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Interhome forms an exclusive partnership with Orascom Development and offers holiday homes in exclusive holiday destination El Gouna, Egypt

Interhome – Europe's leading intermediary of holiday homes – expands further internationally through an exclusive partnership with Orascom Hotels & Development S.A.E. Egypt; 100% subsidiary of Orascom Development Holding AG. Egypt becomes the 27:th country in Interhome's portfolio of holiday destinations.

Orascom Development was founded and is today under the leadership of egyptian businessman and entrepreneur Samih Sawiris, who specializes in design, construction and developement of cities. The biggest project of the group - holiday destination El Gouna – is the most beautiful and exclusive destination for vacations in the Red Sea, and about 2600 holiday villas and apartments are situated in this unique holiday paradise.

On the 1st of march 2010 Interhome opens up their own local office in El Gouna and will with that offer a wide range of holiday homes - villas with a private swimming pool and garden, accompanied with spacious aparments by the laguna and the beaches of El Gouna.

El Gouna - a unique holiday destination by the Red Sea
El Gounas wide range of holiday activities including among other things golfing, diving, desert safaris and windsurfing. The holiday destination holds over 100 bars and restaurants.

From Hurghada Airport it takes about 30 minutes by car to El Gouna.

Interhome launches holiday homes in
South Africa

Interhome, one of Europe’s largest provider of quality holiday homes, shows that the prevailing
recession not necessarily has to affect the Scandinavians vacation plans. The demand of renting a private apartment or villa for the vacation is increasing. As a result of this, Interhome Scandinavia has increased their turnover for 2009 with 20%, France and Italy being the most popular destinations. As a further sign of this trend, Interhome now opens the door to South Africa. The company is introducing vacation homes for rent in Cape Town, Durban, Kruger Nationalpark and Johannesburg, to mention a few. The timing is optimal - South Africa will soon be in the spotlight all over the world, being the host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Renting a private holiday home, as an alternative to the traditional hotel stay, comes with benefits
of both economical and practical character. The flexibility of a kitchen is something that appeals many, and the possibility of cooking meals at home makes a welcome difference in the vacation budget. Holiday homes with a private pool, a fireplace or a private garden also attracts many, and so does the possibility of booking a house or apartment with extra space for activities. Since the price often gets lower as the group of travellers gets larger, it is common that familly and friends rent a large house together.

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Interhome – Switzerland's largest holiday homes provider – and Switzerland Tourism – (the national tourism marketing organization) have launched a strategic partnership. Both Interhome and Switzerland Tourism are strong brands which stand for quality and reliability. Under their new cooperation deal, they will make use of important synergies to enhance Switzerland's position as a preferred holiday destination on Swiss and foreign markets.

05 March 2009: The holiday apartments sector has long been making an important contribution to the success of the tourism industry in Switzerland – and it continues to gain in popularity. Particularly in times of economic downturn more and more tourists opt for holiday apartments, which invariably offer a better price-performance ratio than hotels. That is another reason why Interhome – Switzerland's leading holiday homes provider – and Switzerland Tourism (the national tourism marketing organization) have decided to combine their core competences so that both can benefit from valuable synergies. The main purpose of the strategic partnership is to strengthen Switzerland's international position as a top tourism destination brand.

Interhome and Switzerland Tourism will conduct joint marketing activities to enhance their respective profiles within Switzerland and abroad. The aim is also to further cultivate existing client groups, while also targeting new customer segments. Additionally, the partnership will permit the integration of Switzerland Tourism's services into the Interhome website and create added value for clients.

Interhome's extensive portfolio in Switzerland currently comprises some 2800 quality-controlled holiday properties nationwide. Says Jürg Schmid, Director of Switzerland Tourism: «The strong brand backing of Interhome will enable us to market Switzerland in a more effective and sustainable way as a top quality holiday destination.» Interhome Group CEO Simon Lehmann also sees the new deal as an important milestone: «The Switzerland Tourism slogan – 'Get natural' – is ideally suited to Interhome's own philosophy combining well-being, authenticity and quality.» The new joint communication strategy will focus on Switzerland Tourism's «Alpine Summer» and «Winter» campaigns.