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	The world’s leading bedbank continues to expand its presence around the globe with the opening of a new and enlarged office in Dubai.
	Hotelbeds has tripled the size of its Middle East regional team in the last two years.
	The new office is located in Reef Tower and accommodates around 200 people.


Dubai, 25 April 2019. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading business-to-business bedbank, has confirmed today its commitment to the Middle East and Africa regions with the opening of a new office in Dubai.

During the last two years the company has tripled the size of its local team – following the acquisitions of Tourico Holidays and GTA – and recently decided to unify the business and teams into one single space in Dubai

The new office is located in Reef Tower and accommodates around 200 people, including the sourcing, wholesale sales, retail, operations and finance teams, all of whom are focused on inbound and outbound business from the region.

Hotelbeds has a long history of commitment to Dubai, with GTA operating in the city since 1998 and Hotelbeds establishing its regional office in Dubai in 2012.

This news comes ahead of the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) fair in Dubai, taking place from Sunday 28 April to Wednesday 1 May, where Hotelbeds can be found on stand TT1430.

Philip Dickinson, Wholesales Sales Director for the Middle East, Africa and India at Hotelbeds said: “Ahead of ATM I am proud to announce the new office in Dubai. As Hotelbeds continues to expand its client base our Dubai office will become an important catalyst for our accelerated business growth. Opening a new office in Dubai enables us to support the demand that we have experienced to-date in this fast-growing region, but it also demonstrates to our local clients and partners that we are committed to helping them achieve their goals too. Just seven years ago we opened our first office in Dubai with only 4 employees, two years ago we had 60 employees and now we have already grown to around 200 people”.

Miguel Anaya, Sourcing Director for the Middle East and Africa regions at Hotelbeds added: “Over the last year we’ve been working hard to create one new and enhanced business since Tourico Holidays and GTA joined us: a new and consolidated leadership structure; a much stronger sourcing team that has now increased to over 1,100 employees globally and 70 in the Region; one single account management and billing point for all partners including travel buyers and hoteliers; and an enhanced IT structure that is almost completely migrated onto one, new platform”.

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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.

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Hotelbeds confirms Middle East commitment with new and enlarged office opening in Dubai 

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	Marks OYO’s first partnership with a bedbank company
	OYO gains access to Hotelbeds’ 60,000 clients, including tour operators, points redemption schemes and retail travel agents and Hotelbeds’ clients will have access to OYO’s portfolio of more than 18,000 franchised and leased hotels and over 10,000 homes and villas, across ten countries
	The deal covers wholesale and retail distribution of OYO hotels and homes via both Hotelbeds and Bedsonline



Palma and New Delhi, April 15, 2019. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading business-to-business bedbank and OYO Hotels &amp; Homes, the world’s 6th largest hotel chain, today, announced a strategic global distribution partnership. The preferred agreement represents OYO’s first-ever distribution partnership with a bedbank.

The partnership provides OYO with access to more than 60,000 travel buying intermediaries around the world that use the Hotelbeds platform, including tour operators, airline websites, points redemption programs, loyalty plans from more than 140 source markets.

As a result of this Hotelbeds’ clients will have access to OYO’s portfolio of more than 18,000 franchised and leased hotels and over 10,000 homes and villas, across ten countries – including India, China, Malaysia, Nepal, the UK, UAE, Indonesia, the Philippines, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and now Japan.

Through this partnership, OYO Hotels &amp; Homes, will be able to distribute its hotel rooms via both the 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.

Mark Redmond, Head of Global Chains at Hotelbeds comments: “OYO Hotels &amp; Homes is one of the most talked about hotel brands currently and is massively shaking up the entire sector. So, we at Hotelbeds are very pleased to be the first travel distributor given the privilege to work with them. As the largest budget hotel chain, it represents a new offering for our 60,000 plus travel buying clients using our platform, such as travel agents and tour operators – meaning our distribution channel sits perfectly with their needs. Whilst they currently have an impressive 515,000 rooms, they’re set to increase up to 1 million by the end of the year and we’re looking forward to helping them find incremental and higher-yielding bookings for many of those rooms”. 

Maninder Gulati, Chief Strategy Officer, OYO Hotels &amp; Homes, stated: “At OYO, our mission is to create a perfect space in every place by ensuring the best possible experience for our guests, and having Hotelbeds as a strategic global partner supports this vision. Hotelbeds distribution channel of B2B travel buyers helps us access new customer segments and geographies. The bedbank company’s cost-efficient distribution channel makes them an ideal partner to achieve our goal.”

A global-first, OYO Hotels brings a unique equilibrium between demand and supply gap of quality living spaces through proprietary technology, efficient operations, staff training, civil transformation, inventory management, revenue management, and customer relationship manager. All these facets come together to improve a hotel’s performance by delivering a quality-assured experience. Subsequently, hoteliers can take advantage of the technology to boost occupancy and deliver enhanced customer experience.

In October last year, Hotelbeds announced the consolidation of all of its brands in the wholesale channel —GTA, Tourico Holidays and Hotelbeds— under the name of Hotelbeds, phasing out the Tourico Holidays and GTA brands. With this, Hotelbeds Group and its wholesale brand are now simply known as 'Hotelbeds'.

More recently, in early February, Hotelbeds also announced that now 90% of its current 180,000 hotel partners now have access to all of the 60,000 travel buying intermediaries – such as tour operators and travel agents – that use the company’s platform, following the integration of GTA and Tourico Holidays into the company recently.

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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.

