As long as the world has had people there has been a lust for traveling. No matter where we go or what we do, we can never get enough of it. You know what they say though, 'where there's room for passion theres room for a hotel booking agency'.

Remember back to the the 1980s...

Now, by the 1980s it may have no longer been the norm to wear offensive beards and tank tops, but the human race was far from hitting divinity.

For instance there was no such thing as 'easy travel' (see where we're going with this now?). No siree, if you wanted to get away somewhere nice, you'd generally find yourself resorting to the stack of outdated guide books.

Many people had no idea how infuriating travel planning was until they'd been wow-ed by a certain new company. Que Infotel (thats us!).

We first opened our phone lines in 1989 and our purpose was simple; find the most suitable hotels for clients in the UK. The service and friendliness of our Agents proved hugely popular and by popular demand we introduced an 'over the phone' booking facility shortly after.

Things really started to go crazy during the early 90s, and by 1995 we'd not only moved into some posh new offices, we'd also been one of the first daring few to venture into cyberspace.

Getting hooked up to the web so early let us build quickly on a dedicated userbase, most of whom are still happily using us today.
The improvements the internet brought to the public were enormous - people could browse hotels as if they were browsing a catalogue. Booking confirmations and travel directions could be printed off. This new website malarky had just totally reinvented travel planning.

Going global
As the naughties came, we were ready to make another bold leap - international reservations. Instant room bookings were finally available in any hotel we listed across the world.

Onward and upward
In 2006, after years of development and work we announced the broad new range of packages that we could provide to our users, flights, cruises, holidays, trains, car hire, restaurants, insurance...the list goes on.

If you would like to know more about our little story, email clientservices@infotel.co.uk