DediPower pulls out the stops to support traffic surges to Holidaylettings.co.uk
READING, UK - 2nd August 2007: Holidaylettings.co.uk is one of the largest and fastest growing holiday home rental portals in the UK and has experienced large increases in site visitors since partnering with Rightmove.co.uk in March. DediPower, as the provider of managed hosting services to Holidaylettings.co.uk, has jumped to the challenge to ensure that more and more holidaymakers can have a problem free browsing experience.
Operating in a highly competitive market, Holidaylettings.co.uk is now one of the top 15 travel websites in the UK according to Hitwise*. Its rapid growth is partly a result of its commitment to deliver total customer satisfaction combined with a user-friendly website. Today the site advertises and promotes more than 16,000 properties in over 100 countries worldwide and attracts in excess of 1.2 million visitors each month.
"Users want and expect high bandwidth, content rich sites these days, which enable them to browse and search quickly and easily," says Andy Firth, Technical Director at Holidaylettings.co.uk. "We are now using terabytes of bandwidth each month. Our established relationship with DediPower and their comprehension of our needs has enabled us to meet the demands of homeowners and holidaymakers using our site."
DediPower Managed Hosting is a leading provider of business and enterprise level managed hosting solutions in the United Kingdom. DediPower hosts thousands of servers for customers at its purpose built Berkshire 'Cadogan House' data centre. DediPower is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and a RedHat Ready Hosting partner. A winner of numerous awards, hosted sites include Sony, Sam Learning, Institute of Physics, Coca-Cola, Capita, First Great Western and Carphone Warehouse.
"The user demand for Holidaylettings.co.uk has grown rapidly in recent months and we are very pleased to be meeting their continuing hosting needs," commented Craig Martin, CEO, DediPower. "They are part of a growing list of successful web based companies that rely on DediPower to deliver value for money, high quality and reliable managed hosting services."
* Source: Market share of UK page impressions to UK Travel websites, Hitwise March-June 2007