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	Reported rate integrity issues for hotel partners reduced by 90% to a historic low over the last six months – falling to 0.01% of total room night production.
	Results driven by investment into automated technology unavailable elsewhere in the market, creation of team dedicated to monitoring rates, and introduction of strict ‘three strikes’ policy for policy offenders.
	Hotelbeds has stopped approximately €300 million of otherwise profitable sales during last year to enforce new policy as part of commitment to hotels.
	Continued focus on further growing portfolio of +60,000 B2B buyers with client types highly valued by hoteliers, including Tour Operators, Travel Agents and Airlines.


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Palma, Spain 4th November 2019 – Hotelbeds, the world´s leading bedbank, has today provided an update on the successful implementation of new distribution management rules that directly address the rate integrity challenge for its 180,000 hotel partners globally.

As part of its policy to collaborate only with travel distribution companies that clearly add incremental value to hotel partners, Hotelbeds has invested heavily in new and market-leading automated technologies&nbsp; unavailable elsewhere in the market.&nbsp;

Using data analytics, tracking travel sellers’ flows and monitoring on a regular basis, Hotelbeds is able to accurately segment and monitor how contracted products are distributed.

To efficiently manage these processes Hotelbeds has established a team of professionals dedicated to ensuring that rates intended for offline channels are not sold by OTAs.

Additionally Hotelbeds has also implemented a strict ‘three strike policy’ that disconnects – after only three warnings – offenders that have been found to distribute opaque rates in the OTA channel.

These changes have meant that during the last year Hotelbeds has stopped around €300 million of otherwise profitable sales to ensure compliance with the new policy as part of its commitment to hotel partners.

As a direct result of the above changes, Hotelbeds is pleased to confirm that over the last six months the number of incidences have been reduced by 90% to reach a historic low, bringing reported issues down to just 0.01% of total room night production.

Carlos Muñoz, Managing Director at Hotelbeds, said: “We fully recognize the importance of the rate integrity challenge that the industry is facing and have been consulting with our hotel partners in private to quietly introduce change.

“Whilst it is still early days and we recognise that more remains to be done, I am nonetheless pleased to confirm the significant impact we have made already and the positive feedback from hotel partners about the automated technologies we are using that are unavailable from any other bedbank. 

“Understandably some have asked ‘why are you doing this and how are you able to forgo €300 million in otherwise profitable sales?’. The answer is simple: we are totally committed to adding real value to our hotel partners and we know the best way to achieve this is by providing incremental, high-value bookings from long-haul source markets that don’t compete with their direct channel. 

“We achieve this by leveraging our B2B network of over 60,000 travel agents, tour operators, airline and points redemption schemes – all of whom offer a high proportion of incremental long-haul, long-stay guests that hotels find really valuable.&nbsp; 

“Soon we´ll be announcing further initiatives and providing more updates on how we feel that we can encourage the whole sector to take this topic more seriously: watch this space.”

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Bookings via B2B channels provide hotels guests that typically book further in advance, cancel less, pay a higher ADR, spend and tip more in-destination, and come back more often – in particular because of the high percentage of non-domestic and long-haul bookings these channels tend to generate.

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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 hotels 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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Hotelbeds tackles rate integrity challenge on behalf of hotel partners 


	
	New report, published by Hotelbeds, highlights value bedbanks offer hoteliers.
	
	
	Findings highlight how bedbanks add value to hoteliers through access to incremental, high-value guests from opaque B2B channels such as travel agents, tour operators and airlines.
	
	
	Report emphasises the role bedbanks can play in supporting hoteliers address the challenges of maintaining rate integrity.
	
	
	The 20 page document is available for download free to travel industry professionals.

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Palma, Spain 30th October 2019 – Hotelbeds, the world´s leading bedbank, has today published an in-depth report into the bedbank sector.

Reach, Growth, and Occupancy: the real value of the bedbank distribution model has been commissioned by Hotebeds and explores the unique role that bedbanks play in the hotel industry, highlighting two areas in particular where bedbanks can add value to hoteliers:

1) The ability of Bedbanks to provide easy access to opaque B2B channels globally including retail travel agents, tour operators, airlines and points redemption schemes is highly attractive to hoteliers, as such channels tend to provide incremental bookings from higher value international guests.

2) The role Bedbanks can play in supporting hotels to tackle the challenge of maintaining rate integrity across multiple distribution channels; in particular by combatting rogue, non-contracted OTAs that sell discounted rates originally intended for other channels.

The report was produced following in-depth research of the sector – including interviews with both hoteliers and B2B travel buyers – and is authored by Robert Cole, Phocuswright's Lodging and Leisure Travel Senior Research Analyst.

