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	Rally Investco will become the General Sales Agent (GSA) of Bedsonline in the Indonesian market.
	
	Indonesian travel agencies working with Bedsonline will continue booking accommodation, activities, transfers and car-hire via bedsonline.com
	Rally Investco will enable agents to earn reward points as they book hotels, through their own agent incentive programme, Galileo Club.
	The GSA will offer Bedsonline’s local customers a dedicated help desk.


Palma, Spain,&nbsp;19 October 2020 – &nbsp;Bedsonline, the leading global provider of accommodation and complementary travel products exclusively for travel agents,&nbsp;has today reached an agreement with Rally Investco – which collaborates with Galileo Indonesia – to manage the Bedsonline business in Indonesia.&nbsp;

As part of this agreement Rally Investco will be the General Sales Agent (GSA) of Bedsonline in Indonesia.

Indonesian travel agencies working with Bedsonline will continue to book all their accommodation, activities, transfers and car-hire via bedsonline.com.

Rally Investco will now begin to offer to Bedsonline’s local customers:


	A dedicated help desk located in Indonesia and operated in the local language (Bahasa Indonesia). This will include dedicated local telephone numbers which will also help reduce costs for Bedsonline’s customers.
	Access to the rewards programme Galileo Club: Rally Investco, who collaborate with Galileo Indonesia, will enable agents to earn reward points as they book hotels through their own agent incentive programme, Galileo Club. Agents will also be able to earn points as they book flights through the Galileo GDS, meaning all points can be redeemed under one platform.


Hui-Wan Chua, Regional Sales Director, APAC, commented: “The Indonesian market is a top priority for us at Bedsonline and that is why we are very excited to announce that we will appoint Rally Investco as our key strategic partner in the market. Rally Investco also partners with Galileo Indonesia and has over 20 years’ experience in the Indonesian market, thus giving our customers a truly unrivalled offering and service.

“To excel in the ever-changing travel landscape our Indonesian customers deserve a partner that is much more than just a booking engine. Therefore, we have chosen Rally Investco – who are collaborating with Galileo Indonesia – to operate our local Bedsonline business going forward, given their extensive local market knowledge, presence and relationships. Together we look forward to helping our Indonesian travel agent customers grow and prosper.”

Raymond Setokusumo, President Director, Galileo Indonesia also commented: “We are glad to welcome Bedsonline as our new partner in this industry. We believe this partnership will bring a new extended variety of services and programs for all Bedsonline's clients in Indonesia. Furnished with our experience in serving and supporting our clients in the travel industry over the last 20 years, we are confident we will offer added value by making a seamless transition becoming Bedsonline’s General Sales Agent (GSA). We trust that this new collaboration will enlarge the capability of both parties in servicing our valued customers, the travel agents.”

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About Bedsonline

Bedsonline&nbsp;is the leading global provider of accommodation and complementary travel products exclusively catering to travel agents. Through its online platform, it distributes accommodation, excursions, tickets and transfers to more than 50,000 travel agencies backed by local sales teams in over 30 countries covering over 100 markets globally.

The company offers an extensive portfolio of over 180,000 hotels, 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities in 185 destination countries worldwide, guaranteeing high availability, competitive prices and unique offers. This portfolio is backed by personalized local service and a powerful yet intuitive booking engine making Bedsonline the defacto partner for many travel agencies around the world.&nbsp;

Bedsonline has focused its strategy in recent years on the expansion of new markets in Europe, America and Asia, such as Germany, the Czech Republic, Mexico, the United States, Colombia, China, Japan and the Philippines. This strategic vision has led the company to occupy a leadership position in its segment.

Bedsonline is part of Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank and business-to-business provider of services to the travel industry globally, headquartered in Palma, Spain.

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Bedsonline and Rally Investco sign strategic partnership


	Partnership follows Thomas Cook’s recent relaunch as a purely online holiday business.
	The 180,000 hotels that work with Hotelbeds worldwide – many under exclusive terms &amp; conditions – will be available to Thomas Cook’s travellers.
	Thomas Cook joins Hotelbeds’ existing portfolio of 60,000 travel trade buyers comprising tour operators, travel agents, airlines and points redemption schemes.


Palma, Spain, &nbsp;1 October 2020 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, today announced a strategic partnership with Thomas Cook, &nbsp;the new online-only holiday business launched recently following the acquisition of the brand by Fosun Tourism Group.

Thanks to this collaboration Thomas Cook will gain access to more than 180,000 unique hotel properties in 140 countries worldwide, many of which are contracted under exclusive terms and conditions by a team of over 1,000 contracting professionals located in the most popular leisure destinations around the world.

Thomas Cook joins Hotelbeds’ existing 60,000 travel trade buyers – such as tour operators, travel agents, airlines and points redemption schemes – who typically book further in advance, pay more per room, stay for longer, have lower cancellation rates and spend more at the property.

León Herce, Global Sales Director at Hotelbeds, said: “All of us at Hotelbeds are immensely pleased to see Thomas Cook relaunching and we’re delighted to be able to support their new model. Hotelbeds has the experience, technology and hotelier relationships available to help Thomas Cook attract travellers with the best possible service and hotel product. We look forward to watching it grow once again into one of Europe’s leading holiday brands.”

