Press release

Multimap Signposts the Way to Successful Romance this Valentine’s Day!

10 February 2006

Multimap, one of the world’s leading online mapping providers, is helping romances flourish this Valentine’s Day, thanks to its broad range of online mapping and travel-related services which ensure that you and your hot date find the perfect Valentine’s destination. In association with its partners, Cottages4You, Kelkoo, Active Hotels and TopTable, Multimap is also offering some fabulous promotions in celebration of that old devil called love, so the love-struck need look no further than Multimap.com for a one-stop shop for all their heart’s desires this Valentine’s Day.
 If you’ve got your sights set on seventh heaven this Valentine’s Day, Multimap makes sure that sky-high prices won’t scupper your plans. You can check out the best deals on flight prices for almost any destination with Multimap’s partner, Kelkoo. The independent price comparison service can save you time and money when planning your trip abroad, so that your purse strings will be just as happy this Valentine’s Day as your heart strings!
  • If you fancy pulling out all the stops with a romantic country hotel or city break this year, rather than sticking with the wilting flowers, tired chocolates and cheap bottle of plonk option, Multimap’s partner, Active Hotels, is offering a host of great ideas on love nests across Europe. You can choose from over 11,000 accommodation options, ranging from 5-star quality properties, to independent hotels, B&Bs and guest houses across the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. By investing only a few minutes of time researching the most suitable options, you can dodge the thinly-masked veil of disappointment and behold a rapturous smile of delight instead!
  • If your idea of a romantic weekend includes a country cottage in an idyllic setting, Multimap’s partner, Cottages4You, has just the answer! Cottages4you has a fabulous collection of self-catering properties to choose from including romantic cottages for two set deep in the countryside, fairy-tale castles emerging triumphantly from the rugged highlands, and even huge mansions for people who prefer to celebrate the festivities en masse with their friends and family. Whatever your preference, with over 14,000 stunning properties across the UK, France, and Ireland, Cottages4You will certainly be able to help you to find the perfect venue for amore!
  • Want to make sure that your dinner à deux is more good food, fine wine, and flickering candlelight than sunken soufflé and burnt burger? Multimap’s partner, Toptable.co.uk, will help you to research, plan and book your romantic meal à deux for Valentine’s Day. The largest online restaurant booker in Europe enables you to browse through reviews and special offers for over 1,200 restaurants, ranging from fabulous Michelin-starred restaurants to local, family-run eateries, around the UK and in Paris. So, when looking for inspiration based on accurate information and independent reviews, rather than taking your chances with Lady Luck, simply refer to Toptable to make sure your hot date is an out and out success.
 
To access these useful time-saving services, just visit www.multimap.com, enter a location of interest and click on the link or icon relating to the service you require, to access a list of nearby suitable options, leaving you free to ruminate over loftier, more romantic thoughts…..
 
Sean Phelan, founder and chairman of Multimap, said, “We endeavour to offer visitors of www.multimap.com not only top-notch mapping services, but also a suite of complementary and useful services, that will save them time and effort as they go about their busy day-to-day lives. The quality of our mapping services plus our partnerships with service providers like Kelkoo, Toptable, Cottages4you and Active Hotels, delivers on this, and contributes significantly to our ever-growing popularity among consumers. We now have more than 10 million unique users a month and regularly deliver more 180 million page views per month. We will continue to innovate on the site to further boost our customers’ experience online.”
 
About Multimap
Multimap is one of the world’s leading providers of mapping and location-based services. The company delivers more online maps, point-to-point driving directions and geo-spatial ("where's my nearest?") searches to more companies than any other supplier in Europe. All services are offered on mobile, PDA, kiosk, and interactive TV platforms and in multiple languages.
 
The public website, www.multimap.com, provides a range of free, useful services to assist with everyday life. Key features include street-level maps of Europe, USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia; road maps of the world; door-to-door travel directions; aerial photographs; links to location information; and services such as hotel, restaurant and entertainment booking. The public site attracts over 10 million unique users, registers more than 180 million page impressions every month, and is one of the top 10 most visited websites in the UK. Multimap recently featured in The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 league table of fastest-growing unquoted UK companies across all sectors.