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	The world’s leading bedbank offers new connectivity features on its MaxiRoom extranet
	Increase of users of more than 100% in the last three years, with more than 60,000 hotels connected to Hotelbeds through technological platforms or integrations
	This launch is part of global strategy of Hotelbeds, aimed at increasing value for hotel partners
	MaxiRoom is a Hotelbeds extranet, aimed at hotel providers to maximize distribution
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Palma, January 24, 2019. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today at FITUR (the international tourism fair held in Madrid, Spain), the launching of new features for MaxiRoom, the free hotel extranet designed to maximize hotel occupancy through Hotelbeds’ distribution channels.&nbsp;

Hotelbeds will now be the first bedbank offering on its hotelier extranet functionalities that allow the visualization of fares and availability in real time for any hotel, be it a hotel chain or an individual hotel, which is linked to Hotelbeds through connectivity. This functionality will ease and speed up product communication and optimization.

This new functionality is a step forward in the relationship with hotels since it offers greater visibility of their inventory, which allows them to detect opportunities and make adjustments through connectivity. This improvement, together with all the functionalities offered by the tool, allows Hotelbeds to work hand-in-hand with hoteliers to have better and more competitive conditions for customers.&nbsp;

Today more than 60,000 out of the 170,000 hoteliers who work with the bedbank have been connected to Hotelbeds through either technology platforms or direct integrations. The figure of 60,000 has been doubled in the last three years, which reflects, once again, Hotelbeds’ commitment to connectivity by becoming a crucial part of the business.

Following the integration of Tourico Holidays and GTA in 2017, Hotelbeds focused part of its strategy on expanding the value proposition offered to its hotel partners. Hotelbeds is focused more than ever on supporting the distribution needs of hoteliers connected to its platform to sell its rooms to a more international client profile formed by a portfolio of more than 60,000 travel intermediaries worldwide, including airlines, loyalty programs, travel agencies and tour operators.

Adam Krzciuk Kuna, Head of Supplier Connectivity Partnerships, comments: “In recent years connectivity has become a key part of the business, and as a leading bedbank we are firmly convinced that connectivity is a vital part of the future of the tourism sector. That’s the reason why we have worked on numerous developments and improvements like the ones we are announcing today.

“We are the first distributer to offer a screen where hoteliers can check the availability and connectivity rates that have with us at every moment. That is a great milestone for hotels that work according to the supplier integration model, and with it Hotelbeds continues leading the way. Our hotel partners, both large global chains, such as Hilton, or independent hotels, who have relied on us and have been connected to our system, will benefit from having the information in a more transparent and updated way at any time.”

MaxiRoom is the Hotelbeds free hotel extranet that was launched in 2015 and is designed to control and maximize the distribution of properties in a faster, smarter and easier way. Created to improve usability and functionality, MaxiRoom offers hoteliers greater autonomy and control to help their partners optimize their market performance and Hotelbeds’ distribution channels.

Other features of MaxiRoom include:

• Interactive calendar where hoteliers can make rate and room type changes.

• An intuitive content management system designed to easily update the quality of information, images and offers.

• A tool that allows to quickly and easily make massive changes in availability and price by product range or by room type.

• Smart alerts that notify hotel partners about dates that have been left unavailable, incomplete descriptions or lack of images so they can improve their showcase on the platform.

• A promotions manager that allows hoteliers to launch their own offers directly any time and in a dynamic way.

MaxiRoom helps hoteliers to be more competitive, since it offers information about their performance in comparison with their local competitors, and allows them to make decisions to improve their offer and their contents in order to optimize their productivity. In addition, the platform also provides hoteliers with the necessary information to make decisions about their pricing strategy thanks to the easy access to information on their products by source market and distribution channel.

The hotels that work with Hotelbeds have access to more than 60,000 tour operators, airlines, point redemption programs, loyalty plans, and MICE operators from more than 140 source markets.

In October, the company announced the consolidation of all the brands of 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 trademark are now simply known as '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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Antonia Aguiló · a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com

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Hotelbeds launches new features on its hotel extranet


	Bookings increases of up to 80% in some countries and requests from customers prompt Bedsonline to extend +3% commission promotion to end of January
	Campaign was originally to celebrate the holidays with a sales boost for customers by offering +3% commission campaign on all accommodation sales
	Promotion follows recent news that sister brands TravelCube, TravelBound and GTA’s retail offering will join the Bedsonline platform


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Palma, Spain, 23rd January 2019. Bedsonline, the leading global provider of accommodation and complementary products exclusively for travel agents, has today announced the extension of its +3% commission campaign for customers worldwide

Following substantial year-on-year increases in sales volumes of up to 80% in some countries and an overwhelmingly positive reaction from customers, Bedsonline has taken the decision to extend the promotion until the end of January.