Additionally the 20 page report includes case study interviews and infographics, as well as covering the history of bedbanks, introducing the ecosystem of players involved, explaining the billing and settlements models involved, and updating readers on the technology and operations platforms used to connect hotels with B2B travel buyers.

Carlos Muñoz, Managing Director at Hotelbeds, said: “Due to the behind-the-scenes nature of what our sector does, we felt that bedbanks do not have the visibility and recognition that they deserve for the value they bring to the hotel distribution chain.&nbsp; 

“To address this we commissioned this report and we feel that its results address many of the misconceptions held about bedbanks – for example by showing that bedbanks provide access to much more than just OTAs and instead offer access to higher-value, opaque booking channels such as tour operators and retail travel agents.

“We are really excited that this will produce some much needed debate and look forward to sharing its findings with our partners and prospects across the sector in person.”

A full copy of the 20 page document can be downloaded for free from the Phocuswire website via the following weblink: https://www.phocuswire.com/Hotelbeds-value-of-bedbanks-report

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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 hotels 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.

Follow us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

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Hotelbeds Media contacts

Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Roman Townsend rtownsend@hotelbeds.com


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New report: Reach, Growth, and Occupancy. The real value of the bedbank distribution model 


	
	Hotelbeds grows Beyond The Bed portfolio by 15% during last year to reach 4,000 unique activities and 6,000 transfer routes in 200 destinations across Asia-Pacific.
	



	
	Beyond The Bed provides curated portfolio of transfers, car hire, tickets and excursions to Hotelbeds’ over 60,000 B2B travel buyers globally.
	
	
	Growth driven by strong international demand from high-value B2B buyers globally cross-selling long-haul travellers in-destination services for Asia-Pacific.
	
	
	News announced at Hotelbeds’ MarketHub Asia event in Bali, with over 300 leading travel B2B buyers attending including tour operators, airlines and loyalty schemes.

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Bali, 24 October 2019.&nbsp;Hotelbeds,&nbsp;the world’s leading bedbank, has provided an update on its Beyond The Bed portfolio in Asia-Pacific during its MarketHub Asia event taking place this week in Bali.

Hotelbeds can confirm that currently a total of 4,000 unique activities and 6,000 transfer routes are available in 200 destinations across Asia-Pacific via Beyond The Bed, the ancillaries product portfolio available from the company.

Additionally Hotelbeds can confirm that the Beyond The Bed portfolio has grown by around 15% in the last year, driven by high-demand for in-destination ancillaries from B2B travel buyers around the world cross-selling in-destination services to their long-haul clients visiting Asia-Pacific.

As a result of this the company plans to continue growing its curated the portfolio in the region further during the coming years.

Products distributed via Beyond The Bed include transfers, car hire, entrance tickets, theme parks, excursions and tours, plus travel insurance – with a dedicated sourcing team committed to find and contract the best suppliers under exclusive terms and conditions.

These services are all available to the Hotelbeds network of more than 60,000 retail travel agents, tour operators, airlines and points redemption schemes globally.

At a global level the Beyond The Bed portfolio represents over 24,000 transfer routes in 1,100 destinations and 18,000 activities in 690 destinations.

Javier Cuevas Visconti, Global Sales Director for Beyond The Bed at Hotelbeds, said:&nbsp;“Our network of 60,000+ B2B travel intermediaries globally includes many retail travel agents and tour operators. For Asia-Pacific sales that means long-haul, long-stay bookings.&nbsp; It’s easy to cross-sell in-destination services such as transfers or experiences to these travelers and we are seeing very strong demand in Asia-Pacific. That’s why we have worked very hard over the last year to increase our curated portfolio by around 15% and intend to continue expanding hard by seeking out the best providers and contracting them under exclusive terms and conditions.”

The 2nd edition of MarketHub Asia is an invitation-only, three day event taking place from Tuesday 22 to Friday 25 October in Bali, with around 300 of Hotelbeds’ most important partners from all the key source markets of Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.

Attendees this year include senior executives and decision makers from tour operators, airlines, and loyalty and reward points schemes.

Representatives from Skift, Phocuswright and Web in Travel are all participating in key-note speeches and panel sessions focused on the event’s ‘SHIFTING FUTURES’ theme, exploring how the travel sector should react to changes and shifts in the industry in terms of key topics such as technology, the complexity of distribution, shifting consumer trends, payments and data.

For more information about the MarketHub Asia event please visit&nbsp;https://themarkethub.com/asia/. &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 hotels 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.

Follow us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

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Hotelbeds Media contacts

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Wei Wang whitney.wang@hotelbeds.com


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Strong demand for Asia-Pacific ancillaries drives portfolio growth at Hotelbeds


	
	Australia followed by China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Thailand are the top five international source markets traveling to Bali.[1]
	
	
	Hotelbeds offers hotel partners in Bali high-value guests that originate from non-domestic and long-haul source markets.
	
