Aer Lingus appoints lastminute.com as hotel partner

Aer Lingus customers are set to benefit from a new partnership with lastminute.com, which has been appointed as Aer Lingus' hotel partner to provide hotel accommodation for its passengers through Aerlingus.com. lastminute.com won the contract due to their highly competitive product and range of accommodation on offer.

The new partnership offers greater choice for over 9 million passengers who travel with Aer Lingus annually on over 98 routes worldwide. lastminute.com have a portfolio of 80,000 worldwide hotels from affordable budget accommodation to five-star deluxe hotels in all Aer Lingus destinations and beyond. Bookings can be made easily and conveniently on aerlingushotels.com or via aerlingus.com by simply clicking on the hotel icon on the homepage.

Aer Lingus Corporate Affairs Director Enda Corneille said, "We are very excited at Aer Lingus to welcome lastminute.com on board. This new partnership will enable us to offer our customers the best value and the widest choice of accommodation in the marketplace via our website aerlingus.com. The key element of the new partnership is giving our customers greater choice, flexibility and ease of access to over 80,000 hotels worldwide."

lastminute.com Vice President Distribution and Business Development Vic Darvey said: "lastminute.com is delighted to add such a dynamic airline to our Partner Network. Aer Lingus' approach together with our market leading merchandising capabilities will allow us to see significant growth in this sector and we aim to build for them a leading hotels programme focusing on personalisation and relevance at point of sale."