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are not available on a specific date requested also given a grid of alternative flights over
by the agent then the system will check for the subsequent three months showing both
flights on the three days before and three the requested and different durations.
days after this date. A new white-label web- National sales manager Abbey Thomas
site option for agents is about to be launched visits agencies to give presentations and
following trials with several travel agencies. demonstrations on the website.
This will allow agents to offer flights plus ■kissflights.com
hotel bookings on their own websites. The
Holiday Team, which is part of Southall MAJOR TRAVEL.
Travel, offers nett fares allowing agents to Major Travel is targeting agents as part of a
set their own commission level. Agents can sales push. The consolidator plans to finish
also receive training and there is a call the upgrade of its website by late September
centre to help with queries. which will add hotels, car hire, transfers and
■theholidayteam.co.uk excursions, as well as multi-centre and open-
jaw itineraries. Agent incentives include
JTA. waiving the £5 fee per person for SAFI
The company has just launched a new (Scheduled Airline Failure Insurance) cover
website which gives access to a range of plus the chance to earn 'Major Money' on
air fares including special, published, long-haul bookings, which can be exchanged
consolidated and no-frills rates. The site, for shopping vouchers. Roadshows are
powered by Amadeus, allows agents to set planned during the autumn as Major aims to
their own levels of commission with recruit another 300 agencies to add to the
options ranging from nett fares to 15%. The 1,000 it already has commercial deals with.
revamped website aims to offer a clearer The company has also just created a three-
layout and faster search times. Sales staff strong field sales team. A fortnightly email
have been touring the country to give agents newsletter is distributed to more than 3,000
demonstrations of the improved website. agencies.
JTA has a sales support team to offer agents ■majorweb.co.uk
assistance on the phone; there is also a down-
loadable online guide to using the website. TRAVEL 2.
■jtaonline.co.uk The Stella-owned operator launched a new
flight-booking engine in March featuring
JETSET FLIGHTS. services from more than 300 airlines. Travel
The Jets system shows availability for 2 offers nett fares, which are Atol-protected,
charter, no-frills and full-service airlines. The live availability and prices that are moni-
booking process has six stages leading the tored regularly to ensure the best fares for
agent from the initial flight search through agents. Support is offered to agents both
to the final confirmation with Jetset, airline through email and on the phone.
and GDS references. There is also a recall ■travel2.com
function allowing the agent to instantly view
the booking. Jetset is currently testing an OTHER OPERATORS.
extra facility allowing agents to recall a Virgin’s seat-only trade brand, Virgin
booking and add other elements such as Flightstore, is currently revamping its
hotels or car hire. Agents can also use a website so all bookings have to made
Minimum Earn feature where they can set through its call centre.
the minimum amount they would be Agents can sign up to Teleticket’s services
prepared to earn per passenger on any flight by downloading application forms from
booking. Sales staff can give demonstrations the company’s website. Agents will then be
of the system to agents contacted by a member of
and there is a dedicated the accounts team.
call centre. Triton Airfares, which
■jetsetflights.co.uk serves Global, Independent
Options, Worldchoice and
KISS FLIGHTS. Advantage members, has
Kiss has beefed up the recently integrated its serv-
content on its website ices with Stella stablemate
with the introduction of Travel 2.
news and special-offers ■teletickettravel.com
sections. When searching ■tritonairfares.com
for availability, agents are JTA has been training agents around the UK ■virginflightstore.co.uk
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