“The development of our distribution and sales strategies is as important as the continuous development and redesign of our properties," said Welcome Hotel Group Managing Director Carsten Kritz. "With Trust International we´ve found a partner that offers us the technical environment and services to support our strategies and their implementation." — Source: Trust International

Frankfurt & Warstein, Germany and Orlando (FL), USA - 11th of February,

2014 – Trust International and the Welcome Hotel Group have agreed to partner for worldwide reservation and distribution and services. Welcome Hotel Group, operating 3- and 4-star superior hotels in Germany, has 17 properties situated throughout Germany. Welcome will use the yourVoyager central reservation system (CRS) from hospitality industry leading CRS provider Trust International as the central platform to sell and distribute hotel rooms via all important distribution channels.

"We are investing in the future," says Carsten Kritz, Managing Director, Welcome Hotel

Group. "The development of our distribution and sales strategies is as important as the continuous development and redesign of our properties. With Trust International we´ve found a partner that offers us the technical environment and services to support our strategies and their implementation. The opportunities in terms of activating new OTAs or metasearch channels and thus entering new markets have been clear benefits in choosing Trust International as our partner."

"It is essential for hotels to be available in a wide variety of booking channels and to

have everything controlled via one system," stated Richard Wiegmann, Managing Director, Trust International. "Trust is all about providing availability in local and international distribution channels with a minimum in maintenance and manpower, plus advanced technology combined with the best-of-breed service levels. We at Trust are proud of being selected by Welcome Hotels. Together we will help them retain more booking revenue by connecting with their customers wherever they are."

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About Welcome Hotel Group

Come in and feel at home – this is what guest will experience at any of the 17 Welcome

Hotels' 3- or 4-star superior category hotels throughout Germany. The Welcome Hotel group is headquartered in Warstein, Germany, and the primary objective of managing directors Mario Pick und Carsten Kritz and its 1,000 employees is to win over the guests time and time again with consistently high standards and quality pledge.www.welcome- hotels.com

About Trust International Hotel Reservation Services GmbH


Trust International is one of the world"s leading CRS providers and international hospitality partners. Trust"s services and supporting technologies help hotel chains and hospitality groups support their sales and marketing activities with the latest distribution solutions. The range of services includes CRS solutions and CRO software, connectivity to all GDS and OTA channels, Internet booking engines and third party integration to PMS, RMS and CMS systems. Trust International offers the full range of CRS-related products such as content management, business intelligence and commission payment services.

Via Trust"s own communication centers located in North America, Europe and The Far

East customers in 47 countries are served with private label telephone reservation, concierge and telemarketing services.

Established in 1989 Trust International is renowned for its highly reliable reservation

platform, continuous investment in systems and delivery of superior customer value.

Christiane Seelgen

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