Emma King, head of commercial product, added: “When we were developing our new Thomas Cook we wanted to offer our customers the widest possible choice of hotel accommodation – and to be able to do that quickly without the need for direct contracting. Our relationship with Hotelbeds as a strategic bedbank partner, gives our customers access to a huge portfolio of exclusive and competitively priced hotels worldwide. We’re only selling holidays to destinations on the UK government’s travel corridor list, including Turkey, Italy and some parts of Greece. We will update that once travel restrictions change or are lifted. We look forward to growing and scaling our business working alongside Hotelbeds to respond to growing customer demand for holidays.”

Thomas Cook is owned by Fosun Tourism Group, the leader in the leisure tourism industry for families worldwide.

About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 24,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain and employs around 5,000 employees across over 60 offices globally.

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About Thomas Cook UK

In September 2020, Thomas Cook, one of the most recognisable names in travel, returned as an online-only travel business following the acquisition of the brand by international conglomerate Fosun Tourism Group.

With Atol-protected beach and city breaks, the new Thomas Cook allows customers to design their own their trip according to their budget, needs and specification.&nbsp;&nbsp;

At launch, the company will sell destinations that are on the FCO-exempt list to give more certainty to customers who want to travel. Customers will be able to choose from room-only to all-inclusive options, across three, four and five-star hotels.

The company has a team of UK-based travel advisors available 10am-10pm 7 days a week and via chat on its website and Messenger – on-holiday customer care is available 24/7.

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Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló – a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com

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Thomas Cook media contact

+44&nbsp;20 3966 8492

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Hotelbeds and Thomas Cook sign strategic partnership


	NexusTours will be the preferred provider for transfers, local expert assistance and experiences in Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
	The DMC gains access to Hotelbeds’ 60,000 B2B travel buyers, including travel agents, airlines, points redemption programmes and tour operators worldwide.
	Hotelbeds’ customers will be serviced by a leading DMC in Mexico and the Dominican Republic, with over 5,000 excursions and an extensive portfolio of shared, private and luxury transfer services.


Palma, Spain, 28 September 2020 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today announced a strategic partnership with NexusTours, the leading destination management company (DMC) in the Caribbean, Central America and North America.

Through this agreement NexusTours will be the preferred provider for transfers, local expert assistance and experiences in Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

The strategic partnership provides Nexus with access to Hotelbeds’ 60,000 travel trade buyers from more than 140 source markets worldwide, including tour operators, airlines, points redemption programmes and retail travel agencies – many of whom provide access to international travellers who book further in advance, cancel less, stay for longer and spend more in destination.

At the same time, Hotelbeds’ customers will have access to a leading DMC in Mexico and the Dominican Republic, with an extensive portfolio of shared, private and luxury transfer services from all airports and ports, over 5,000 excursions and world-class customer service. NexusTours products will be added to Hotelbeds’ wider Beyond The Bed global portfolio which already features: over 18,000 activities in 690 destinations, 25,000 transfer routes in 1,100 destinations as well as theme-park attractions and entrance tickets for events all over the world.

Additionally the end customers of Hotelbeds’s 60,000+ travel trade buyers &nbsp;will have access to NexusTours’ recently launched Concierge Service, that enriches the traveller experience in-destination through a personalized service of local experts that supports travellers from before their arrival and throughout their stay.

Javier Arévalo, Managing Director of the Beyond The Bed portfolio at Hotelbeds, commented: “During these challenging times of vast health, social and economic impact on the Travel Industry we have been working together with NexusTours to make this alliance a reality. We are very proud to partner together, combining NexusTours’ local expertise with the global distribution reach of Hotelbeds, and in so doing contribute to accelerating the recuperation of Mexico and the Dominican Republic as leading destinations.”

“I am certain that our 60,000 travel trade clients will be excited to have access to the extensive portfolio of transfer services, experiences and local expert assistance we can provide with NexusTours.”

Rubén Gutiérrez, President Sunwing Destinations Services at Nexustours added: “We are very excited to launch this strategic partnership with Hotelbeds. It provides not only incremental revenue stream opportunities but also international exposure for our Mexican and&nbsp; Dominican Republic destinations.”

“As &nbsp;two companies with innovation in our DNA we have taken advantage of the current situation to adapt to the new needs and expectations of travelers. This agreement allows us to continue to lead the market, uniting technological and distribution capabilities with the ‘human touch’ of our local experts in order to provide a unique and personalized experience to our shared clients."

About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, multi-day tours, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain and employs around 5,000 employees across over 60 offices globally.