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Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

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About OYO Hotels &amp; Homes:

OYO is South Asia’s largest, one of China’s top five, and the world’s fastest growing chain of hotels, homes, and spaces. It has footprints in more than 500+ cities across India, China, Malaysia, Nepal, the UK, UAE, Indonesia, the Philippines, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Japan. Globally, OYO currently has over 18,000 franchised or leased hotels and over 10,000 homes and villas as a part its chain and over 515,000 rooms. OYO is backed by leading investors, the SoftBank Group, Greenoaks Capital, Sequoia India, Lightspeed India, Hero Enterprise, and China Lodging Group. For more information, log on to https://www.oyorooms.com/

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Hotelbeds Media contacts

Hotelbeds 

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló · a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com

OYO Media contacts

Prasidha Menon: +91 95601 88330, prasidha.menon@oyorooms.com

Shonali Chakravarty: +91 9833059832, shonali.chakravarty@oyorooms.com


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Hotelbeds and OYO Hotels & Homes form strategic distribution partnership 


	Longstanding partner KILIT HOSPITALITY GROUP, Turkey’s biggest leisure hotel operator, expands partnership with preferred agreement.
	KILIT HOSPITALITY GROUP gains access to world’s largest distribution of high value clients provided by Hotelbeds with +60,000 tour operators, points redemption schemes, airlines, and retail travel agents.’
	Deal allows KILIT HOSPITALITY GROUP’s 25,000 beds to be available in both wholesale and retail distribution channels via Hotelbeds and Bedsonline platforms.


11 April, 2019. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading business-to-business bedbank, has announced today a strategic distribution partnership with KILIT HOSPITALITY GROUP, Turkey’s largest leisure hotel company and the owners of Crystal Hotel Chain, Amara World Hotels and Nirvana Lagoon Luxury.

Building on over 10 years of working together, the recently signed and significantly expanded partnership takes the form of a preferred agreement that will provide Hotelbeds with exclusive access to KILIT HOSPITALITY GROUP’s Ultra All-Inclusive 5-star hotels that offer guests 24-hours-a-day service.&nbsp;

The partnership provides KILIT HOSPITALITY GROUP with access to world’s largest distribution of high value clients provided by Hotelbeds with +60,000 tour operators, points redemption schemes, airlines, and retail travel agents from more than 140 source markets.

As a result of this Hotelbeds’ clients will have access to KILIT HOSPITALITY GROUP’s portfolio of more than 25,000 beds across 17 hotels that operate under various sub-brands in prominent Turkish tourist locations such as Side, Belek, Kemer and Bodrum.

Additionally, through this partnership KILIT HOSPITALITY GROUP will be able to distribute its hotel rooms via both the 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.

Arzu Harley, Regional Manager of Hotelbeds, Turkey,&nbsp;comments: “We are hugely excited to confirm that we have significantly expanded upon our longstanding partnership with KILIT HOSPITALITY GROUP, the leading and biggest operator of all-inclusive hotels in Turkey.&nbsp;

“Today’s news reflects our long-term commitment to Turkey, despite the market facing some challenges in recent years, as a premier tourist destination. This commitment has recently proven more than worthwhile, following the continued rebound in hotel bookings for Turkey that we’ve seen over the last year – summer 2019 already looks set to be a record. We are committed to growing our business model in Turkey and our partnership with KILIT HOSPITALITY GROUP will help us reach this goal together.

Umman Cetinbas, CEO of Crystal Hotels Brand, stated: “Despite being the largest operator of all-inclusive beach and resort hotels in Turkey, we still have ambitious plans to grow further locally. Today’s news forms part of a strategic plan and we look forward to working with Hotelbeds as we not only grow overall bookings together, but more importantly grow high-value bookings.

“After careful consideration we felt that the bedbank distribution channel should be a core part of our growth strategy and following many years of partnering successfully, Hotelbeds was naturally our first choice.”

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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, airlines, 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 KILIT HOSPITALITY GROUP

KILIT HOSPITALITY GROUP was founded in 2005 and has since grown to be the largest local chain in Turkey.

Operating under the brands of Crystal Hotels, Nirvana Lagoon Luxury and Amara World Hotels brands, KHG now operates 18 hotels with a total of 25,000 beds and around 7,500 employees. &nbsp;

KHG’s hotels dominate the shores of Mediterranean, in Turkey, with 16 of its 5 star luxury family resorts located in the Antalya Region.

KHG strives to be a digital pioneer and take its brand to a wider consumer audience.

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Hotelbeds media contacts

Hotelbeds 

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló · a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com

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Hotelbeds confirms strategic partnership with KILIT HOSPITALITY GROUP


	Accor confirmed as host sponsor for the Hotelbeds MarketHub Europe event.
	Senior leader from Accor, to give key-note speech alongside guest speakers from Skift, Phocuswright, Amazon, Google, and Alibaba.
	Invitation only, three-day event will be held in Istanbul from 28th to 31st May.
	‘SHIFTING FUTURES’ theme to explore how travel companies can future-proof their technology, distribution, payments and data strategies – whilst tackling the key topic of the complexity of distribution.
	Alistair Watts, Vice President Sales, Marketing, Revenue, Distribution &amp; Loyalty, Accor New East Europe, thanks Hotelbeds for “complementing our distribution mix both in terms of non-domestic bookings and giving us access to hard-to-reach reservations”.


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Palma, 9thApril 2019. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading business to business bedbank, has joined forces with AccorHotels and has chosen Istanbul in Turkey as the host destination for the Hotelbeds MarketHub Europe event that will take place from Tuesday 28th to Friday 31st May.

Taking place under the theme of ‘SHIFTING FUTURES’, the three-day event will explore how the travel sector should react to the changes and shifts in the industry to better prepare for the future in terms of key topics such as technology, the complexity of distribution, payments, and data.

