Pure Holiday Homes Shortlisted for 3 2011 Travolution Awards

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(press release distribution) Pure Holiday Homes has announced that its market leading website has been shortlisted for three awards at the forthcoming 2011 Travolution Awards. A fantastic achievement for what is still an early stage business in a hugely competitive sector. The winners will be announced on 11^th October 2011 at an exclusive event attended by leading dignitaries from the travel industry.

For the second year in a row Pure Holiday Homes has been shortlisted for the Best Accommodation Website and this year the company has added Travel Pioneer of the Year award and Rising Star of the Year award for Joint CEO Sean Collins to the list of categories it hopes to win.

Elements like the pioneering nature of the ID verification scheme and the recognition achieved from the BBC and other leading publications, the unique nature of some of our development initiatives and the pace in which we have grown our listings, revenue and traffic all make pureholidayhomes.com stand above other websites in this sector.

The Travolution Awards have become unique in recognising companies, brands and individuals who excel in the fields of online travel distribution, digital marketing and technology. Created with the clear goal of challenging the existing holiday rental portals that adopt a tired and uninspiring existence, being shortlisted for this award outlines the commitment Pure Holiday Homes has shown towards excellence, dynamism and innovation.

Sean Collins, Joint CEO of pureholidayhomes.com, comments: “This is incredible news for our business and is a fair recognition of the level of innovation and forward thinking we have brought to this sector. Clearly I am thrilled to be shortlisted as one of the travel industries Rising Stars but the Travel Pioneer of the Year award is also a huge achievement as only the very best companies are chosen from all of the categories by the judges and put forward for this prestigious prize.”

The Travolution Awards will be held at The Roundhouse in London and will be judged by a panel of proven business leaders, experts and entrepreneurs. They are the UK travel industry’s highest accolade for innovation and excellence online and previous winners include EasyJet, Expedia, Trip Advisor & Travelsupermarket. Companies and brands compete in a select number of categories, whilst entrepreneurs and rising stars are honoured in the individual awards.

Pure Holiday Homes is a new holiday rental portal offering unique self-catering properties at home and abroad for holidaymakers seeking better value, more flexibility and greater choice. At present over 85 different countries are represented on Pure Holiday Homes, with thousands of properties in destinations including France, Spain, Italy, UK, the Caribbean and Portugal.

The website offers fast, efficient and user-friendly ways to search and book that perfect holiday rental. Holidaymakers deal direct with owners so there are no hidden costs or fees.

Pure Holiday Homes currently features over 23,500 homes and the number of properties is expected to grow to 30,000 by the end of 2011.  The website offers the perfect solution to both holidaymakers searching for that perfect holiday rental and homeowners looking for a cost effective route to the market for a modest subscription fee of just £147. Even at £147, the listing price of Pure Holiday Homes is approximately half that of the more established companies in this sector.

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