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Monaker Launches NextTrip.com Booking Engine
Monaker Launches NextTrip.com Booking Engine.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n Monaker Launches NextTrip.com Booking Engine\n \n \nMonaker Launches NextTrip.com Booking Engine\n\nComprehensive Travel Platform Including \"Alternative Lodging\" for Consumers and Travel Agents\n\n \n WESTON, FL--(Marketwired - Feb 1, 2016) - Monaker Group (OTCQB: MKGI), Monaker, a technology-driven travel and digital marketing company, announced today the initial launch of its NextTrip Travel and Booking Platform, a fully comprehensive booking engine designed for use by both travel consumers and travel agents. The NextTrip booking engine allows its users to book hotels, resorts, vacation rental homes, unused timeshare inventory, airlines, land tours and rental cars all in the same place.\n The initial nexttrip.com platform integrates all of the company's acquired technologies with very select channel partners, turning it into a fully comprehensive booking engine. This will make NextTrip the first booking solution to include conventional lodging, alternative lodging, and unused timeshare and resort inventory all in one place. The technology allows consumers to search and book from the timeshare inventory in real-time without any timeshare solicitations. A recent article published by thestreet.com estimated size of the alternative lodging market at $100 billion dollars.\n NextTrip's initial launch will be a simple layout that will allow it to steadily upload all of its features, however, over the coming weeks and months, the NextTrip platform will further evolve with new integrations and functionality. These enhancements include product videos, language conversion, dynamic booking capabilities and eventually a unique social media integration that will allow customers to engage with the community and its travel opportunities. Each of these modules will work together to assist the consumer in their decision and keep the visitor engaged on the website while encouraging purchases. By combining all travel services, the NextTrip site allows consumers to research, plan and book any vacation without ever having to use multiple sites.\n Commenting on the launch, Mr. Bill Kerby, Monaker Group Chairman and CEO stated, \"We expect the NextTrip 'alternative lodging' Platform to become the primary booking utility for both travel agents and travel consumers. At launch we will have access to 600 airlines, 100 rental car companies...