	
	Bali ranks number three in Hotelbeds' APAC top destinations for 2019 and is in the top 20 global top destinations.
	
	
	MarketHub Asia event taking place in Bali, with over 300 leading travel B2B buyers in attendance including tour operators, airlines and points redemption schemes.
	


Bali, 23rd October 2019 – Hotelbeds, the world´s leading bedbank, has today announced the top source markets for bookings for hotel partners in Bali, where the company is this week hosting its MarketHub Asia event.

According to booking data based on reservations made via B2B travel buyers using Hotelbeds, in descending the top ten source markets for Bali are Australia, China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Spain, Germany, and Sweden.

Australia has now been the biggest inbound source market booking accommodations in Bali via the Hotelbeds platform for two consecutive years – with over 50% of Australian travelers booking accommodation at least one month in advance.

Hotelbeds can also confirm that Bali ranks number three in its APAC top destinations of 2019, and number 16 in the list of global top destinations – offering local hotels a steady-flow of high-value international guests all year round.&nbsp;

Non-domestic bookings – and in particular long-haul bookings – typically offer hoteliers complimentary guests that on average stay for longer, reserve further in advance, cancel less, spend more in destination and come back more frequently – thus helping hoteliers increase profitability.

Such guests often originate from high-value B2B distribution channels like retail travel agents, tour operators, airlines and points redemption schemes and Hotelbeds can confirm that it works with over 60,000 such B2B travel buyers around the world.

Miguel Anaya, APAC Regional Director for Sourcing at Hotelbeds, said, “We have always been able to offer our hotel partners in Bali a very high and steady supply of long-haul bookings with long average stay – but we are also focused on offering them reservations where and when they need them most, for example during the low season&nbsp; / rainy season. We offer hotels different lead times according to their needs, whilst giving clients a choice of different locations across the island. 

“This is where our network of over 60,000 B2B travel trade buyers around the world comes into play, offering the local hotels access to difficult to reach travellers who are heavily guided by their retail travel agent and tour operator on where and when to travel. 

“We look forward to contracting more accommodation in Bali and are very pleased to confirm that already Hotelbeds is registering advanced bookings for 2020, especially from source markets such as Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.”

The 2nd edition of MarketHub Asia is an invitation-only, three day event taking place from Tuesday 22 to Friday 25 October in Bali, with around 300 of Hotelbeds’ most important partners from all the key source markets of Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.

Attendees this year include senior executives and decision makers from tour operators, airlines, and loyalty and reward points schemes.

Representatives from Skift, Phocuswright and Web in Travel are all participating in key-note speeches and panel sessions focused on the event’s ‘SHIFTING FUTURES’ theme, exploring how the travel sector should react to changes and shifts in the industry in terms of key topics such as technology, the complexity of distribution, shifting consumer trends, payments and data.

For more information about the MarketHub Asia event please visit&nbsp;https://themarkethub.com/asia/. &nbsp;

&nbsp;

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 – 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.

Follow us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

Hotelbeds Media contacts

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Wei Wang whitney.wang@hotelbeds.com

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[1] All figures quoted in this press release are based on bookings made via the Hotelbeds booking platform and refer to year-on-year adjustments as of early October, based on room nights.

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Top source markets for Balinese hotel partners of Hotelbeds confirmed during MarketHub Asia event 


	
	Hotelbeds confirms that over 40,000 unique hotels are now contracting with Hotelbeds across Asia-Pacific.
	



	Hotel partners in Asia-Pacific gain access to global network of 60,000 high-value clients such as retail travel agents, tour operators, airlines and points redemption schemes.
	Such B2B travel buyers provide hotels with long-stay guests from the US and Europe, who stay for longer, cancel less, pay more per night, spend more in destination and come back more often.
	
	News announced during MarketHub Asia event taking place in Bali, with over 300 leading travel B2B buyers in attendance.
	


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Bali, 22 October 2019.&nbsp;Hotelbeds,&nbsp;the world’s leading bedbank, has provided an update on contracted hotels in the Asia-Pacific region during its MarketHub Asia event taking place this week in Bali.

Hotelbeds can confirm that currently a total of 40,000 unique hotels in Asia-Pacific are available via its system, making up almost a quarter of the company’s 180,000 hotels around the world.

Approximately 10,000 hotels in the region available via Hotelbeds are contracted under exclusive terms and conditions via the company’s local team of around 200 contractors in top destinations across Asia-Pacific.

In Bali, where the MarketHub Asia event is taking place, the number of hotels contracted has already reached a total of 1,300 hotels available to book.

The 40,000 hotel partners working with Hotelbeds in the Asia-Pacific region gain access to over 60,000 B2B travel buyers around the world, including retail travel agents, tour operators, airlines and points redemption schemes.