Hotelbeds is proud to confirm that its strategic partner for the event will be Accor, who will host the event in three of its leading Istanbul properties, Swissotel The Bosphorus, Fairmont Quasar and Novotel Istanbul Bosphorus.

A senior leader from Accor will provide a key-note speech at the event. Additionally guest speakers from the leading industry publication Skift and the renowned industry analysts Phocuswright will be appearing on stage to both give a key-note speech plus host a panel session. Experts from Amazon, Google and Alibaba will also be appearing on stage and further speakers will be confirmed in due course.

MarketHub Europe is an invitation-only event attended by up to 300 of the most important Hotelbeds partners from all the key source markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Attendees include tour operators, airlines, loyalty and reward points schemes, top travel agency chains, and online travel agents.

Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze partners have also been confirmed.

Carlos Muñoz, Bedbank Managing Director at Hotelbeds, commented: “I´m very pleased to confirm that this year’s MarketHub Europe will be in Istanbul thanks to the generous support of AccorHotels as the hotel host partner. Additionally I am excited to confirm that speakers from both Skift and Phocuswright will be giving key-note speeches on stage – exploring important topics such as the complexity of distribution. 

“This MarketHub Europe event will be particularly exciting for us as it will be the first edition as one consolidated company as over the last year we’ve been working hard to create one new and enhanced business. 

“I look forward to thanking in person all our sponsors, and of course clients for their loyalty, as well as their trust in us to continue to deliver them with the best and most exclusive deals available in the market.”&nbsp; 

Alistair Watts, Vice President Sales, Marketing, Revenue, Distribution &amp; Loyalty, Accor New East Europe,​ added: “Hotelbeds has long been a strategic partner for our business, complementing our distribution mix both in terms of non-domestic bookings and giving us access to hard-to-reach reservations from channels such as tour operators, travel agents, airlines and loyalty schemes. Therefore we are very pleased to partner with&nbsp; Hotelbeds to help make this MarketHub Europe event in Istanbul a success by bringing together all of the key decision-makers and top influencers from today’s global travel industry.”

A key and regular industry fixture since 2009, MarketHubs are one of the leading events for bringing the travel industry together, with eight previous events in the Americas, five in Europe, and one in Asia. The first MarketHub Europe was held in Seville back in 2013 and since then Hotelbeds has held the event in several top Spanish destinations, such as Tenerife and Ibiza.

The MarketHub Europe event will kick-off with a cocktail dinner on the Tuesday evening, with the Wednesday and Thursday featuring a conference and trade show by day and exclusive entertainment by night.

For more information about the MarketHub Europe event, please visit https://www.themarkethub.com/europe/

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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;

Follow us&nbsp;:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

&nbsp;

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló · a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com

Anna Monreal amonreal@hotelbeds.com

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Hotelbeds partners with Accor to host MarketHub Europe event in Istanbul


	Invitation only, three-day event will be held in Cancun from May 7 to 10.
	‘SHIFTING FUTURES’ theme to explore how travel companies can future-proof their technology, payments, and data strategies – while tackling the key topic of the complexity of distribution.
	Guest speakers confirmed from Skift, Phocuswright, Amazon, Google, and McKinsey &amp; Company to appear on stage.
	Palladium Group, Accor Hotels, Atlantis Hotels and Resorts, Disney Destinations, Euler-Hermes – Solunion, Hilton, RCD Hotels and Wynn Encore Las Vegas currently confirmed as Premium and Platinum sponsors.


Orlando, 4 April 2019. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has chosen Costa Mujeres in Cancun as the host destination for the 9th edition of Hotelbeds´ MarketHub Americas event that will take place from Tuesday 7 to Friday 10 May.

The event will take place under the theme of ‘SHIFTING FUTURES’ and will explore how the travel sector should react to the changes and shifts in the industry to better prepare for the future in terms of key topics such as technology, the complexity of distribution, payments, and data.

Guest speakers from the leading industry publication Skift and the renowned industry analysts Phocuswright will be appearing on stage to both give a key note speech plus host a panel session. Additionally, experts from Amazon, Google and McKinsey &amp; Company will also be appearing on stage at this dynamic event. Further speakers will be confirmed in due course.

MarketHub Americas is an invitation-only, three-day event attended by up to 500 of the most important Hotelbeds partners from all the key source markets of the Americas. Attendees include senior executives and decision makers from tour operators, airlines, loyalty and reward points schemes, leading travel agency chains and online travel agents.

Hotelbeds is proud to announce that its Premium and Platinum partners currently confirmed will be, Palladium Group, Accor Hotels, Atlantis Hotels and Resorts, Disney Destinations, EULER HERMES – Solunion, Hilton, RCD Hotels and Wynn Encore Las Vegas.

Additionally, Hotelbeds is proud to confirm that the hotel hosts for this year’s MarketHub in the Americas will be the luxurious, 5-star Grand Palladium Costa Mujeres Resort.

Gold, Silver and Bronze partners have also been confirmed and further sponsorship opportunities still remain available for potential partners to position themselves with this senior group of the industry’s most important decision makers.

Carlos Muñoz, Bedbank Managing Director at Hotelbeds, commented: “Due to the great success of our previous MarketHubs and in order to thank our expanded customer base, I´m very pleased to confirm that this year’s edition will be in Costa Mujeres, Cancun and that we´ll be having both Skift and Phocuswright delivering key note speeches – exploring important topics such as the complexity of distribution.

