HOLLYWOOD, FL— MetroGuide.com, Inc. and Thayer Interactive Group (TIG) have inked an agreement that will benefit all parties involved in transacting online hospitality bookings, including travelers and hoteliers. MetroGuide has a family of travel and tourism sites: HotelGuide is the sites reservation booking engine. Thayer is a full-service hospitality Internet marketing firm. MetroGuide and TIG saw a rift developing between high-quality hotel properties and deeply discounted hospitality inventory providers. The companies said they found their corporate philosophies concerning marketing integrity and image aligned, laying the foundation for an alliance. “Weve seen ads running for cut-rate hotel room providers,” said said Mark Metz, president of MetroGuide. “If I owned a top-shelf property, I would not want to be represented by such a bottom-shelf image.” Metz said these ads give travelers one of two ideas: Either they can expect to get quality rooms for next to nothing; or, if they pay a fair price, they are being cheated.
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