Such B2B travel buyers offer hotels incremental reservations from non-domestic and long-haul source markets, providing guest who book further in advance, with lower cancellations rates, higher ADRs, and increased spend in destination.

Today’s news follows the recent announcement in the region of Hotelbeds becoming the first bedbank distribution partner for OYO Hotels &amp; Homes, the world’s sixth largest hotel chain.

Miguel Anaya, APAC Regional Director for Sourcing at Hotelbeds, said:&nbsp;“We have a long-standing presence in the region – in some countries over 20 years – and this has helped us to build strong relationships with local hotel owners keen to attract long-haul guests visiting from the US and Europe. Such guests provide our hotel partners with long-stay bookings with higher ADRs and greater spend whilst at the hotel. 

“Unsurprisingly these hotels are keen for more such guests and that’s why we are able to enter into exclusive deals with local hotels, making our inventory even more desirable to the 60,000 plus B2B travel buyers we work with globally – in turn resulting in more hotels wanting to work with us.” 

The 2nd edition of MarketHub Asia is an invitation-only, three day event taking place from Tuesday 22 to Friday 25 October in Bali, with around 300 of Hotelbeds’ most important partners from all the key source markets of Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.

Attendees this year include senior executives and decision makers from tour operators, airlines, and loyalty and reward points schemes.

Representatives from Skift, Phocuswright and Web in Travel are all participating in key-note speeches and panel sessions focused on the event’s ‘SHIFTING FUTURES’ theme, exploring how the travel sector should react to changes and shifts in the industry in terms of key topics such as technology, the complexity of distribution, shifting consumer trends, payments and data.

For more information about the MarketHub Asia event please visit&nbsp;https://themarkethub.com/asia/. &nbsp;

&nbsp;

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 – 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.

Follow us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

&nbsp;

Hotelbeds Media contact

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Wei Wang whitney.wang@hotelbeds.com


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Hotelbeds connects over 40,000 hotels in Asia-Pacific with high-value B2B buyers globally 


	
	Hotel partners globally connected with over 12,500 B2B travel buyers in wholesale and retail distribution channels across APAC.[1]
	
	
	Almost 90% of APAC clients represent high-value sales channels for hotels: retail travel agents, tour operators, airlines and points redemption schemes.
	
	
	APAC region contributes around 20% of Hotelbeds’ global sales: China, Thailand, Australia, India, and Japan are listed in the top 20 sales markets.
	
	
	News announced during MarketHub Asia event taking place in Bali, with over 300 leading travel B2B buyers in attendance.
	


Bali, 21 October 2019.&nbsp;Hotelbeds,&nbsp;the world’s leading bedbank, has today provided its hotel partners globally with an update on its Asia-Pacific source market performance during its MarketHub Asia event in Bali.

Hotelbeds can confirm that it connects a total of 12,500 B2B travel buyers in wholesale and retail distribution channels in Asia-Pacific with its network of over 180,000 hotel partners around the world.

Additionally, Hotelbeds can confirm that almost 90% of these customers in APAC are high-value sources of bookings for hotels such as retail travel agents, tour operators, airlines, and points redemption schemes.

Offering hotels access to such high-value partners forms a central part of Hotelbeds’ strong commitment to give hoteliers incremental bookings of non-domestic and long-haul reservations.

Such guests on average book further in advance, cancel less, pay more for a room, spend and tip more in destination, and come back more frequently.

The APAC region is the fastest growing for Hotelbeds and contributes around 20% of Hotelbeds’ sales for hoteliers around the world.

In recent years China has become the fourth biggest source market for Hotelbeds globally, and Thailand, Australia, India, and Japan are all also listed in the top 20 sources markets of the company worldwide.

León Herce, Global Sales Director, Hotelbeds, commented:&nbsp;“It’s not just that more people from Asia-Pacific are travelling internationally, they are also travelling more often, spending more, and most importantly they are travelling to destinations much further and more diverse than ever before. 

“For such trips they rely heavily on trusted sources that can help advise them, not least retail travel agents and tour operators – and due to our long presence in the market, in some countries over 20 years, we have strong relationships with such buyers.

“Meanwhile we work closely with our network of over 180,000 hotel partners around the globe to advise them on how best to cater for the needs of Asian travelers in the booking process, pre-arrival and in destination. Hotels in the US and Europe highly value Asian travelers as they provide long-stay guests that spend more on average, cancel less and come back more often. 

“This really is a great example of East-meets-West win win situation for the travel buyers in APAC and the hotels in the West and I´m proud of how we bring these two audiences together.”

The 2nd edition of Hotelbeds´ MarketHub Asia is an invitation-only, three day event taking place from Tuesday 22 to Friday 25 October in Bali, with around 300 of Hotelbeds’ most important partners from all the key source markets of Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.