“This MarketHub will be particularly exciting for us as it will be the first edition as one consolidated company. Over the last year we’ve been working hard to create one new and enhanced business to better serve our partners including:&nbsp; a&nbsp;new and consolidated leadership structure; one single account management and billing point for all partners including travel buyers and hoteliers; the launch of a Product Management department; and an enhanced IT structure that is now almost completely migrated onto one, new platform. 

“I look forward to thanking in person all our sponsors and hotel host partners for helping make this event happen – and of course clients for their loyalty, as well as their trust in us to continue to deliver them with the best and most exclusive deals available in the market.”&nbsp; 

A key and regular industry fixture since 2009, 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.

The MarketHub Americas event will kick-off with a cocktail dinner on the Tuesday evening, with the Wednesday and Thursday featuring a conference and trade show by day and exclusive entertainment by night.

For more information about the MarketHub Americas event, please visit https://www.themarkethub.com/americas/

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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.

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Follow us on:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds-group

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

Hotelbeds Media contacts

Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Alicia Orta Stanford · alicia.ortastanford@hotelbeds.com


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Hotelbeds announces Costa Mujeres as host destination for 9th edition of MarketHub Americas


	Tomeu Gili recruited as Bedsonline’s Regional Sales Director for Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
	News follows the September announcement of the consolidation and migration&nbsp;&nbsp; of GTA’s travel agency customers over to the Bedsonline’s brand and class-leading booking platform.


Dubai, March 14, 2019. – Bedsonline, the global provider of accommodation and complementary travel services designed exclusively for travel agents, has today announced the strengthening of its senior leadership team.

Tomeu Gili has been recruited as the Director of Sales for Bedsonline’s Asian, Middle Eastern and African source markets, a new position created combining both regions under one leader. In this role Tomeu will be based in Dubai and will lead a team of seventy people.

He will be responsible for supporting Bedsonline’s existing travel agency customers in the local markets to drive growth while further expanding and diversifying the number of agencies working with Bedsonline’s class leading booking platform.&nbsp;

Tomeu brings with him over 20 years of experience in the travel industry, most recently in leadership positions for companies such as Destinations of the World, RTS and Gowaii Corp.

Previous to this Tomeu worked for Bedsonline in senior leadership roles for 12 years, since the brand’s launch in 2003. During this time he held a range of positions including Head of Sales for Middle East and Asia Pacific and Head of Sales for South Europe, Mexico, the Caribbean and Africa.

This news follows the announcement that the parent company of both GTA and Bedsonline, Hotelbeds, has consolidated its travel agency product portfolio and platform globally, under the refreshed Bedsonline brand – establishing the world’s leading provider of accommodation and complementary services designed exclusively for travel agents.

Carlos Muñoz, Bedbank Managing Director at Hotelbeds, comments: “We are delighted to welcome Tomeu back into the Bedsonline team. He brings an incomparable wealth of experience that will play a pivotal role in further enhancing the expertise of our commercial teams as we continue to build on our position as the worlds’s leading booking platform for travel agents. I, along with the rest the teams, look forward to working closely with Tomeu to continue our rapid expansion in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.”

Tomeu Gili, Bedsonline’s Regional Sales Director for Asia, the Middle East &amp; Africa, adds: “It’s an honor to be coming back to Bedsonline. I was privileged to be part of the team that launched the brand over 15 years ago in Spain and witness its rapid expansion at that time. Now, with a portfolio of over 50,000 travel agency customers worldwide backed by a class leading booking platform that has gone from strength to strength, this is an exciting time indeed to be returning to the business. I can´t wait to get out there, meet our customers and discuss how we can help them to grow their business.”

Following the consolidation of GTA’s brand portfolio and offering, the Bedsonline platform now offers travel agents globally the following benefits:&nbsp;

1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Diverse and competitive product portfolio:&nbsp; 180,000 hotels available globally (with over 90,000 directly sourced, creating a highly competitive portfolio with unique offers), 24,000 transfer routes, 18,000 activities, and 140,000 cars available for hire – all sourced by an expert team of over 1,000 contractors around the world. &nbsp;

2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Powerful and user-friendly technology:&nbsp;Best-in-class search engine designed specifically for the needs of travel agents allows users to filter and compare results in a flexible and practical way – 70% of existing customers cite the platform as a top factor in choosing the service.&nbsp;Bedsonline’s&nbsp;parent Group is the only travel trade wholesaler to operate its own cloud-based, open source data&nbsp;centre&nbsp;handling 1.5 billion searches per day.&nbsp;

3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Local knowledge combined with a global offering:&nbsp;Our experienced local sales teams in every market provide significant knowledge and industry know-how adapted to the specific needs of each market.

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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, 24,000 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.

Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló

a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com


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Bedsonline strengthens leadership in Asia, the Middle East and Africa



	Hotelbeds platform data reveals the top destinations for Spring Breakers this year fall within the United States, Italy, France, Spain, United Kingdom, and Mexico markets.[1]
	Orlando is most booked destination by Americans for the March Spring Break in 2019.
	Chinese travellers continue to favour the United States and register a year-on-year booking growth of nearly 40% into Orlando.


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Orlando, FL 13 March 2019. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has announced today the most booked destinations for Americans based on its booking platform data for the March 2019 Spring Break season.

As per the latest data report from the Hotelbeds booking platform – which is used by travel buying intermediaries such as travel agents, tour operators and points redemptions schemes – for this year’s March Spring Break, Orlando leads the report as the most visited destination at a worldwide level for Americans during this period.

Orlando is followed, in descending order, by Las Vegas, New York, Rome, Paris, Barcelona, London, Miami, New Orleans, and Cancun as the most visited cities.