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Twitter: @Hotelbeds

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Instagram: @hotelbeds_official

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About NexusTours

NexusTours is the leading destination management company in the Caribbean, Central America and North America with offices located in 20 countries and across 58 destinations. As local experts in the destinations they serve, NexusTours offers an extensive portfolio of accommodation options, including more than 7,000 hotels, transfer services (including shared, private and luxury options) from all airports and ports, over 5,000 excursions for travelers of all ages and interests and world-class customer service. Part of the Sunwing Travel Group, NexusTours provides destination services for a number of leading North American and European travel companies including Sunwing Vacations, Vacation Express and TUI Travel Group along with over 1,500 travel partners across Latin America, Mexico, North America and Europe. NexusCube is a ‘one-stop shop’ where travel partners can find all kind of travel services provided by local experts, in the destinations they have customer support operations. The online platform includes options to select hotels, transfers, tours and excursions and gives immediate confirmations for all services booked. For more information on how to access the platform please visit https://corporate.nexustours.com/corporate/

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Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló – a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com

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Hotelbeds and NexusTours sign strategic partnership


	Traveltek’s Cruise API will be available to 60,000 B2B travel buyers globally as part of Hotelbeds’ Beyond the Bed ancillary portfolio.
	Hotelbeds’ clients will benefit from access to exclusive deals from 30 cruise lines around the world.


Palma, Spain, 14 2020 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today announced a distribution partnership with Traveltek, one of the world's leading travel technology providers.

Beginning in September Traveltek’s Cruise API will become available to 60,000 B2B travel buyers around the globe via Hotelbeds’ Beyond the Bed portfolio, which also includes transfers, activities, theme parks, multi-day tours and car rental.

Traveltek’s Cruise API provides access to over 30 cruise lines that are available to book direct.

Javier Arévalo, Managing Director of the Beyond The Bed portfolio at Hotelbeds, commented: “As cruise ships are now beginning to sail again and many travellers are booking cruises for 2021, we felt it was essential to offer our 60,000 B2B travel buyers around the world access to this very important segment. After a careful review of the market we felt that Traveltek’s Cruise API offers the best and most exclusive range of cruise products available and that its cutting-edge technology suits the needs of our API partners.”

Traveltek’s Chief Executive Officer, Mal Barritt added: "We are delighted to partner with such a well-established and recognisable B2B travel brand. I know that our Cruise API will be able to meet the current and future needs of Hotelbeds 60,000 B2B travel buyers. Whilst the industry has been challenged hard, the recovery is slowly underway, and Hotelbeds is in a strong position to capitalise on this."

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About Traveltek

Traveltek is one of the world's leading travel technology providers. A pioneer in its field, the company has been delivering cutting-edge solutions to travel businesses for almost two decades. It is operating worldwide with offices located in the United States, United Kingdom, India, and Australia - with the head-office located in Glasgow (UK). The company mission is to connect the world through travel; by delivering unique technologies, extensive distribution capabilities, and sophisticated data insights.

Traveltek's award-winning product suite includes; iSell – featuring dynamic packaging solutions including both cruise and tours itineraries; iBos – back-office systems offering CRM, booking reports and documentation; travel API - connects to hundreds of leading travel suppliers; and data insights.

&nbsp;We are continually innovating and developing our products to ensure we deliver high quality, software and tools for travel companies to remain cutting edge within a highly competitive marketplace.

For more information, visit:

www.traveltek.com

www.linkedin.com/company/traveltek-ltd

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, multi-day tours, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain and employs around 5,000 employees across over 60 offices globally.

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Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

Instagram: @hotelbeds_official

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TravelTek Media enquiries 

Lindsay Miller

Head of Marketing &amp; Events

M: +44 (0) 7377 585 220

E-mail: lindsaym@traveltek.com

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Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló – a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com

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Hotelbeds to partner with Traveltek for cruise distribution


	Leading international lodging owner-operators The Ascott Limited gain access to Hotelbeds’ 60,000 B2B travel buyers, including travel agents, airlines, points redemption clients and tour operators.
	The deal covers the wholesale and retail distribution of Ascott’s 160 properties via both Hotelbeds and Bedsonline.


Palma, Spain, &nbsp;9 September 2020 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has entered into a distribution partnership with The Ascott Limited (Ascott), a Singapore company that has grown to become one of the leading international lodging owner-operators. &nbsp;

The distribution partnership provides Ascott with access to Hotelbeds’ more than 60,000 B2B travel buyers from more than 140 source markets worldwide, including tour operators, airlines, points redemption clients and retail travel agencies.

At the same time, Hotelbeds’ customers will gain access to preferential rates and availability across the 160 properties that form Ascott’s portfolio in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the USA.

These 160 properties include Ascott’s serviced residences and hotel brands such as Ascott The Residence, The Crest Collection, Somerset, Citadines, lyf by Ascott and Citadines Connect.

Hotelbeds’ portfolio of 60,000 B2B travel buyers offers Ascott access to incremental, high value bookings from non-domestic markets that typically book further in advance, pay more per room, stay for longer, cancel less and spend more in the destination.

Through this partnership, Ascott will also be able to distribute its serviced residence units and hotel rooms through Hotelbeds, via both its wholesale channel, which operates under the ‘Hotelbeds’ name and the retail travel agent channel, which operates under the ‘Bedsonline’ brand – all united under one contract.

