Golden Tulip Hotels, Inn & Resorts offers a mobile service designed to help people using personal digital assistants and Internet-enabled mobile phones to book a room at its 257 hotels worldwide.

Based in the Netherlands and Switzerland, Golden Tulip owns properties in urban destinations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The new service allows customers to search and book hotels online in real time through the chain's Goldres CRS. Travelers may contact the hotel for more information and/or book directly on their mobile device. To view the service, visit mobile.goldentulip.com.