Filtering the rankings at an international level, the top five destinations for Americans during the month of March has Rome in the lead, followed by Paris, Barcelona, London, and Cancun.

Looked at from a local level the top five ranking destinations are Orlando, closely followed by Las Vegas, New York, Miami, and New Orleans.


While Los Angeles didn’t make the cut for this year’s top 10 travel destinations and was replaced by New Orleans in Hotelbeds’ latest booking report, L.A. still remains a very popular destination among American travellers, falling behind to New Orleans by only a small amount of bookings, and taking the 11th spot on our ranking this year.&nbsp;

Meanwhile, the biggest source markets for travellers visiting the United States during this March Spring Break period are Great Britain, Spain, Germany, Brazil, and Canada – all in descending order.

According to the U.S. Travel Association China is considered to be the most notable source market in terms of its growth in the international rankings, going from the 22nd largest source market in the year 2000, to third largest currently, and projected to be the second largest in 2019.

According to the booking data from the Hotelbeds platform, Chinese travellers account for almost 3% of all bookings made into the United States[2] – during this Spring Break 2019 period, the company registered an increase of nearly 40% of Chinese outbound bookings into Orlando, the most visited destination for March Spring Breakers this year.

Sam Turner, Wholesale Sales &amp; Sourcing Director at Hotelbeds, commented, “Most notable here for me is the 40% increase in bookings for Orlando from Chinese tourists. &nbsp;This forms part of our commitment to provide our US hotel partners with complementary non-domestic bookings – and where better than from Chinese travellers, already the largest travel segment globally by spend?

“By matching our extensive network of travel buying clients based in China with our competitive inventory of China-ready hotel accommodations in the US, our dedicated sourcing and sales teams have been able to capture almost 3% of all incoming Chinese hotel bookings in the United States and we expect this to increase further.” &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 

Lauren Volcheff Atlass, Americas Regional Director for Wholesale Sales at Hotelbeds, commented, “Five of the top ten destinations we are seeing this spring break are outside of the US, meaning there’s a great opportunity for non-US based hotels to attract spring breakers. But without having a local US based sales team and knowledge, achieving that is very hard.

“With our expanded network of travel buying intermediaries across the United States – including points redemption businesses, traditional travel agents, and tour operators – we can offer our hotel partners across the globe access to one of the biggest travel markets during one of its busiest periods. Our aim is always to help them increase occupancy rates with non-competing incremental bookings from guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more and come back more often – and this Spring Break I´m proud to say we’re delivering great value to a great many hotels worldwide by giving them this hard to reach, but important segment.”

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world´s leading bedbank.

The company’s proprietary technology helps providers of travel services distribute their offering to travel sellers globally via an easy-to-use, advanced technology platform that increases reach, revenue and yield for both the provider and the seller.

Operating under the Hotelbeds brand in the wholesale channel and the Bedsonline brand in the travel agents channel, the company connects over 60,000 travel intermediaries across more than 140 source markets globally with travel providers in over 185 countries representing more than 170,000 hotels, 24,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities.

In September 2016, the company became independent under the ownership of Cinven and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). In June 2017, Tourico Holidays became part of Hotelbeds, followed by GTA also joining the company in October of the same year.

The company is headquartered in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

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[1] These figures refer to bookings made in the United States source market via the Hotelbeds booking platform – which includes the Tourico Holidays and GTA bedbanks – for the month of March 2019.



[2] These figures refer to bookings made via the via the Hotelbeds booking platform for the 2017/2018 financial year.




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Top booking destinations for March Spring Break revealed by Hotelbeds


	Over 10,000 hotels have signed-up for the Hotelbeds platform over the last year, mainly in North America and Asia-Pacific, to reach 180,000 unique hotels.
	Growth driven by renewed focus on providing hoteliers with incremental bookings via expanded B2B network of over 60,000 travel buyers.
	Increase in the number of strategic partnerships with hotel chains and inclusion of preferred channel managers.



Palma, 6th March 2019. Hotelbeds, the world´s leading bedbank, has today confirmed at ITB Berlin an increase in the number of its hotel partners.

During the last year Hotelbeds has increased by 10,000 the number of unique hotels – mainly located in the North American and Asia-Pacific markets – available on its platform.

Currently a total of 180,000 unique hotels are available on the Hotelbeds system and a majority of the hotels are directly contracted under exclusive terms and conditions.

This growth has been driven by the renewed focus of Hotelbeds in providing its hotel partners with complementary 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.

In particular there has been an increase in signing strategic partnerships with key hotel chains globally and preferred agreements with channel managers worldwide. This has in part been supported by the expansion of the contracting workforce to over 1,100 contractors based around the world in popular local destinations.

In early February Hotelbeds announced that, following the acquisitions of Tourico Holidays and GTA into its business, now 90% of its hotel partners have access to all of the over 60,000 travel buying intermediaries that use the Hotelbeds platform. Such channels attract guests who book further in advance, cancel less, stay longer, spend more in-destination, and re-book more frequently.

As part of this change Hotelbeds’ hotel partners are now unified under the same terms and conditions, whilst also having access to a simplified and unified billing and account management service.

Carlos Muñoz, Bedbank Managing Director at Hotelbeds, commented: “As part of our plan to build the world’s leading bedbank, we wanted to renew our focus on providing our hotel partners with complementary bookings from non-domestic and niche booking channels that provide them with high-value guests. Today’s news that we’ve increased the number of hotel partners by 10,000 over the last year is confirmation that already we are succeeding.

“This is great news too for our over 60,000 travel buyers around the world – whether they be a travel agent, tour operator or airline website – as the majority of these hotels are directly contracted at the best prices and under the best conditions.