Jorge Cortés, Global Sourcing Director at Hotelbeds commented: “Ascott has become a leading international lodging owner-operator globally. So at Hotelbeds we are very proud to partner with them and expand our offering in Asia Pacific, Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Turkey and USA. Ascott’s serviced residence and hotels include well-known brands such as Ascott The Residence, The Crest Collection, Somerset, Quest and Citadines. I am certain that our 60,000 travel trade clients – all of whom mostly offer international, high value guests – will be very excited to gain access to special rates and availability from across Ascott’s portfolio.”

Doreen Tan, Vice President, Sales &amp; Distribution at The Ascott Limited, added: “Ascott’s continued partnership with Hotelbeds gives us access to an extensive B2B distribution network worldwide, expanding our reach to more international high-value guests. This complements our efforts to build on Ascott’s strong base of long-stay and corporate guests, and to capture accommodation demand from domestic travellers. Guests appreciate our award-winning hospitality as well as the comfort, privacy and value we provide through our spacious apartments with separate living areas, bedrooms and well-equipped kitchens. Ascott continues to place the well-being of our guests as a priority and guests can have peace of mind when staying with us. We look forward to welcoming these guests through our doors.”

To continue providing a safe home-away-from-home for guests and a safe working environment for staff, &nbsp;Ascott has launched the ‘Ascott Cares’ programme, which focuses on nine commitments to maintain high levels of hygiene and cleanliness standards as well as safe distancing measures.

Ascott has also partnered with Bureau Veritas to provide independent audits and certification of the health, safety and hygiene procedures and processes of its properties globally. &nbsp;

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain.

Follow us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

Instagram: @hotelbeds_official

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Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló – a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com

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About The Ascott Limited

The Ascott Limited is a Singapore company that has grown to be one of the leading international lodging owner-operators. Ascott's portfolio spans more than 180 cities across over 30 countries in Asia Pacific, Central Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the USA.

Ascott has about 69,000 operating units and over 48,000 units under development, making a total of about 117,000 units in over 700 properties.

The company’s serviced residence and hotel brands include Ascott The Residence, The Crest Collection, Somerset, Quest, Citadines, lyf, Préférence, Vertu, Harris, Citadines Connect, Fox, Yello and POP!.

Ascott, a wholly owned subsidiary of CapitaLand Limited, pioneered Asia Pacific’s first international-class serviced residence with the opening of The Ascott Singapore in 1984. Today, the company boasts over 30 years of industry track record and award-winning brands that enjoy recognition worldwide.

Ascott’s achievements have been recognised internationally. Recent awards include DestinAsian Readers' Choice Awards 2020 for 'Best Serviced Residence Brand'; World Travel Awards 2019 for ‘Leading Serviced Apartment Brand’ in Asia, Europe and the Middle East; Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Awards 2019 for 'Best Serviced Residence Brand'; Business Traveller China Awards 2019 for 'Best Luxury Serviced Residence Brand'; and TTG China Travel Awards 2019 for ‘Best Serviced Residence Operator in China’.

For a full list of awards, please visit https://www.the-ascott.com/ascottlimited/awards.html.


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Hotelbeds signs distribution agreement with  Ascott to grow global portfolio


	Role combines Technology and Product Management areas.
	Matthews joins Hotelbeds from GVC Holdings, where he held the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
	Additionally, Matthews will become a member of Hotelbeds’ Executive Committee.


Palma, Spain, 3 September 2020 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has announced today the recruitment of Simon Matthews.

Matthews joins as Global Director for Technology &amp; Product Management in a newly combined role leading both the Technology and the Product Management areas of Hotelbeds.

In addition to his new role, Matthews will also become a member of the company’s Executive Committee.

Matthews joins Hotelbeds from his current role as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at GVC Holdings, a business that develops end-to-end technology stacks for sports betting brands, including the third largest UK high street retailer, Ladbrokes Coral Group.

His career spans more than two decades and includes the roles of Head of Software Engineering for Sky and CTO for Cerillion Technologies, a company specialising in enterprise on-premise, mobile, and SaaS software for multiple sectors including telecommunications, media, energy, and financial services.

Carlos Muñoz, Managing Director, Hotelbeds, said: "It gives me great pleasure to confirm that Simon Matthews will be joining us as our Global Director for Technology &amp; Product Management. Both areas have always been at the heart of our company thanks to our expertise in driving innovation, improving efficiency and developing leading edge platforms and processes that have contributed to Hotelbeds becoming the world’s leading bedbank.

“As we continue to respond to the impact of COVID-19 on the travel industry, getting used to operating in a much more competitive market-place than ever before, it is vital that we invest in cutting edge Technology &amp; Product Management to lead the way, and Simon’s considerable experience in a variety of leading technology roles made him the perfect candidate.”

Simon Matthews, Global Director for Technology &amp; Product Management, Hotelbeds, added: "It’s a real honour to be joining Hotelbeds to lead the Technology and Product Management areas. Together with my new team I look forward to delivering even greater value to all our partners everywhere in this currently challenging environment and help them recover as fast as possible. We´ll be achieve that by driving forward relentlessly to become more competitive, efficient and even more innovative.”

About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain.

