A new travel website has been launched called hotelbook.com. The site is dedicated to helping travelers discover and book unique, independent hotels around the world. Focused on independent hotels that have unique personalities and small hotel groups with one-of-a-kind properties, hotelbook.com features rich search criteria that allow travelers to identify the best possible hotels to meet their travel needs.

Search criteria at hotelbook.com include country, city and region, as well as:

• Type of location such as city center, rural/country, mountain, lakeside, beach or airport;

• Hotel style including small hotel, chic/boutique, luxury, apartment or resort;

• Things to do such as golf, water sports, skiing, spa/beauty, racket sports or fishing; and

• Amenity options including swimming pool, business center, disability services, fitness center, Internet access, pets allowed, restaurant, room service and parking.

Using these rich criteria, travelers can search a database of some 5,000 unique hotels — including both luxury and value hotels — and immediately book them online and receive real-time confirmation. They also have the option to save them for future reference in a “My Hotels” section of the site, allowing for quick access to previous search results to enhance the decision-making process.