The campaign originally began on 17th December to celebrate the holiday period and was intended to finish on New Year’s Eve, but was initially extended until 17 January due to unanticipated and enormous popularity.

The promotion is open to all travel agents worldwide that work with Bedsonline on a commissionable basis. These eligible agents will receive an extra 3% commission, on top of their regular commission, for all accommodation bookings made via the Bedsonline website for any date on any destination worldwide.

This news comes after Bedsonline’s decision that all the retail platforms (GTA, TravelCube and Travelbound) would be discontinued by the end of January in nearly all of its markets following the decision announced in September 2018 that Bedsonline’s sister companies will join the Bedsonline platform and brand.

Alistair Rodger, Retail Travel Agents Director at Hotelbeds, said: “In the last week there has been a significant jump in bookings – in some cases as high as 80% – in markets that were closed for the Christmas period, such as Spain, and only reopened in the second week of January.

“As such markets do not have the same peak booking period that agents in northern Europe see immediately following Christmas, we have now become convinced of the genuine popularity of this initiative and felt duty bound to continue it until the end of January.

“Additionally, I´m very pleased to confirm that this promotion has prompted the last remaining travel agents from our legacy brands – TravelBound, TravelCube and GTA – to move over to the Bedsonline platform during the last few weeks.

“In nearly all of our markets we will shut down booking capabilities at the end of January. &nbsp;So ensuring that all agents from TravelBound, TravelCube and GTA have smoothly transitioned onto the new Bedsonline platform is essential for us. Old bookings will be modifiable, of course, but all new bookings have to take place on the new Bedsonline website.

“We’re almost complete now, but for those few agents who have not yet made the change, contact your account manager and they´ll explain how get the incentive available for the first three bookings.”

The new and enchanced Bedsonline platform – which incorporates the accommodation portfolio and best features of the TravelCube, TravelBound and GTA retail brand offering – provides travel agents globally with 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.
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	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 1.5 billion searches per day.
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	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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Media Relations and Corporate Affairs

Anna Monreal

amonreal@hotelbeds.com

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Bedsonline further extends +3% commission promotion due to unprecedented demand

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	Tras confirmar su recuperación, Turquía consigue escalar cuatro posiciones hasta posicionarse como el décimo destino europeo más demandado por los españoles.
	El mercado doméstico sigue siendo la primera opción para el emisor español.
	Internacionalmente en 2018 Bedsonline renovó su oferta y plataforma con la inclusión del alojamiento de TravelCube, TravelBound y GTA


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Palma, 17 de enero de 2019. Bedsonline, el proveedor líder de viajes exclusivo para agentes de viajes, ha dado a conocer hoy, a pocos días de la feria internacional de Turismo FITUR, sus datos de reserva del emisor español a cierre de 2018. 

La compañía confirma el afianzamiento de Turquía como destino para los turistas españoles, tras anunciar su recuperación hace poco más de un año. Según datos del mayorista, Turquía ha conseguido recuperar cuatro posiciones en el ranking global de reservas de Bedsonline hasta posicionarse como el décimo destino europeo más reservado por los españoles.&nbsp;

Los datos de reserva de la plataforma también confirman que, una vez más, el mercado doméstico es el número uno de los españoles para viajar siendo la zona occidental y las islas canarias los lugares más reservados. Le siguen en el ránking del top cinco, por orden, Estados Unidos, Francia, Italia y el Reino Unido.

Carlos Feliu, director de Bedsonline para Iberia, Reino Unido e Irlanda comenta: “Tras confirmar hace poco más de un año signos de recuperación de Turquía como destino, encaramos FITUR confirmando su plena recuperación como lugar vacacional. De hecho, este año ya es el décimo destino europeo más demandado por los españoles a través de la plataforma de Bedsonline y el catorceavo a nivel mundial.

“Este año ha sido, también, un año de grandes éxitos para Bedsonline, donde hace apenas medio año consolidamos la oferta de Bedsonline, TravelCube, TravelBound y GTA bajo una nueva identidad de marca a la vez que integramos todo el producto de GTA y Tourico Holidays en la plataforma de Bedsonline. Encaramos FITUR con una marca más potente, un portfolio de producto más extenso y una plataforma tecnológica acorde con las necesidades de nuestros clientes.”