“We look forward to providing our customers and hotel partners with further updates about our evolving service over the coming months, but welcome them to approach us directly here at ITB Berlin to learn more about how we can help them to grow their business even further.”&nbsp;

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world´s leading bedbank.

The company’s proprietary technology helps providers of travel services distribute their offering to travel sellers globally via an easy-to-use, advanced technology platform that increases reach, revenue and yield for both the provider and the seller.

Operating under the Hotelbeds brand in the wholesale channel and the Bedsonline brand in the travel agents channel, the company connects over 60,000 travel intermediaries across more than 140 source markets globally with travel providers in over 185 countries representing more than 180,000 hotels, 24,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities.

In September 2016, the company became independent under the ownership of Cinven and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). In June 2017, Tourico Holidays became part of Hotelbeds, followed by GTA also joining the company in October of the same year.

The company is headquartered in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

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Hotelbeds expands portfolio with 10,000 new hotels


	Germany is the fifth largest source market worldwide – and the third in Europe – for Hotelbeds.
	Majorca, Antalya and Crete remain the most booked destinations on the Hotelbeds platform for Germans this summer.[1]
	New York, Barcelona and London lead international city destinations.



Palma, 28th February 2019. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has revealed ahead of ITB Berlin – which will take place this year from Wednesday 6 to Sunday&nbsp;10 march – has confirmed Germany as its fifth largest source market globally and third largest European source market.

Additionally Hotelbeds’ booking data has confirmed that European beach destinations are the most in demand this summer for German tourists, with Majorca remaining the most popular and Antalya remaining the second most popular, followed by Crete.

New York is the most popular international city choice for Germans this summer and the 4th most popular overall proceeded by Majorca, Antalya and Crete.&nbsp; At an international level New York is followed by Barcelona and then London, with Barcelona replacing London as the second choice compared to last year.&nbsp;

For Germans choosing &nbsp;Asian destinations this summer, Bali &nbsp;is for another consecutive year the most visited destination for the Germany source market – and the 14th most popular overall, but down from number 7 last year.

Carlos Muñoz, Bedbank Managing Director of Hotelbeds said: “Ahead of ITB I am proud to confirm that in our new and enlarged business Germany &nbsp;is the fifth largest source market globally for us, and the third in Europe.

“Next week’s ITB will be a particularly exciting edition for us as it will be the first one as one consolidated company. Over the last year we’ve been working hard to create one new and enhanced business: &nbsp;a&nbsp;new and consolidated leadership structure; a much stronger sourcing team that has now increased to over 1,100 employees globally; one single account management and billing point for all partners including travel buyers and hoteliers; the launch of a Product Management department; and an enhanced IT structure that is almost completely migrated onto one, new platform.

“All these changes in our business form part of the long-term strategy we set out in 2017 to be the world’s leading bedbank. In particular I´m looking forward to meeting with our hotel partners to discuss how we have adapted our offering for hoteliers by giving them increased access to hard-to-reach travel buyers such as travel agents, points redemption schemes, airline websites and tour operators – channels that offer higher-value and incremental bookings.”

Hotelbeds will participate&nbsp;at the ITB fair in Berlin, taking place&nbsp;from Wednesday 6 to Thursday 10 March, can be found on stand 110, in hall 9.

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[1]&nbsp;All information included in this press release is based upon year-on-year trends for bookings made via wholesale bedbanks that form part of Hotelbeds – including Hotelbeds, GTA and Tourico Holidays – up to 7 February 2019.

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world´s leading bedbank.

The company’s proprietary technology helps providers of travel services distribute their offering to travel sellers globally via an easy-to-use, advanced technology platform that increases reach, revenue and yield for both the provider and the seller.

Operating under the Hotelbeds brand in the wholesale channel and the Bedsonline brand in the travel agents channel, the company connects over 60,000 travel intermediaries across more than 140 source markets globally with travel providers in over 185 countries representing more than 170,000 hotels, 24,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities.

In September 2016, the company became independent under the ownership of Cinven and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). In June 2017, Tourico Holidays became part of Hotelbeds, followed by GTA also joining the company in October of the same year.

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The company is headquartered in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

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 Hotelbeds confirms Germany as fifth largest source market globally


	Approximately 90% of Hotelbeds’ 170,000 hotel partners have now gained significantly expanded distribution reach – following the acquisitions of Tourico Holidays and GTA.
	Hotelbeds committed to providing complementary and high-value guests for hoteliers through network of over 60,000 travel intermediaries globally.
	Integration of Tourico Holidays and GTA is now almost complete.


Palma, February 12, 2019. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today provided a further update on the final stages of the integration of Tourico Holidays and GTA into its bedbank platform.

As of the close of January approximately 90% of the company’s existing 170,000 hotel partners are now gaining access to all of the company’s 60,000 travel buying intermediaries across the portfolio of Hotelbeds’ brands. This follows a process of unifying all hotel partners onto one new and unique contract. The process began in last year and involved working with hotel partners who were working with one or more of the three bedbank brands – Tourico Holidays, GTA, and Hotelbeds – prior to Tourico Holidays and GTA joining Hotelbeds in 2017.&nbsp;

Under the new contracts hotels are now able to distribute their accommodation under the same terms and conditions, whilst additionally benefiting from standardized and centralized processes for billing and account management.

Bringing all its hotel partners onto one contract forms part of the Hotelbeds strategy to find ever simpler and more efficient means to offer its hotel partners bookings that don’t compete with the direct channel.

