One of Europe's portals for route planning and interactive maps has joined forces with Booking.com, customers can now access Booking.com's entire inventory of over 35,000 hotels worldwide on Map24's website.

Both during route planning or address searches as well as directly under "Search for hotels."

Whether looking for small B&B's or five star luxury hotels, there are properties to meet each individual traveller's requirements.

Map24 has created its own customised XML interface enabling a seamless integration of Booking.com's entire hotel stock.

Thomas Golob, Managing Director of Mapsolut GmbH stated: "We chose to work with Booking.com due to the company's extensive selection of over 35,000 hotels worldwide. Furthermore, Booking.com is able to provide a constant supply of hotel rooms in all categories, due to having direct contracts with its associated hotels. This is imperative to meet the needs of our 10 million monthly users, particularly during periods of high demand, such as trade shows or peak holiday seasons."

Holger Czesnat, Managing Director of Booking.de, said: "We are delighted to welcome Map24 and support their product with our hotel offering. As a result of our direct relationships with hotels, we are able to offer attractive rates to meet customers' needs. Our flexible system allows hoteliers to maintain full control over their rates and availability and our dedicated international teams are focused on ensuring a win-win strategy for everyone."

Booking.com currently works with over 3,000 reputable affiliate partners worldwide and receives over 20 million visitors per month. The company recently reported 14.6 million room nights sold in the 12 months to 30th June 2007 making it the market leader in Europe, by number of room nights sold.