Teletext Acquires Leading Online Villa Specialist.LONDON London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. -- Teletext teletext: see videotex. A broadcasting service that transmits text to a TV set that has a teletext decoder. It uses the vertical blanking interval of the TV signal (black line between frames when vertical hold is not adjusted) to transmit about a hundred Ltd has strengthened its online travel portfolio with the purchase of leading villa rental specialist, www.villarenters.com, which markets over 10,000 quality overseas rental properties including private holiday villas, apartments and houses. Ray Mason, Teletext Holidays Managing Director said: "Villarenters.com is a very exciting and rapidly growing business with a radically different approach to online villa rentals. By providing simple online booking and payment tools directly to private villa owners, Villarenters.com offers a wide selection of rental properties which would not otherwise be available to consumers. "With over 300 new owners signing up to the site every month and commissions at half those demanded by most agencies, bookings are doubling year on year in what is traditionally a tough marketplace. For Teletext Holidays, Villarenters.com is a perfect addition to our portfolio, allowing us to offer our customers the widest choice of holiday accommodation online." Tim Coulton, Villarenters.com managing director said: "We started this business because, as villa owners, we found it impossible to rent our properties efficiently online. We wanted an alternative to simply handing over the keys to a major operator - so we created one. Owners and renters like our site because it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have just so simple to use. Our e-Bay See eBay. style property rating system, together with our extensive property and resort reviews by genuine holidaymakers, means our customers don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. have to rely on just brochure or owner recommendations. The amount of rental business the site generates for property owners is reflected in its rapid growth and popularity. "We are really excited by the prospect of working with Teletext, as we can reach even more owners and customers, and maintain the high levels of service we currently provide." www.villarenters.com offers an extensive choice of holiday rental properties which can be booked securely online, and features a fully automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. booking system offering instant responses to booking requests, price quotes and availability checks, taking the frustration out of booking and paying for private holiday accommodation both in the UK and overseas. Using the free online rental software provided by Villarenters.com, property owners benefit from a wide range of features designed to make letting property as profitable and simple a process as possible. These include a free website for each property and a fully customisable online booking system suitable for one property or thousands. It's a commission based system so there's no joining fees and low rates of commission paid per booking. Thousands of affiliates have been recruited to market the Villarenters.com portfolio bringing record bookings every month. Owners can take full control of rentals online enabling them to track the status of all bookings and all booking details, customer information and communications are stored centrally in the Villarenters.com booking system. Other invaluable tools include a central booking calendar and payment system that integrates with the owner's website, allowing owners to use the system for all their bookings ensuring no more double bookings. The ability to create individual automatic discounting models, where last minute, long stay or early bird discounts are calculated instantly, and arrival instructions are automatically sent to customers are just a few of the other great benefits available to owners. The site also features a last minute deals section, long stay discounts and early bird savings, ensuring visitors to www.villarenters.com receive the most competitive prices in the marketplace. Notes to editor: About Teletext Teletext operates the digital TV text service behind ITV (1) See interactive TV. (2) (iTV) The code name for Apple's video media hub (see Apple TV). 1, 2, 3 and 4, Channel 4, E4 and More4 on Freeview, Channel 4 and all the ITV channels ITV (Independent Television) is the original British advertising television network. Some of the franchise holders, most notably ITV plc and its predecessor companies Granada Television and Carlton Television, set up other television channels, some with the ITV brand, some not. on Sky, as well as ITV1, Channel Four and Five on the analogue (electronics) analogue - (US: "analog") A description of a continuously variable signal or a circuit or device designed to handle such signals. The opposite is "discrete" or "digital". TV service. Every week 16 million people across the UK use Teletext to access the latest news headlines, sports news and results, entertainment news, holiday offers, shares and financial information. Viewers can also access Teletext's editorial content via WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. enabled mobile phones via Teletext's mobile internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. site www.teletextmobile.co.uk. Available on all the mobile networks the service also features an up-to-the-minute SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. text alert service for subscribers. Teletext's holiday offers can also be accessed online via www.teletextholidays.co.uk, where visitors can search from over five million holiday offers including packages, flights, car hire, hotel and villa deals from over 200 of the UK's leading tour operators. Satellite viewers can also access Teletext Holidays on TV via Sky Channel 662. Teletext also operates a car sales service, Teletext Cars, featuring more than 140,000 new and used car bargains from a national network of dealers. This is accessible on analogue and digital Teletext and online at www.teletextcars.co.uk. About Villarenters Villarenters.com Ltd operates its rental business via www.villarenters.com and www.myvillarenters.com these are complemented by a hotel finder finder, in law. Ordinarily the finder of lost property is entitled to retain it against anyone except the owner. It is larceny, however, for the finder to keep the property if he knows or can easily determine who owns it. site www.hotelrenters.com and a property sales site www.villabuyers.com . |
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