Follow us:

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Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

Instagram: @hotelbeds_official

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Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló – a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com

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Simon Matthews joins Hotelbeds as  Technology & Product Management Director


	Geneva Tourism Board has partnered with Hotelbeds’ Destination Marketing team to promote tourism recovery.
	Hotelbeds will attract additional visitors to Geneva from select regional source markets.
	The 60,000 B2B travel trade buyers of Hotelbeds – such as retail travel agents, tour operators, airlines, and points redemption clients – typically provide high-value international guests that stay for longer, book further in advance and spend more in the destination.


Palma, Spain, 1 September 2020 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today signed an agreement with Geneva Tourism Board to educate travel trade partners and drive incremental tourism arrivals to the city.

Hotelbeds will now work with Geneva Tourism Board on recovery efforts through till the end of October.

The objective of the partnership is for Hotelbeds to market and improve the level of inbound tourism into the destination by increasing both the overall room nights generated as well as the revenue performance.

This will be achieved by attracting additional visitors to Geneva from international regional source markets.

Hotelbeds will fulfill this via leveraging its contracting team in Geneva to gain access to special promotional rates and exclusive deals on hotels and activities specifically supporting this campaign.

Additionally, Hotelbeds will introduce initiatives such as launching a dedicated Geneva landing page so that clients worldwide can easily access the best deals, launch bespoke sponsored newsletters and host a dedicated webinar promoting the destination.

Geneva will benefit from focused promotion to the over 60,000 B2B travel trade buyers – including retail travel agents, tour operators, airlines, and points redemption clients – that work with Hotelbeds in over 140 source markets globally.

Such B2B buyers typically offer more international arrivals that in turn deliver high-value customers who spend more in destination, stay longer, cancel less, return more often and book further out than typical direct to consumer customer profiles.

Gareth Matthews, Marketing and Communications Director at Hotelbeds says: “We are delighted to partner with Geneva Tourism Board. We have developed a comprehensive recovery campaign for Geneva Tourism Board focusing on the most relevant source markets in Europe for the upcoming months. We look forward to driving high-value, incremental bookings to the city that will boost not only room nights but revenue performance too.”

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Jonathan Robin, Director Markets &amp; Leisure - Geneva Tourism &amp; Conventions Foundation added: “With the COVID-19 pandemic we immediately saw the need to adjust our marketing and sales strategy. That´s why we launched our Recovery campaign and we recognized that we needed a B2B partner like Hotelbeds to drive travel trade bookings to the destination once travel was permitted again. We are confident that Hotelbeds, being a key player in the market, can help our city of Geneva to reclaim some of the lost opportunities for the summer season by providing us with high-value guests with above average total spend.”

Leveraging the company’s technology, booking platform, and relationships with hoteliers and B2B travel buyers globally, Hotelbeds has to date already worked with over 50 tourism boards from around the world.

The result has been to increase room nights in target destinations by up to 30% – while also improving revenue performance – and attracting additional low and shoulder season visitors from international and domestic source markets globally.

Partner destinations receive access to the over 60,000 B2B travel trade buyers – such as retail travel agents, tour operators, airlines, and points redemption clients – who together make over 1.5 billion accommodation searches per day via Hotelbeds.

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain.

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Hotelbeds partners with Geneva Tourism Board


	The 180,000 hotels that work with Hotelbeds worldwide are now available to Netactica's more than 70 clients in Latin America.
	Such clients typically offer long-haul guests that book further in advance, pay more per room, stay for longer, have lower cancellation rates and spend more at the property.
	Hotelbeds also offers Netactica's clients access to its extensive portfolio of complementary products of 25,000 transfer routes, 18,000 activities and car rentals.


Palma, Spain, 25 August 2020 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has entered into an agreement with Netactica, a travel technology company dedicated to the travel industry in Latin America.

Thanks to this collaboration, Netactica’s 70 plus clients in Latin America, including travel agencies, online travel agencies, tour operators, loyalty programs and airlines gain access to Hotelbeds’ extensive portfolio of 180,000 hotels in 140 countries worldwide.

In addition Netactica also now offers its clients ancillary services from the &nbsp;Beyond The Bed portfolio of Hotelbeds, which is composed of 25,000 transfer routes, 18,000 activities in more than 680 destinations, and 30,000 pick-up locations in 170 countries.

Netactica’s high-value clients now join Hotelbeds’ existing 60,000 B2B travel buyers, who typically book further in advance, pay more per room, stay for longer, have lower cancellation rates and spend more at the property.

With this agreement Netactica aims to optimise the performance of its clients and will boost the sale of Hotelbeds’ supplier partners by including informative labels and updating on the latest implementations.

León Herce, Global Sales Director at Hotelbeds, said: "This agreement with Netactica is an important step forward to further strengthen our strategic position &nbsp;in Latin America. Our goal is to make our entire product range accessible to agencies in a simple and automated way, and together with Netactica we are working towards achieving that common goal. Netactica is the perfect partner as they are constantly working to optimize the performance of our common clients by increasing our visibility in their platform. At the same time, our 180,000 hotels worldwide will benefit from this agreement by expanding their distribution to a new range of hard-to-reach and high-value clients in Latin America”.

