Graphical user interface for hotel search systems

A method to render a user interface to present hotel search results in a plurality of display regions of the user interface, comprising:

• receiving, by one or more user interface processors, a user request for information for a particular hotel for a particular date range from a graphical user interface on a user device in;
• determining, by the one or more user interface processors, a collection of candidate alternative hotels for the particular date range, wherein determining the collection of candidate alternative hotels comprises:
• identifying a plurality of hotels that are each located within a specified distance from the particular hotel,
• determining a respective actual price for the particular date range for each identified hotel,
• determining a respective historical average cost for each identified hotel,
• determining an actual cost for the particular date range for the particular hotel,
• determining a historical average cost for the particular hotel, and
• selecting as a candidate alternative hotel each identified hotel that has both a lower actual cost than the particular hotel and a higher historical average cost than the particular hotel;
• ranking, by the one or more user interface processors, the candidate alternative hotels in the collection of candidate alternative hotels, wherein ranking the candidate alternative hotels comprises:
• ranking, by the one or more user interface processors ces, the candidate alternative hotels based at least in part on the actual cost and the historical average cost for the candidate alternative hotels;
• selecting, by the one or more user interface processors, one or more candidate alternative hotels from the collection of candidate alternative hotels having a rank exceeding a configured threshold as alternative accommodations to the particular hotel;
• generating, by the one or more user interface processors, a hotel place page for the particular hotel, the hotel place page comprising information identifying the particular hotel;
• presenting, by the one or more user interface processors, the hotel place page for the particular hotel in a first region of the graphical user interface;
• generating, by the one or more user interface processors, a summary window for each of the candidate alternative hotels selected as alternative accommodations to the particular hotel;
• and
• presenting, by the one or more user interface processors, the summary window for each of the candidate alternative hotels a second region of the graphical user interface.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable storage device having computer-executable program instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computer cause the computer to present, on graphical user interfaces, hotel search results in a plurality of display regions, the computer-executable program instructions comprising:
• computer-executable program instructions to receive a user request for information for a particular hotel for a particular date range from a graphical user interface on a user device;
• computer-executable program instructions to determine a collection of candidate alternative hotels for the particular date range, wherein determining the collection of candidate alternative hotels comprises:
• identifying a plurality of hotels that are each located within a specified distance from the particular hotel,
• determining a respective actual price for the particular date range for each identified hotel,
• determining a respective historical average cost for each identified hotel,
• determining an actual cost for the particular date range for the particular hotel, determining a historical average cost for the particular hotel, and
• selecting as a candidate alternative hotel each identified hotel that has both a lower actual cost than the particular hotel and a higher historical average price than the particular hotel;
• computer-executable program instructions to rank the candidate alternative hotels in the collection of candidate alternative hotels based at least in part on the actual prices and the historical average prices for the candidate alternative hotels;
• computer-executable program instructions to select one or more candidate alternative hotels from the collection of candidate alternative hotels having a rank exceeding a configured threshold as alternative accommodations to the particular hotel;
• computer-executable program instructions to generate a hotel place page for the particular hotel, the hotel place page comprising information identifying the particular hotel;
• computer-executable program instructions to present the hotel place page for the particular hotel in a first region of the graphical user interface;
• computer-executable program instructions to generate a summary window for each of the candidate alternative hotels selected as alternative accommodations to the particular hotel;
• and
• computer-executable program instructions to present the summary window for each of the candidate alternative hotels a second region of the graphical user interface.