Attendees this year are expected to include senior executives and decision makers from tour operators, airlines, and loyalty and reward points schemes.

Representatives from Skift, Phocuswright and Web in Travel will all participate in key-note speeches and panel sessions focused on the event’s ‘SHIFTING FUTURES’ theme, exploring how the travel sector should react to changes and shifts in the industry in terms of key topics such as technology, the complexity of distribution, shifting consumer trends, payments and data.

For more information about the MarketHub Asia event please visit&nbsp;https://themarkethub.com/asia/. &nbsp;

&nbsp;

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 – 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.

Follow us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

&nbsp;

Hotelbeds Media contacts

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Wei Wang whitney.wang@hotelbeds.com

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[1] All figures based on bookings via Hotelbeds and refer to data as of the close of the 2019 financial year (up to 30 September 2019).




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Hotelbeds updates hotel partners globally on APAC source market performance 


	
	Ahead of the Hotelbeds MarketHub Asia event in Bali in October, Hotelbeds confirms that around 86% of Hotelbeds’ reservations for Asia-Pacific hotel partners originate from non-domestic markets.
	
	
	Over half of those non-domestic bookings come from non-APAC, long-haul source markets.
	
	
	B2B travel trade buyers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, and Germany are amongst the top ten source markets reserving Asia-Pacific hotels.&nbsp;
	
	
	Non-domestic, and in particular long-haul, bookings typically pay a higher rate, cancel less, are made further in advance, stay for longer, spend more in destination and return more often.
	


Shanghai, 18th October 2019 – Hotelbeds, the world´s leading bedbank, has today provided an update, ahead of its MarketHub Asia event, on the non-domestic bookings that its B2B sales channels provide to APAC hotel partners.

Hotelbeds confirms that 86% of its hotel bookings for Asia-Pacific destinations are generated from non-domestic source markets, with 44% of that coming from long-haul source markets outside of APAC.

Non-domestic bookings – and in particular long-haul bookings – typically offer hoteliers incremental bookings that are harder to attract through the hotel’s own direct marketing channel.

Additionally, non-domestic guests on average stay for longer, reserve further in advance, cancel less, and spend more in destination – thus helping hoteliers increase profitability.

Based on Hotelbeds’ booking data, the US, the UK, Australia, Spain, and Germany are among the top 10 source markets traveling to destinations in APAC.

The US is now the biggest inbound source market into APAC for Hotelbeds, up from 3rd place last fiscal year with 28% year-on-year growth in room nights.

Very importantly for the hotel, 45% of the United States travelers book APAC accommodations at least one month in advance.

The 2nd edition of Hotelbeds´ MarketHub Asia event will take place from Tuesday 22 to Friday 25 October in Bali, with around 300 of the most important Hotelbeds partners from all the key source markets of Asia-Pacific and Middle East. For more information visit https://www.themarkethub.com/asia

Miguel Anaya, APAC Regional Director for Sourcing at Hotelbeds, said, “For a long time we have been able to offer our Asia-Pacific hotel partners a very high and steady proportion of non-domestic bookings. Within that a significant part has always been from long-haul, non-Asia-Pacific source markets, such as the United States and the United Kingdom – but the growth recently in United States bookings has been very strong, now taking the top spot for the region as the biggest inbound source market.

“Incremental bookings complement a hotel’s distribution mix but importantly they also provide hotels with high-value reservations. Such guests typically cancel less, stay for longer, spend more at the hotel and even come back more often – coming from B2B buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty and reward points schemes. This is even more so the case with long-haul bookings as they typically stay much longer and spend more.

“We’ve been working hand-in-hand with our APAC hotelier partners to raise awareness on how to diversify distribution channels and best attract international travellers to their hotel. We build strong partnerships with hotels not only by distributing hotel rooms, but by advising them on points such as language, marketing strategies and even western travellers’ tastes.”

Currently a total of 180,000 unique hotel properties globally form part of Hotelbeds’ portfolio, with the majority directly contracted under exclusive terms and conditions.

This growth has been driven by the renewed focus of Hotelbeds in providing its hotel partners with incremental bookings via its network of 60,000 travel buyers from both non-domestic source markets and B2B buyers – including tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites and loyalty and reward points schemes.

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*All figures quoted in this press release are based on bookings made via Hotelbeds’ sales channels. 

&nbsp;

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 – 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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Hotelbeds attracts high-margin, non-domestic guests for hotel partners in APAC


	
	Accor, COMO Hotels&nbsp;and Resorts, Edwardian Hotels London, Kilit Hospitality Group, RIU Hotels and Resorts, Side Crown Hotels, The Ascott Limited, Universal Parks &amp; Resorts, and Wynn Las Vegas and Encore all participating as Platinum Sponsors of the MarketHub Asia event from 22nd-25th October in Bali.
	
