were made across 16 individual categories. 

Dublin, Ireland ­ 28 September 2016 ­ 

The continued success of our online corporate hotel booking platform means that Roomex is now recruiting more than ever across all areas of the business. Having grown from 12 to 30 people in the last 18 months, the Company continues to look for more people and is expected to take on another 20 people in the coming months.

We were absolutely thrilled to be presented with the Industry Innovator award at the Travel Media Gala ceremony at The Westbury Hotel, Dublin, last week. The awards, sponsored by Amadeus and Blue Insurance, have been running for over four years now. Trish O’Leary of Amadeus, when presenting the award, recognised the major ‘pivot’ made by Roomex in 2013 when it moved into the corporate travel space. Also acknowledged was the speed of technology development, disruption and ‘the easier’ way in which to book hotels for business travel. Roomex has now become a key player in the UK and Irish markets and continues to grow rapidly. Our CEO, Jack Donaghy, was delighted with the award: “I would just like to pay huge tribute to every single member of the Roomex Team, both in Ireland and The UK – they continue to go against the grain, innovate and put their shoulders to the wheel every single day, well done everyone!”