NEWS YOU CAN USE Holiday Extras seeks car hire tie-ups with indie agents
Product and supplier news to help you sell more Juliet Dennis
Holiday Extras is aiming to work with more independent travel agents to sell car hire, fresh from landing a distribution deal with Thomson’s retail network. The company already supplies
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Sunset Faraway marks 35th anniversary with trade push and fam
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The operator is also offering
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The 2015-17 Tailor Made
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Kaumaya said: “Our continued growth has encouraged us to expand our portfolio. “We are grateful to the
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car hire to Thomas Cook agents following its £2 million acquisition of the travel giant’s add-ons business, Essential Travel, in December 2013. The latest distribution deal
involves the provision of car hire to Thomson agents until 2017. Holiday Extras has partnered with trade-only car hire broker Flexible Autos to offer Tui agents car hire in 17,000 locations across 88 countries. Head of
James Lewis
partnerships James Lewis said: “I don’t think anyone thought we were a serious player in the car hire market before, but in the space of a year, we have won the Thomas Cook and Tui car hire accounts. “We have got the ability to offer
“We want to grow our car hire
different providers and are ready to roll this out to other retailers. “We want to
business and would look to work with consortia”
grow our car hire business and would look to work with consortia, starting with the relationships we
already have in place.” Holiday Extras already
offers car parking, hotels, airport lounges and rail tickets through consortia such as Advantage, Global Travel Group
and The Travel Network Group. Lewis said he would welcome enquiries from agents interested in using Holiday Extras to provide car hire to customers. Partnerships marketing manager Crista Buznea added that the company now had a dedicated car hire team in place. Flexible Autos group managing
director Sue Dixon added: “I am particularly excited as this comes shortly after the launch of our fully inclusive Premium Package for discerning clients.”
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