	
	‘SHIFTING FUTURES’ theme to explore future-proofing technology, consumer trends, payments and data strategies – whilst tackling the complexity of distribution.
	
	
	Around 300 participants from leading tour operators, airlines, loyalty and points redemption schemes to attend from across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.
	


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Shanghai, 14th October 2019.&nbsp;Hotelbeds,&nbsp;the world’s leading bedbank, has confirmed the sponsors of the MarketHub Asia event that will take place from&nbsp;22nd – 25th October in Bali, Indonesia.

Platinum sponsors have been confirmed with the participation of Accor, COMO Hotels&nbsp;and Resorts, Edwardian Hotels London, Kilit Hospitality Group, RIU Hotels and Resorts, Side Crown Hotels, The Ascott Limited, Universal Parks &amp; Resorts, and Wynn Las Vegas and Encore.

In addition, Gold, Silver and Bronze sponsors have also been confirmed and further announcements will be made in due course.

Industry insight will also be provided by speakers from Skift, Phocuswright, Amazon Web Services (AWS), OYO Rooms, WTCF, and Web in Travel (WiT) participating on stage.

The Westin Resort Nusa Dua will be the host venue for this year’s MarketHub Asia.

Carlos Muñoz, Managing Director at Hotelbeds, commented:&nbsp;“We would like to thank all of our sponsors for their support and partnership in helping to make this great event possible. With over 400 attendees, MarketHub is brings together all the top industry professionals all in one place for three days of presentations, tradeshows, and networking – so sponsors will gain invaluable and extensive exposure in front of some of the industry’s most important decision-makers."

MarketHub Asia is an invitation-only, three-day event attended by around 400 of the most important Hotelbeds partners from all the key source markets of Asia-Pacific and Middle East. Attendees this year are expected to include senior executives and decision makers from tour operators, airlines, and loyalty and reward points schemes.

Key-note speeches and panel sessions will be focused on the event’s ‘SHIFTING FUTURES’ theme, exploring how the travel sector should react to changes and shifts in the industry in terms of key topics such as technology, the complexity of distribution, shifting consumer trends, payments and data.

As a key and regular industry fixture since 2009, the MarketHubs are one of the leading events for bringing the travel industry together, with nine previous events in the Americas, five in Europe, and one in Asia.

For more information about the MarketHub Asia event, including on how to sponsor the event, please visit&nbsp;https://themarkethub.com/asia/. &nbsp;

&nbsp;

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 – 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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MarketHub Asia sponsors announced 


	Certification follows thorough analysis of Hotelbeds’ carbon footprint by independent body, Carbon Footprint Ltd.
	Hotelbeds supports a Renewable Energy Project in India to offset its carbon emissions


Palma, 10 October 2019. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has announced today that it has been certified for the second consecutive year as a Carbon Neutral Organisation by Cabon Fooprint Ltd, an independent body that accredits carbon management measurements and best practices for businesses, by offsetting companies CO2 emissions.

This prestigious accreditation reflects Hotelbeds’ commitment to reduce its environmental impact and ensure long-term sustainability by offsetting its carbon emissions generated in the past two years.

Due to business travel being one of Hotelbeds’ larger carbon emissions factor, during 2018 the company created a programme whereby a small fee is charged per business flight taken by employees. This money is then used to finance the carbon neutral project and also forms part of a desire to encourage a reduction in travel and increase company and employee awareness around the importance of carbon offsetting.

In 2018 the funds raised from this programme were donated to the Portel-Pará Deforestation Project, which is located within Brazil’s Amazon, the largest remaining rainforest on our planet, to prevent unplanned deforestation.

For 2019 Hotelbeds has chosen to give the funds to the Renewable Energy Project in India, that manages the installation of solar panels in the country, ensuring energy security, diversification of energy sources and sustainable development in the generation of electricity in India.

As part of the certification process, carbon emission calculations, including energy and paper consumptions, waste management, business travel and water supply, were completed by Hotelbeds, using metrics devised by Carbon Footprint Ltd, the sustainability experts.

Carbon Footprint Ltd has also successfully completed a verification of the carbon footprint assessment for Hotelbeds Group. This included spot-checking source data from across the group as well as reviewing the overall methodology.

Teresa Laso, who leads Corporate Sustainability at Hotelbeds, says: “We are proud to have been certified a Carbon Neutral Organisation for a second consecutive year as it underscores our sustainable business outlook.

“As part of this responsibility, an environmental policy has been developed that includes a commitment to tackle these emissions, including setting annual emissions reduction targets. We have also developed guidelines and a communication campaign to help employees implement the new environmental policy, including practical tips on how to reduce environmental consumption at work and to raise awareness of climate change and how it relates to Hotelbeds.

