Google Maps Mania: 3 great new global Google Maps hotel mashups!

Thursday, January 03, 2008

The posh Sol Melia Hotels and Resorts chain is using Google Maps (and Earth) in a great online promotion that gives you a bird's eye view of all of their hotels and resorts.... and a chance to stay at any of their 330 hotels worldwide! At the welcome screen choose English -> International to send your skydiving tourist in to have a look around at all Sol Melia's accommodation from a Google Maps satellite view. Initially you are centered on a beach-side hotel in Spain. Zoom back out to see more in that country or other hotels around the world. With the temperature sitting at -21C as I type this, I'll gladly take that Bali resort in my screenshot above!

PerfectEscapes.com is a Luxury Hotels Google Map Mashup:

PerfectEscapes is a great new Google Maps mashup that will help you locate one of 2200 luxury hotels across 113 countries. Each are mapped to their location with a satellite view and are accompanied by photos and a short description. Start by drilling down to continent level and then into country, region or city. Good examples are New York City or LA. If you're looking for upscale accommodation, this is a great mashup to research, then book a hotel in any country you are visiting!

Zoom to find a room with Zoomarooma!:

Zoomarooma is pure Google Maps hotel mashup goodness. Nothing other than a full screen Google Maps viewport and a link to report bugs greets you as you arrive at this new hotel mapper. The directions are simple: "Zoom to Find a Room". Zoom to Louisville, Kentucky, Shanghai, China or London, England and you'll see a scattering of map markers that lead to information and price checking options of hotels all over the planet! More details about Zoomarooma can be found through their press release that just went out..
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Labels: travel

3 Comments:

At 3:41 PM, hombrelobo said...: Another one: http://videomapahoteles.com/

Just started, includes cideos of hotels
At 10:23 PM, matt said...: in case you didnt get my e-mail here is one i made up... www.wheresmyfries.com
At 7:22 PM, Comanche82 said...: I really like this mashup stuff. Can you please help me with something? I want to do a mashup for my site flightschoollist.com. I want the g**gle map on my home page with the pictures of the flight schools and the locations. I’m new to g**gle maps and don’t really know how to use them. I get lots of traffic because I’m on page one for my keyword. I just want people to be able to browse the map and find a flight school, then click on the school to go to their website. Is this possible? I would love some help. I might even throw in a free short flight if you make it work for me! Thank You.