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Zugu seeks agents’ help
Orbitz website
Chris Gray.
that Zugu was operating in beta test mode and
CHEAPFLIGHTS would like agents to help develop that he wanted trade and consumer feedback for
UK travel agents will its new flight-search website,
Zugu.co.uk. the next stage of site development.
receive commission The site will run alongside
Cheapflights.co.uk, “Zugu considers preferences, such as budget,
of up to 10% when but caters for customers who want to search by schedule and preferred carrier, and summarises
they book with date and time rather than just price. The company the best fares for quick comparison,” he said.
orbitzforagents.com, has changed its name from Cheapflights Ltd to “Travellers can see how these factors affect price
a new trade website Cheapflights Media to reflect its expansion. and make smarter booking decisions.”
created by Orbitz
Cheapflights.co.uk offers flights from airlines Cuddy added that some of Cheapflights
Worldwide, parent and online travel agents that advertise with the existing partners were already listed on Zugu,
company of Ebookers. website. But Zugu works differently, paying a fee but numbers were being kept low during the
The Chicago-based company will give agents when a passenger referred from the site buys a beta testing stage.
10% commission on hotel bookings, excluding ticket. Cheapflights claims the site is the only one to
taxes and fees, and 4% on packages. Payments Cheapflights’ Media chairman feature sliders that indicate
will be made in dollars, with air fare and car hire Hugo Burge said the company how prices change according
sales each earning a flat fee of $5. The first 500 had been behind to departure and arrival
agents to sign up before March 31 will earn 12% others in offering time, and is one of the
on hotel sales and 5% on packages for the first 12 metasearch sites, few to allow users to
months. but that it had now include children and
Agents will be able to set their own service built on the work of infants in price searches.
fees for each transaction made through the web- others to create a Agents can give their
site, will gain access to all of Orbitz’s global hotel next-generation feedback, and enter
inventory, and will have the ability to book mul- site in Zugu. a competition to guess
tiple rooms. As well as Ebookers, the company’s Chief executive what Zugu means, at
brands include Hotelclub and
AsiaHotels.com. Chris Cuddy said
zugu.co.uk.
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