Hotelbeds is now able to offer hotels a larger and wider range of travel buying intermediaries that has increased to more than 60,000 worldwide. This includes airlines, loyalty programs, traditional travel agencies and tour operators – all of whom offer high-value guests that book further in advance, cancel less, pay more for a room, spend more in destination, and return more often.

Carlos Muñoz, Managing Director Bedbank at Hotelbeds, comments: “Crossing the 90% threshold is yet another milestone in the creation of the world’s leading bedbank – in fact it is actually a very important landmark, as we are now nearing the end of the whole process of integrating Tourico Holidays and GTA into Hotelbeds: the unified teams are in place, we’ve consolidated the brands, and we’ve almost completed bringing everything onto one technology stack too.&nbsp;&nbsp;

“This means we are now giving our hotel partners access to all of our 60,000 travel buying intermediaries under the same terms and conditions, whilst also simplifying their billing and account management. In short, we now offer – by a significant measure – the simplest and most cost-effective accommodation distribution solution in a market that is very fragmented. “We are committed to proving our hotel partners with complementary bookings and increased value by offering access to non-competing sales channels such as airlines, points-redemption schemes, tour operators, and high-street travel agents – channels that provide guests who book further in advance, cancel less, pay more, spend more in-destination, and come back more often.”

This news forms part of Hotelbeds’ strategy to fully integrate Tourico Holidays and GTA into Hotelbeds to form one enhanced bedbank.

Since acquiring Tourico Holidays and GTA in 2017 the process of integration has now almost finished: &nbsp;


	Throughout 2018 the newly revised management structure was announced, combining the best talent from Tourico Holidays, GTA and Hotelbeds – including the creation of a Product Management department.
	In April Hotelbeds announced that going forward it would focus only on its strategic bedbank core by disposing of its incoming services division, called Destination Management, for 110 million euros.
	During 2018 the company was also transitioning the bedbanks across onto one technology platform and the process is now almost complete.&nbsp;
	In September 2018 the consolidation of the company’s retail brands under Bedsonline was announced, along with the launch of a refreshed Bedsonline identity and updated platform.
	The consolidation of all the brands of the wholesale channel —GTA, Tourico Holidays and Hotelbeds— under the name of ‘Hotelbeds’ was announced in October, phasing out the Tourico Holidays and GTA brands.
	Additionally the decision was announced to phase out the ‘Group’ reference when speaking about the company as a whole, to become simply ‘Hotelbeds’.


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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world´s leading bedbank.

The company’s proprietary technology helps providers of travel services distribute their offering to travel sellers globally via an easy-to-use, advanced technology platform that increases reach, revenue and yield for both the provider and the seller.

Operating under the Hotelbeds brand in the wholesale channel and the Bedsonline brand in the travel agents channel, the company connects over 60,000 travel intermediaries across more than 140 source markets globally with travel providers in over 185 countries representing more than 170,000 hotels, 24,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities.

In September 2016, the company became independent under the ownership of Cinven and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). In June 2017, Tourico Holidays became part of Hotelbeds, followed by GTA also joining the company in October of the same year.

The company is headquartered in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

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Hotelbeds significantly expands access to high-value distribution for hotel partners


	
	Top five international countries for Chinese travellers during Chinese New Year 2019 are, in descending order, Thailand, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and the United States. *
	
	
	Trend for Chinese travellers visiting a wider range of countries continues, with hotels in 102 countries reserved, up from 88 last year.
	
	
	Around 7 million Chinese travellers are expected to venture abroad during this year’s holiday festival.
	


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Shanghai, China – January 30, 2019 – Hotelbeds, the world´s leading bedbank, has today revealed the top international destinations for Chinese travellers during the seven day Chinese New Year holiday period starting on Monday, February 4th.

According to booking data from the Hotelbeds platform for this year’s break, Thailand is the most popular destination, with Japan and Singapore ranked second and thirdly respectively. These are followed, in descending order, by Malaysia, the United States, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, Vietnam, and South Korea.

Whilst Spain and Italy have this year dropped out of the top ten countries, replaced by Vietnam and South Korea, nonetheless the two remain popular with Chinese tourists and come in at eleventh and twelfth place this year.

Additionally, a trend for Chinese travellers visiting a wider range of countries continues, with Chinese travellers booking hotels through the Hotelbeds bedbank platform in 102 countries during the Chinese New Year holiday period, up from 88 last year.

China remains the number one source market in the wholesale channel for Hotelbeds in Asia Pacific and is now the 4th biggest for Hotelbeds globally, where Hotelbeds offers Chinese travel intermediaries – such as tour operators, airlines, points redemption schemes, and retail travel agents – access to over 170,000 hotels, 24,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, available in over 185 countries.

Sam Turner, Wholesale Sales &amp; Sourcing Director at Hotelbeds, said, “Already Chinese travellers have become the number one travel market globally and this is only set to grow significantly as the Chinese economy grows, whilst more and more Chinese people seek travel experiences abroad. Overseas travel during the traditional Chinese New Year is a different form of family festive activity. Many people take advantage of a week-long holiday by booking medium-to long-haul trips to popular international destinations, including Japan, Australia, the US, Southeast Asia and Europe.

“We have worked hard for many years to adapt our hotel portfolio to reflect the preferences of Chinese travellers, whether that be by the types of accommodation they prefer or in the booking process itself, and feel that our success reflects that. On behalf of Hotelbeds, I wish our business partners and colleagues in China a very happy Chinese New Year!”

