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ACCOMMODATION
Property rentals firm ‘will help trade take on Airbnb’
Hollie-Rae Merrick
hollie@travelweekly.co.uk
A new trade-only villas and apartments rental business, giving agents real-time access to 600,000 managed properties, launched last week.
Rentals Combined offers short-
term rentals in 14,000 locations across 114 countries. Its properties are currently
available only through the Sabre global distribution system, but will be accessible to all agents via its website by the end of next month. Co-founder and chief executive
Nico Nicholas said the company would help the trade “take on” peer‑to‑peer firms such as Airbnb. He aims to increase Rentals Combined’s range to 1.3 million properties by the end of the year and more than two million by the end of 2016. The company, which is a member of the Travel Trust Association, has 20 staff. Nicholas said: “One of the key things about Rentals
CRUISE
New Thomson ship to operate three itineraries from Barbados
Thomson Discovery will be based in Barbados for winter 2016-17. The Thomson Cruises vessel, which is due to enter
service next June, will operate three itineraries, including a new Seven Shores itinerary.
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RENTALS COMBINED: Aims to feature two million properties by 2017
“The rentals market is one that agents have not really been able to take advantage of”
Combined is that everything is quality-controlled. Our agents are verified before they can access the system and all property owners are credit-checked and vetted. “The rentals market is something that agents haven’t really been able to take advantage of. There
are companies likes Airbnb, but we’re offering agents a solution and giving them thousands of properties to sell. “This is easy to use and agents
can feel confident selling the properties listed on our site.” Nicholas said agents could set
their own commission levels, with a suggested rate of 10%. “If an agent is creating something
bespoke and putting a lot of work into it, they can control the mark-
up for their services,” he added.
rentalscombined.net
The cruise, which will be the line’s first Caribbean
itinerary not to feature a full day at sea, will call at Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenada. Thomson Dream will use Montego Bay, in Jamaica, as its winter home port, offering the Cuban Fusion, Mayan Treasures and Pride of Panama itineraries. Thomson Celebration will start sailing two new itineraries, Arabian Nights and Cities of Gold, from
its new home port of Dubai from December 20, 2016.
thomson.co.uk/cruise
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Dragoman adds West Africa and Uruguay for 2016
Dragoman has introduced Uruguay for next year and reintroduced West Africa after a two-year gap. A 15-day Andes and Amazon trip between Iguaçu Falls and Buenos Aires, which takes in Uruguay, starts at £650, excluding flights and food kitty.
dragoman.com
Back-Roads Touring makes first foray into river cruising
Small-group tour specialist Back-Roads Touring is offering river cruising for the first time. The Charming Waterways range features itineraries in Provence and Burgundy.
backroadstouring.com
Travelsphere launches November booking initiative
Travelsphere is offering free flight upgrades on select bookings from November 1-16. Customers will be upgraded to Club World with BA on bookings for Sicily, Tuscany, Sardinia and the Amalfi Coast.
travelsphere.co.uk
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