Venere

Venere is an online hotel reservations company based in Rome, Italy. Venere.com is the largest independent hotel booking website in Europe. The hotel database consists of about 13,000 properties worldwide. In addition, there are over 220,000 guest reviews of Venere properties. Venere allows its users to read the comments of those who have already been in the hotels, check availability and prices, and book a room without advance payments. Venere's on-line hotel reservation services began in 1995 and since then, millions of tourists from over 200 countries around the world have used Venere.com.

The rates on the website are inserted directly by the hotels concerned. The rates are not increased, nor are they decided by intermediaries as with other websites. Venere offers users the option of no advance payment or credit card charges; payment can be made directly in the hotel. Customers can search for all the available hotels in the major cities and in major tourist areas conveniently. Multilingual texts on the Venere.com website, as well as high resolution photographs help the customer in deciding which hotel to choose.

Venere Net operates a commission based business model. Property owners can insert via Internet their availability and rates autonomously and without constraints. This means that hotels have complete control on their rates and on the availability of their rooms. Customers can also consult other guests' feedbacks and user ratings.