“As leaders in the travel industry we wanted to be at the forefront of environmental consciousness, inspiring both other companies and even individual travelers, reducing what we can and offsetting the rest.”

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 – 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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Antonia Aguiló

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Hotelbeds certified carbon neutral for second consecutive year


	Over 20% growth in room nights compared to previous year, with Spain main market of growth and APAC growing strongly.
	Hotelbeds’ B2B network of more than 60,000 clients worldwide driving high-value non-domestic guests to Southern Italy and its islands.
	A trebling of preferred agreements with leading hotels under exclusive terms and conditions has enabled Hotelbeds to meet increased B2B demand for the region – with a 30% plus increase in hotels overall in the South of Italy and islands over the last year.


Palma, October 8h 2019. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, today provided an update on the Italian market whilst participating at TTG Rimini in Italy.

Year on year room night sales for the South of Italy and islands have grown more than 20%.

Spain is the main source market driver of growth for hotel bookings in the South of Italy, supported by other markets with a significant increase such as the UK, the USA, Germany and Italy.

Meanwhile Asia-Pacific continues to grow as an important source market for Italy, with an overall growth of 60% compared to last year – with Australia and China climbing ten positions, from 22nd to 12th.

This strong growth has been driven by a 180% increase in the number of preferred agreements that Hotelbeds has with leading hoteliers across the region, under exclusive terms and conditions. Such agreements offer greater stability in booking volumes for hoteliers whilst at the same time providing competitive rates for B2B customers around the world.

Additionally, during the last year Hotelbeds has increased by over 30% the number of unique hotels available overall, mainly located in top destinations such as Sicily, Naples, North Sardinia, Sorrento and Puglia.

Altogether Hotelbeds has attracted this year guest bookings from B2B clients from more than 100 source markets to the South of Italy, including the islands of Sicily and Sardinia.

The strong growth of international travellers visiting the region demonstrates the great value that Hotelbeds offers to hoteliers by making available its extensive network of 60,000 B2B travel trade clients, including high-value B2B clients, such as retail travel agencies, traditional tour operators, points redemption and loyalty scheme, and airlines.

Bookings via such B2B buyers on average provide guests whose travellers pay more per night, cancel less, book further in advance, spend more in destination and comeback more often.

Oriol Garriga, Director of Contracting for Italy at Hotelbeds says: “Hotels across the South of Italy and the islands really value the non-domestic bookings that we are able to offer them as these represent incremental bookings they couldn´t have gained easily for themselves. Additionally such guests typically pay a higher rate, cancel less, stay for longer, spend more at the hotel and come back more often.

“Who doesn´t want guests like that? As a result of this our contracting team have been able to close three times more preferred agreements – under exclusive terms and conditions – than the year before, resulting in a virtuous circle of more bookings and then more demand from hoteliers to work with us.”

Hotelbeds will participate&nbsp;at the TTG Travel Experience fair in Rimini, Italy taking place&nbsp;from Wednesday 9 to Friday 11 October, and can be found on stand 078-083, in hall A1.

&nbsp;

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 – 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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Twitter: @Hotelbeds

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Antonia Aguiló

a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com


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Strong increase in hotel reservations for Southern Italy via Hotelbeds


	Non-domestic reservations made via the Hotelbeds platform for North American hotels have doubled, registering an average of 60% non-domestic reservations for the current fiscal year.[1]
	Growth supported by many long-haul source markets, not least China that has seen 62% growth over the last year.
	Non-domestic, and in particular long-haul, bookings typically pay more, cancel less, book further in advance, stay for longer, return more often, and spend more in destination.


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Orlando, FL 1 October&nbsp;2019. Hotelbeds, the world´s leading bedbank, has today provided an update on the non-domestic bookings that its B2B channels of distribution offers to its North American hotel partners.[2]

An analysis undertaken by Hotelbeds has confirmed that the percentage of bookings for its North American hotels originating from non-domestic source markets has doubled over the past two years, with an average of 60% for the current year.

Within the non-domestic bookings provided to hotels, up to 80% of those reservations currently come from long-haul source markets – defined as markets that require a minimum flight of seven hours.

Long-haul bookings are particularly valued by hoteliers as such travellers stay for an average of 18 nights and overall make up 84% of international tourism spend in the United States, despite representing less than half of all arrivals.[3]

This growth in long-haul tourists reserving North American hotels via the Hotelbeds platform can be mainly attributed to a 62% year-on-year increase in reservations from Chinese tourists via Hotelbeds, with China now ranking as Hotelbeds’ fourth largest source market to North America.&nbsp;

Carlos Muñoz, Hotelbeds Managing Director, commented, “Through our commitment to always delivering the highest quality of bookings and our network of 60,000 B2B travel buyers, we are able to offer our North American hotel partners a solid stream of non-domestic bookings.