La nueva plataforma&nbsp;Bedsonline&nbsp;–que ahora incorpora el portfolio de alojamiento y las mejores características de la oferta de&nbsp;TravelCube,&nbsp;TravelBound&nbsp;y GTA– ofrece&nbsp;actualmente&nbsp;a las agencias de viajes&nbsp;de todo el mundo&nbsp;los siguientes beneficios:&nbsp;


	Cartera de productos variada y competitiva: más de 170.000 hoteles disponibles a nivel mundial (90.000 de ellos contratados directamente, lo que permite que sea contenido único y con precios competitivos), 24.000 rutas de traslados y 18.000 actividades, además de 140.000 vehículos de alquiler disponibles —todo ello gracias a un equipo de más de 1.000 personas encargadas de contratar en todo el mundo.&nbsp;
	Tecnología potente y de fácil uso: el mejor motor de búsqueda diseñado específicamente para satisfacer las necesidades de las agencias de viajes. Permite a los usuarios filtrar y comparar resultados de una manera flexible y práctica, incluyendo funciones intuitivas de correo electrónico y PDF —el 70% de los clientes menciona que la plataforma es uno de los factores principales a la hora de escoger Bedsonline. El grupo matriz de Bedsonline es el único distribuidor que opera su propio centro de datos de código abierto basado en la nube y gestiona hasta 1.500 millones de búsquedas al día.&nbsp;
	Conocimiento local combinado con una oferta global: equipos de ventas locales en cada mercado con un profundo conocimiento tanto a nivel local como de la industria, y con el objetivo de atender todas las necesidades de sus clientes.


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Sobre Bedsonline

Bedsonline es el proveedor global líder de acomodación y productos complementarios exclusivo para agencias de viaje. A través de su plataforma online distribuye su producto -acomodación, excursiones, tickets y traslados- entre una cartera de clientes compuesta por más de 50.000 agencias de viajes con equipos de ventas en más de 40 países y que cubren más de 100 mercados en todo el mundo. En España, 8.000 agencias confían en Bedsonline para hacer sus reservas.

La compañía destaca por su extenso portfolio –más de 170.000 hoteles en 185 destinos, 24.000 rutas de traslados y 18.000 actividades– para ofrecer un servicio personalizado local a través de una herramienta de reserva online intuitiva y fácil de usar. De esta manera, Bedsonline garantiza una alta disponibilidad, precios competitivos y una elevada satisfacción de sus clientes.

La mayorista, líder de la distribución online, ha centrado su estrategia en los últimos años en la expansión por nuevos mercados de Europa, América y Asia, como Alemania, República Checa, México, Estados Unidos, Colombia, China, Japón o Filipinas. Esta visión estratégica ha llevado a la compañía a ocupar una posición de ventaja en la industria.

Bedsonline forma parte de Hotelbeds Group, el banco de camas líder mundial, con sede en Palma de Mallorca.

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Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Anna Monreal

amonreal@hotelbeds.com

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Turquía se consolida como destino para los turistas españoles


	Overwhelming success of the promotion obliges Bedsonline to remind customers that only one week is left to enjoy the +3% extra commission
	To celebrate the holidays with a sales boost for customers, Bedsonline recently extended until 17 January its +3% commission campaign on all accommodation sales
	The campaign has also driven more customers of Bedsonline’s sister brands to transition over – following recent decision to consolidate onto one platform&nbsp;


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Palma, 11th January 2019. Bedsonline, the leading global provider of accommodation and complementary products exclusively for travel agents, has today provided an update on the overwhelming success of its holiday season +3% commission campaign for customers worldwide.

Due to enormous popularity the campaign, which began on 17th December, was recently extended until 17th January 2019 and overall has exceeded all expectations, increasing year-on-year sales substantially across markets globally.

All travel agents worldwide that work with Bedsonline on a commissionable basis are eligible and receive an extra 3% commission, on top of their regular commission, for all accommodation bookings made in any destination worldwide for any dates via the Bedsonline website.

The company can additionally confirm that, as a result of this drive, the number of travel agents from Bedsonline’s sister brands registering for the platform has increased significantly.

This follows news announced in September 2018 that Bedsonline’s sister companies, TravelCube, TravelBound and GTA’s retail brand would all become part of the Bedsonline platform and brand, with customer migration now almost complete.

Alistair Rodger, Retail Travel Agents Director at Hotelbeds, said: “We always expected a positive reaction to this +3% commission campaign, but the reaction has been simply overwhelming. But all good things must come to an end, so we just wanted to remind everyone that less than a week is now left – and it really will end!