Federico Coen Mitrani from Netactica, added: "We are pleased to gain access to Hotelbeds' extensive product portfolio worldwide. Our travel agency, loyalty program, tour operator, and airlines clients throughout the region - including Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and Central America - are looking for great variety of product , and Hotelbeds’ product range and exclusive offers are unmatched".

About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain.

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About Netactica

Netactica&nbsp;is a&nbsp; travel technology company dedicated to the travel industry in&nbsp; Latin America 

With a team of more than 50 specialists distributed throughout Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay, Netactica is a technology company that, since 2003, has been providing solutions to travel agents, OTAs, wholesalers, tour operators, airlines and hotel chains in the travel and tourism industry.

Netactica’s solutions can be used to facilitate automation, generate scale, manage and operate through multiple channels: online, offline, B2C, B2B, wholesaler, loyalty programs, and between different business units. With tight integration across the whole supply chain, Netactica’s solutions enable travel companies to modernize their business while taking into account the needs and requirements of each of its local markets across Latin America.

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Hotelbeds increases distribution reach in Latin America  with Netactica


	Hotelbeds to be recognized as a Preferred Wholesaler by Choice Hotels International.
	Hotelbeds provides Choice Hotels with access to the world’s largest distribution network of B2B travel trade buyers, with 60,000+ tour operators, retail travel agents, airlines and loyalty point programs.
	Hotelbeds’ clients to obtain access to participating Choice Hotels locations worldwide.


Palma, Spain, &nbsp;18 August 2020 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, announces today a new strategic agreement with Choice Hotels International, one of the world’s largest lodging franchisors.

As a result of this agreement, Hotelbeds will now be recognized as a Preferred Wholesaler by Choice Hotels International. This strategic agreement provides Choice Hotels with access to Hotelbeds’ high-value distribution network of more than 60,000 travel distribution clients such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airlines and loyalty programs across more than 140 source markets worldwide.

Hotelbeds’ portfolio of travel buyers will offer Choice Hotels with incremental, high value bookings from non-domestic markets that typically book further in advance, pay more per room, cancel less and spend more at the property.

At the same time, Hotelbeds’ customers will have access to participating Choice Hotels locations worldwide.

As part of this agreement, Choice Hotels will distribute its hotel rooms through Hotelbeds’ two main channels: its wholesale distribution channel that operates under the 'Hotelbeds' brand and its retail channel, Bedsonline, that exclusively caters to retail travel agents.

Mark Redmond, Head of Global Chains at Hotelbeds commented: “We are delighted to strengthen our relationship with Choice Hotels and grow our mutual business together.&nbsp; This will be a strong relationship delivering special rates and availability across the Choice Hotel portfolio to our 60,000 plus travel distribution clients, while giving Choice Hotels access to a higher-margin, non-domestic niche segment of the travel market.”

Robert McDowell, Chief Commercial Officer at Choice Hotels commented: “We are very excited to expand our long-standing relationship with Hotelbeds Group through this strategic agreement. It not only provides incremental revenue stream opportunities and international exposure for our U.S. franchisees, but also strengthens confidence in Hotelbeds’ valuable wholesale distribution model. Choice Hotels is committed to maintaining rate integrity across all channels, while working to reduce the cost of distribution for franchisees. We believe this agreement improves our ability to achieve this long term, especially in key international source markets.”

To reinforce the message of health and safety, Hotelbeds has recently launched “Safe2Stay”, a filter category that consolidates and displays in the booking process the hotel properties that are following the different COVID-19 health and safety protocols and certifications that travel industry companies, tourism boards and lobby groups have recently created.

This filter category includes Choice Hotels’ Commitment to Clean, an initiative that builds upon the strong foundation of their franchisees’ long-standing dedication to cleanliness with enhanced training and best practices for cleaning, disinfecting and social distancing.

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 24,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain and employs around 5,000 employees across over 60 offices globally.

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About Choice Hotels®

Choice Hotels International, Inc. is one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world. With more than 7,100 hotels, representing nearly 600,000 rooms, in over 40 countries and territories as of June 30, 2020, the Choice® family of hotel brands provide business and leisure travelers with a range of high-quality lodging options from limited service to full-service hotels in the upscale, midscale, extended-stay and economy segments. The award-winning Choice Privileges® loyalty program offers members benefits ranging from everyday rewards to exceptional experiences. For more information, visit www.choicehotels.com.

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Hotelbeds signs strategic agreement with Choice Hotels to provide access to 60,000 travel buyers globally


	‘The Compass’ is a tool that harnesses Bedsonline’s live data intelligence to help travel agents identify the top trending destinations and the most attractive offers available.
	The platform equips agencies with powerful marketing capabilities that enable an agent to easily select the top offers in a trending destination and automatically create personalised marketing materials to target their customers via email or WhatsApp.


Palma, Spain,&nbsp;6 August 2020 – &nbsp;Bedsonline, the leading global provider of accommodation and complementary travel products exclusively for travel agents,&nbsp;has today announced the launch of The Compass, a new online tool to support travel agency recovery efforts.