“Guests travelling from non-domestic source markets compliment the hotel’s current distribution mix with customers whom they aren’t currently able to access easily; what’s more, our channel provides them with guests that typically pay a higher rate, cancel less, stay for longer, spend more at the hotel and come back more often&nbsp; – because bookings from B2B travel intermediaries such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites and loyalty and point redemption partners all provide much higher-value reservations. In fact, long-haul travellers typically stay even longer and spend much more at the hotel and destination.

“Long-haul bookings in particular are surging now because of the increasing bookings made by Chinese visitors. For many years now we have been educating and raising awareness amongst our North American hotelier partners on how to better cater to Chinese visitors staying at their hotels, focused on targeting their tastes and preferences, methods of payments, social media, and language needs.” &nbsp;

Currently over 180,000 unique hotels globally are available on the Hotelbeds system – a majority of which are directly contracted under exclusive terms and conditions.

&nbsp;

About Hotelbeds

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading business-to-business 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 – 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.

&nbsp;

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[1] All figures quoted in this press release are based on bookings made via the Hotelbeds booking platform and refer to year-on-year adjustments as of the end of July, based on room nights.



[2] North American markets definition includes United States and Canada, only.



[3] Figures retrieved from U.S. Travel Association’s 2018 travel industry report.




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Hotelbeds doubles high-value non-domestic bookings for North American hoteliers


	
	Asian and Non-Asian destination countries evenly split in Top 10 destinations for Chinese outbound tourists during holiday period.
	
	
	The seven-day National Day holiday starts on Tuesday October 1 and is also referred to as ‘Golden Week’.
	
	
	Chinese outbound travel during the holiday has increased steadily during the last few years and is fulfilled by Hotelbeds’ diverse range of accommodation globally.
	
	
	News follows recent decision to create new China Managing Director role to grow China – the fourth biggest source market of Hotelbeds globally.

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Shanghai, 26th September 2019&nbsp;–&nbsp;Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today provided an update on the top international destinations for Chinese travellers during the seven day Chinese National Day holiday period starting on Tuesday October 1.&nbsp;

According to Hotelbeds’ booking data for this year’s break, five of the top ten international destination countries of this year are Asian and the other five are Non-Asian – with the list topped by Thailand and followed by, in descending order, Japan, Singapore, the United States, Italy, Indonesia, Malaysia, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

In 2017 there were only two non-Asian destination countries – the United States and Italy – in the list of the top 10 China outbound destinations. In 2018 that number increased to four – the United States, Italy, France, and Spain – and this year the number has increased to five.

Chinese travellers are also travelling to a wider range of countries, with Chinese bookings through Hotelbeds for 113 different countries during the National Day holiday period, up from 106 in 2017 and 111 in 2018.

Carlos Muñoz, Managing Director,&nbsp;Hotelbeds, said, “Every year, the Golden Week period drives a surge in hotel ADRs and increases volumes of travel bookings significantly, especially in those top destinations for Chinese travellers.

“As this is one of longest holidays in China and most popular travel periods, it boosts both the local and overseas tourism industry. As we are getting more and more experienced working with our Chinese travel buying partners, for example tour operators, each year we start preparing for this holiday further in advance by offering both unique and competitively priced content.

“Aside from the traditional popular destinations for Chinese travellers such as Thailand, this year we are thrilled to see high demand from Chinese travellers to visit non-Asian destinations such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain – in total booking for us via 113 different countries around the world.”

Forrest Zhang, Managing Director China, Hotelbeds, said, “We are very excited to see more and more Chinese travel buyers booked their accommodations and activities through Hotelbeds. We now have over 180,000 hotels globally, many of them directly contracted under exclusive terms and conditions designed to appeal to Chinese travellers. –This is a result of us actively communicating with our hotel partners all over the world to help them understand how to best fulfil Chinese customers’ needs.”

China National Day holiday, also known as Golden Week, is a seven-day national holiday in China that takes place from October 1st to 7th. This holiday season was introduced in the year 2000 to help boost domestic tourism and to allow families to make long journeys to visit relatives.

According to the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), a total of 7 million Chinese mainland tourists travelled aboard during the seven-day National Day holiday in 2018.

*All figures quoted in this press release are based on bookings made via the Hotelbeds booking platform and refer to year-on-year adjustments as of September 20th, based on room nights. 

&nbsp;

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 – 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.

Follow us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

Instagram: @hotelbeds_official

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Wei Wang ·&nbsp;whitney.wang@hotelbeds.com


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Top international destinations for Chinese travellers during China’s National Day holiday period announced by Hotelbeds

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