focus on 77
such as Innstant Travel and Bookabed. “We are securing fewer traditional ‘bedbank’ suppliers…and more destination management companies and wholesale suppliers that contract directly with hotels." JacTravel recently signed a UK distribution
agreement with the group so its hotel products feature on Honeycomb via a live XML feed.
ROOM NUMBERS
"SMARTPOINT OFFERS MAPPING FEATURES THAT PROVIDE CLEAR AND EASY IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY LOCATION. AGENTS CAN QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY ACCESS HOTEL RATES, DESCRIPTIONS AND IMAGES WITH A SINGLE CLICK"
TRACIE CARILLO, TRAVELPORTS
The number Amadeus has
in hotel shopping options
690,000 Bedsonline's
number of online hotels and apartments
67,000
The number of properties on roomsXML's
mobile interface
77,000+ Rooms and
More's unique
hotel properties count
600,000
One-stop shop Also aggregating evermore hotel content are global distribution systems. Amadeus’ (
amadeus.com/hotelsmarketplace/uk)
comparison and booking tool offers 690,000 hotel shopping options to agents using Amadeus Selling Platform. Sandy Brckovich, Manager,
Hotel Solutions for Amadeus UK & Ireland, said: “It is a one-stop shop…including multinational hotel chains as well as boutique and independent properties and hotel aggregator content. “Agents access their favourite
providers through a single screen, without having to visit lots of different websites, and combine fl ights and hotels in a single booking. The results are displayed side by side." Amadeus has agreements with regional and global hotel aggregators such as Bedsonline,
Despegar.com, Destinations of the World, Travelcube,
hotel.de and HRS – plus about 300 hotel chains, representation companies and thousands of independent properties. “It takes the hassle out of shopping for
accommodation…and means agents can pro- actively offer accommodation with virtually every enquiry in order to boost profi ts and increase customer satisfaction,” Brckovich said. Travelport also aims to offer “more choice, convenience and content”.
Rates, descriptions, images Tracie Carillo, Head of Hospitality Sales at Travelport, said: “Travelport Smartpoint is our fl agship agency point-of-sale platform. “Smartpoint offers mapping features that provide clear and easy identifi cation of the property location. Agents can quickly and effi ciently access hotel rates, descriptions and images with a single click. “Rooms and More sets new industry standards in hotel
content distribution by bringing
together a choice of over 600,000 unique hotel properties and over one million room offers in one place.” Elsewhere, specialists can help agents
develop expertise in specifi c regions. Alexander Artitzone is Product Manager at Osborne & Ebel (
osborneandebel.com), which focuses on the Indian Ocean. “As a B2B accommodation wholesaler,
we felt it was important to provide a quick, effi cient platform for agents,” he said. “There are only two pages involved, offering fantastic speed of response to the client." “All of these points combine to provide agents with an air of credibility, in a market they may not be familiar with, in a short space of time.”
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts is delighted to have won
BEST HOTELS & RESORTS IN THE US AND CANADA
at the recent Selling Travel Choice Awards.
Thank you for this wonderful recognition and thanks to everyone for their votes!
2014 WINNER
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