In response to the current volatility in the marketplace, the platform has been designed to harness Bedsonline’s live data intelligence to provide travel agents with insights on the top current trending destinations in their source market as well as providing data on changes in the trends versus previous weeks; average booking lead times; and a selection of the top properties available, featuring the very best rates and conditions.

In addition, The Compass also equips Bedsonline users with powerful marketing capabilities that enable an agent to automatically create personalised, branded promotional campaigns with their own selection of hotels that they can then directly target to their customers via email, WhatsApp or other channels.

Travel agent partners can access The Compass at no additional cost simply by logging-in at bedsonline.com – with no need for registration.

Gareth Matthews, Marketing Director at Bedsonline commented: “The demand for travel is beginning to return, although of course there is still significant disruption and volatility that is regularly changing the status quo regarding the most popular source / destination corridors. As a leader in our sector we have access to a wealth of live booking data that we wanted to put at the full disposal of our valued customers.

“We´ve spent the lock-down period preparing The Compass – amongst other new tools and initiatives – to give our Bedsonline travel agent partners a powerful new platform to help them understand the market trends, access a curated set of top products in trending destinations, and provide them with powerful yet user friendly tools to help them market directly to the final consumer.”

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About Bedsonline

Bedsonline&nbsp;is the leading global provider of accommodation and complementary travel products exclusively catering to travel agents. Through its online platform, it distributes accommodation, excursions, tickets and transfers to more than 50,000 travel agencies backed by local sales teams in over 30 countries covering over 100 markets globally.

The company offers an extensive portfolio of over 180,000 hotels, 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities in 185 destination countries worldwide, guaranteeing high availability, competitive prices and unique offers. This portfolio is backed by personalized local service and a powerful yet intuitive booking engine making Bedsonline the defacto partner for many travel agencies around the world.&nbsp;

Bedsonline has focused its strategy in recent years on the expansion of new markets in Europe, America and Asia, such as Germany, the Czech Republic, Mexico, the United States, Colombia, China, Japan and the Philippines. This strategic vision has led the company to occupy a leadership position in its segment.

Bedsonline is part of Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank and business-to-business provider of services to the travel industry globally, headquartered in Palma, Spain.

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 Bedsonline launches platform to equip travel agencies with live destination trends and powerful marketing capabilities


	Servantrip’s travel trade buyers gain access to Hotelbeds’ Beyond The Bed portfolio of 18,000 activities, 25,000 transfer routes and 500+ car rental providers.
	Servantrip will access the portfolio via Hotelbeds’ ancillary API solution.
	Beyond The Bed’s ancillary partners will benefit from real-time bookings from Servantrip’s 7,100 B2B partners around the world, including TUI, BCD Travel, FCM Travel Solutions, Globalia Corporate Travel, Halcón Viajes, Uniglobe and Airmet.


Palma, Spain,&nbsp;30 July 2020&nbsp;–&nbsp; Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today announced a global strategic partnership with Servantrip, a B2B platform that consolidates airport transfers, door-to-door drivers and activities in more than 170 countries.

The partnership will provide Servantrip with full access to Hotelbeds’ Beyond The Bed portfolio via the API solutions offered by Hotelbeds, including:


	Activities including tours, tickets and attractions with over 18,000 activities in 690 destinations. Servantrip will have access to this via API connectivity from July 2020.
	Transfers via Holidays Taxi Group (HTG), the worldwide transport service that is part of Hotelbeds, offering airport to city and resort transfers in 21,000+ destinations in over 150 countries worldwide.
	Additionally, from August 2020 Servantrip will connect to Hotelbeds’ transfer portfolio, which has over 25,000 transfer routes in over 120 countries. &nbsp;
	Car hire products from 500 car rental suppliers through Hotelbeds’ B2B car rental brand CARNECT. Servantrip will go live with this product from April 2021.


Meanwhile Beyond The Bed’s ancillary supplier partners benefit from strengthened distribution through the Servantrip platform that will power real-time bookings from the 7,100 travel agencies and OTAs across 97 countries that use Servantrip.

In addition the Servantrip platform allows users to make several bookings in the same reservation, thus increasing cross-selling opportunities for Beyond the Bed partners.

Javier Arévalo, Managing Director of the Beyond The Bed portfolio at Hotelbeds said: “We are very pleased to announce this partnership with Servantrip as it is one of the leading B2B distribution platforms consolidating airport transfers, door-to-door drivers and other activities. We have been working hard over the last few years to offer our ancillary partners access to an even wider distribution network and Servantrip, with its own proprietary technology solution, will provide real-time bookings from more than 7,100 travel trade customers. This partnership works as the perfect win-win, with Hotelbeds working as the ancillary product specialist and Servantrip as the technology partner."

José Manuel Núñez, Managing Director at Servantrip added: “We are dedicated to giving our B2B clients the widest possible portfolio of ancillary solutions under the best possible terms and conditions. The high-quality products available from Hotelbeds’ Beyond The Bed portfolio – over 18,000 activities, 25,000 transfer routes and 500 car rental providers worldwide – fulfills our commitment and additionally its cloud-based technology matches our need for a simple, no-fuss solution.”