Hui-Wan Chua, APAC Regional Director for Wholesale Sales at Hotelbeds, said, “I am very satisfied that demand for Chinese outbound travel is being fulfilled by Hotelbeds’ enhanced portfolio with over 170,000 hotels globally in over 185 countries. In fact, already&nbsp;more than&nbsp;2% of all US hotels reserved by Chinese travellers flows via our system and we’re growing rapidly still.

“Understanding Chinese cultural needs is the key to attracting Chinese tourists and we are speaking with our travel intermediary customers in China to explain to them how they will benefit from our ‘China ready’ sourcing strategy. Whilst at the same time we keep communicating with our hotel sourcing teams worldwide to help them understand Chinese customers’ needs.”

The Chinese New Year holiday, also known as ‘Spring Festival’, is a seven-day national holiday in China that takes place from Monday February 4th to Sunday February 10th. The date of the Chinese New Year varies each year, according to China’s lunar calendar, and last year fell on February 16th.

According to the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), a total of 6.5 million Chinese mainland tourists travelled aboard during the seven-day Chinese New Year holiday in 2018, with that figure set to increase to 7 million this year.

* All figures quoted in this press release are based on bookings made via the Hotelbeds booking platform. 

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world´s leading bedbank.

The company’s proprietary technology helps providers of travel services distribute their offering to travel sellers globally via an easy-to-use, advanced technology platform that increases reach, revenue and yield for both the provider and the seller.

Operating under the Hotelbeds brand in the wholesale channel and the Bedsonline brand in the travel agents channel, the company connects over 60,000 travel intermediaries across more than 140 source markets globally with travel providers in over 185 countries representing more than 170,000 hotels, 24,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities.

In September 2016, the company became independent under the ownership of Cinven and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). In June 2017, Tourico Holidays became part of Hotelbeds, followed by GTA also joining the company in October of the same year.

The company is headquartered in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

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Hotelbeds reveals top international destinations for Chinese travellers during Chinese New Year

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	Bedsonline celebrates 15 years of success in a private event attended by 300 agents.
	Spain, the founding market for Bedsonline, is the main market globally for the company with more than 8,000 affiliated clients.
	Bedsonline showcases its new brand identity and a more powerful booking platform to meet customers’ needs.


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Palma, 28th January 2019.- Bedsonline, the leading accommodation and complementary services supplier, celebrated last Thursday 15 years of success in a private event for clients.

The event, held on the fringes of FITUR (the international tourism fair held in Madrid, Spain), brought together more than 300 travel agents from all over the country at a private dinner.

Bedsonline leveraged the occasion to confirm its leadership position in the Spanish source market – its founding market – which still remains the main market globally for the company.

This leading position in the market is due mainly to the large and diverse portfolio – with over 170,000 hotels around the world, 24,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities – offered to its customers, a powerful and easy-to-use technology platform and a specialized knowledge combined with a strong local commercial team.

Alistair Rodger, Retail Travel Agents Director of Hotelbeds, stated: ‘‘Today we celebrate an important milestone for the company: 15 years of history in the retail channel. We started our journey in Spain – which as of today is still our main market – and, after the formula for success was developed in the country, we exported the model to the Dominican Republic in 2004, and Portugal, Mexico and Costa Rica in 2005. Nowadays, more than 50,000 travel agents from over 100 source markets around the world make their bookings through our platform. Today we are showcasing in FITUR our new brand identity and a strengthened product portfolio after the consolidation of Tourico Holidays and GTA (TravelCube and TravelBound) into our platform, and the consolidation of all brands into Bedsonline identity.

Carlos Feliu, Sales Director for Iberia, UK and Ireland of Bedsonline, commented: ‘‘After 15 years of success and growth, we have managed to consolidate our leadership position in the country in the retail niche, confirming once again that Spain is our main source market globally, with more than 8,000 local agents booking through our platform.

‘‘I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our affiliated travel agents for their loyalty and support during all these years. Looking ahead to the next 15 years, our mission is to leverage our strong and powerful product portfolio after the inclusion of Tourico Holidays and GTA into the Bedsonline platform.’’

Likewise, the company used the occasion to showcase the recently renewed brand image – revealed in September– and to offer details on the new and enlarged product portfolio. This strategy has allowed Bedsonline not only to strengthen the offer, but also to provide a new 360º solution that improves the experience of travel agents.

The new Bedsonline platform now offers to travel agents globally the following benefits:


	Diverse and competitive product portfolio: over 170,000 hotels globally available (with over 90,000 of those directly sourced, making the content both unique and competitively priced), 24,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, PLUS 140,000 cars available for hire – all sourced by a team of over 1,000 contractors globally.
	Powerful and user-friendly technology: best-in-class search engine designed specifically for the needs of travel agents allows users to filter and compare results in a flexible and practical way, including intuitive email and PDF functions – 70% of existing customers cite the platform as a top factor in choosing the service. Bedsonline’s parent Group is the only distributor to operate its own cloud-based, open source data centre and handles up to 3 billion searches per day.
	Local knowledge combined with a global offering: local sales teams in every market with significant local knowledge and industry know-how ready to take care of all the needs of customers.


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About Bedsonline

Bedsonline&nbsp;is the leading global provider of accommodation and complementary travel products that exclusively caters to travel agents. It distributes through its online platform accommodation, excursions, tickets and transfers to more than 50,000 travel agencies with sales teams in over 40 countries covering over 100 markets globally.

The company stands out for its extensive portfolio – over 170,000 hotels in 185 destinations, 24,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities – to offer a personalized local service through an intuitive and easy-to-use online booking tool. In this way, Bedsonline guarantees high availability and competitive prices to the great satisfaction of its clients.

The business-to-business online provider 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 position of advantage in the industry.

Bedsonline is part of Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, and is headquartered in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

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