Cable & Wireless and Hilton in £5.9m deal
Hotel chain Hilton International has awarded a three-year, $10m (£5.9m) managed hosting contract to telecoms provider Cable & Wireless in a bid to ramp up its e-commerce strategy and increase the percentage of its bookings made online from about 4% to 20% over the next five years.
C&W is providing Hilton with web hosting, internet security and application management services and is managing the group's online hotel bookings and reservations.