IT specialist Hotelzon has launched a new hotel booking tool, Hotelzon LiveView.
The new application offers fully interactive maps on mobile devices. A GPS search activates a map on the screen showing your current location, and as you move around either in the car or by foot, the map moves simultaneously, Hotelzon said.
As you approach an area where a hotel is located, a balloon appears with the name of the hotel and the lowest available price.
Users of LiveView can also do a targeted search based on a number of specific keywords including area, amenities and hotel brand.
Jani Kaskinen, Hotelzon's CEO, said, "The recent disruption to many independent and business travellers' itineraries proves how important and useful a tool like this can be.
"With the emergence and growing distribution of GPS enabled smartphones and mobile based map engines it has become possible to create a tool which uses localisation to provide specialised services to mobile users."
Hotelzon's hotel booking system has access to more than 90,000 hotels worldwide.
www.hotelzon.co.uk