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JEDDAH - A cool new service to find hotels in Madina has been launched. The link – www.haraj.net/madina – shows a satellite view of the city with the Prophet’s Mosque at the center. The hotels around it are marked in color.
Simply moving your mouse over the hotels gives you the name of the hotel and the contact details. This gives people the option to see and choose hotels according to their proximity with the Prophet’s mosque.
The website, still at its initial stage of development, promises to offer much more in the future.
It plans to build an online market place for visitors to find any services they need, from the comfort of their homes or offices. – SG

Published on Sept. 2, 2008, in Saudi Gazette

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