About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading Bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotels across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – while not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty partners in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond The

Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain.

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About Servantrip

Servantrip is a global B2B consolidator - a “one-stop shop” solution for airport and door to door transfer services, hourly drivers and tours &amp; activities, with the largest coverage worldwide.

Servantrip is leading and supporting tech transformation regarding services at destination in the B2B sector, being able through one-APi-only integration to deploy full inventory in 170+ countries comparing the best offer to book among different main suppliers. Indeed, it´s latest generation platform has been integrated into AMADEUS.

The use of state-of-the-art technologies such as artificial intelligence and other solutions aimed at personalizing and improving sales, allows Servantrip to offer no only&nbsp;a powerful booking platform but a better user experience by allowing partners to search, compare, check availability and prices in real-time, obtaining immediate confirmation for the entire product portfolio.

The company is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

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Hotelbeds strengthens distribution reach  for ancillary partners via Servantrip agreement


	Hotelbeds provides Louvre Hotels with access to world’s largest distribution network of travel trade buyers, including 60,000+ tour operators, points redemption schemes, airlines and travel agents.
	Louvre’s 1,500 hotels in 54 countries, representing 100,000 rooms will be available in Hotelbeds’ wholesale and retail distribution channels.
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Palma, Spain,&nbsp; 14&nbsp; July 2020 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has entered into a strategic partnership with Louvre Hotels Group, a major player in the global hospitality industry.

This agreement will further strengthen Louvre’s distribution reach via Hotelbeds’ network of over 60,000 travel trade buyers in 140 source markets, including airlines, points redemption schemes, retail travel agents and tour operators.

At the same time, Hotelbeds’ customers will gain access to preferential rates and availability from across Louvre Hotels Group’s portfolio of over 1,500 hotels in 54 countries worldwide, representing over 100,000 available rooms.

Hotelbeds’ travel trade buying partners will have access to the complete portfolio of six Louvre brands ranging from one to five stars properties, including: Première Classe, Campanile, Kyriad, Kyriad Direct, Tulip Inn, Golden Tulip and Royal Tulip.

Meanwhile Hotelbeds’ portfolio of 60,000 travel buyers will offer Louvre Hotels Group a wider international reach and incremental bookings from end customers whose average profile means they typically book further in advance, pay more per room, stay for longer, have lower cancellation rates and spend more on property.&nbsp;

As part of this agreement, Louvre Hotels Group will distribute its hotel rooms through Hotelbeds’ two main sales channels: wholesale sales under the 'Hotelbeds' brand, and retail sales via the Bedsonline brand, that caters to retail travel agents.

Mark Redmond, Head of Global Chains at Hotelbeds commented: “We are delighted to sign a preferred partnership with Louvre Hotels Group, a major player in the global hospitality industry with a great portfolio that includes 1,500 hotels in 54 countries – and over 100,000 rooms available. They have a full hotel offering, spanning one to five star properties, with well known brands such as Première Classe, Kyriad, Campanile, Tulip Inn, Golden Tulip, and Royal Tulip. Now, as the current restrictions on travel begin to ease I am certain that our 60,000 travel trade clients will be very excited to gain access to special rates and availability across Louvre’s full portfolio.”

Olivier Daurat, VP Sales and Distribution at Louvre Hotels Group, added: “This alliance is very important for us as thanks to Hotelbeds we can have access to one of the largest travel trade distribution networks available, including both wholesale and retail buyers. We look forward to working with Hotelbeds to grow our overall bookings together and more importantly to generate incremental, high-value reservations once travel demand picks back up again.”

Louvre Hotels Group is owned by Jin Jiang International Holdings Co. Ltd., one of China’s leading travel and tourism conglomerates and the second largest hotel group in the world.

Moreover, since the outbreak of the pandemic, Louvre Hotels Group has launched the “Clean &amp; Safe” reassurance program and implemented preventive measures through its Charter of Commitment for its 1,500 hotels around the world. The group has put in place a specific training program for all staff to ensure full compliance with the recommendations of the World Health Organization, the Government, and Regional Health Agencies. As clients’ well-being and safety are Louvre’s top priorities, the group’s safety procedures are bring overseen by two health and safety protection experts, Mérieux Nutrisciences in France and NSF International worldwide.

About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain.

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&nbsp;About Louvre Hotels Group

Louvre Hotels Group is a major player in the worldwide hotel sector, currently boasting over 1,500 hotels in 54 countries. They feature a comprehensive 1- to 5-star hotel offer including the iconic Louvre Hotels Group brands: Royal Tulip, Golden Tulip, Campanile, Tulip Residences, Kyriad, Kyriad Direct, Tulip Inn and Première Classe; the 5 brands of the Sarovar network in India, the Hôtels and Préférence group, the TemptingPlaces brand as well as the Chinese brand Metropolo. The Group also has a distribution agreement with the Barrière Group.

Louvre Hotels Group is a subsidiary of Jin Jiang International Holdings Co., Ltd., the world’s second largest hotel group

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