“However, there has also been an even more important additional aspect to this campaign. By offering an additional 3% to commissionable clients, we were hoping to incentivise those travel agents who hadn´t yet switched-over to Bedsonline from using the old TravelBound, TravelCube and GTA website platforms. So I´m very pleased to confirm that there has been a very significant jump in the number of travel agents moving over during the last few weeks. 

“Making sure that every last agent from TravelBound, TravelCube and GTA has smoothly transitioned onto the new Bedsonline platform is doubly important to us, as by the end of the month we´ll close the old websites to new bookings. Whilst they´ll still be available to modify old bookings, all new bookings must be done on the Bedsonline website. 

“We’re almost there now, but for the last few agents out there who have not made the switch yet, contact your account manager to help support you – and they´ll explain how you can benefit from an incentive we’re offering for your first three bookings on the platform.”

The enchanced Bedsonline platform – which now incorporates the accommodation portfolio and best features of the TravelCube, TravelBound and GTA offering – offers travel agents globally the following benefits:

1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.

2)&nbsp; 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 1.5 billion searches per day.

3)&nbsp; 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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Media Relations and Corporate Affairs

Anna Monreal

amonreal@hotelbeds.com

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Success of Bedsonline’s +3% commission worldwide bonanza exceeds expectations


	Since 2010 Hotelbeds has successfully replaced holiday season ‘corporate gifts’ with a digital greeting that represents a charity donation.
	Funds raised this year go to Care International, for its fight to empower girls and women worldwide through education.
	In total around €9,000 have been donated and will be earmarked to support Women’s Economic Empowerment. &nbsp;


Palma, 10th January 2019. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has announced that the money raised through its policy of replacing holiday season corporate gifts with a charity donation will this year go to Care International, a humanitarian agency that&nbsp;tackles the underlying causes of poverty and social injustice to bring lasting change to the lives of poor and vulnerable people.

For each digital Christmas card sent by Hotelbeds to its partners around the globe, the company will donate 20 euros to Care International. Thus far in total 9,000 euros have been donated to support this important cause.

Care International provides intensive schooling for girls and helps overcome the gap between the education of boys and girls. This area has been identified as one of the most critical barriers, not only to female empowerment, but also to the economic growth and prosperity of developing countries.

Haley White, Corporate Fundraiser at Care International London, commented “Hotelbeds’ generosity will help us provide clean water, food, access to healthcare and education, and emergency assistance when vulnerable families need it the most. Supporters like Hotelbeds make our work possible and we cannot thank them enough for this. Their support means a great deal to us and to each and every individual they are helping around the world. We really want to thank them for their kindness.”

Teresa Laso, Corporate Sustainability Manager at Hotelbeds, explained: “We are very pleased to be able to help communities who need support. As a leading company serving the travel trade, with more than 5,000 employees around the globe, we have a great responsibility to raise awareness about important issues and promote good practices amongst our employees.”

Since 2010, Hotelbeds has been making donations for Christmas instead of purchasing corporates gifts. In previous years the donations have been aimed at other charities and humanitarian agencies, such as Le Passage Travel Foundation in India and UNHCR.

This initiative is aligned with the Corporate Social Responsibility approach of Hotelbeds and the company’s commitment to make a positive impact on its local communities.

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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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Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

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PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló · a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com

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Hotelbeds to donate 9,000 euros to Care International


	To celebrate the New Year and to kick off 2019 with a sales boost for its travel agent customers, Bedsonline is extending its campaign to offer an additional 3% commission on all accommodation sales worldwide.
	Offer is valid for any destination and booking period for reservations made by 17th January in the Bedsonline booking engine, and is available to all travel agents&nbsp;&nbsp; that work with Bedsonline solely on a commissionable basis.
	This news follows the announcement in September to consolidate the retail brands and platforms under Bedsonline.


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Palma, 2nd January 2019. Bedsonline, the leading global provider of accommodation and complementary products exclusively for travel agents, has announced today the launch of a special New Year +3% commission campaign for its customers worldwide.

The campaign, which has been active since 17th December, will now be extended until 17th January 2019 for hotel bookings made via the Bedsonline platform.

All travel agents worldwide that work with Bedsonline on a commissionable basis will be eligible for the campaign and will receive an extra 3% commission, on top of their regular commission, for all accommodation bookings made in any destination worldwide for any dates.

This follows news announced in September 2018 that Bedsonline’s sister companies, TravelCube, TravelBound and GTA’s retail brand would all become part of the Bedsonline platform and brand, with customer migration now well underway.

Alistair Rodger, Retail Travel Agents Director at Hotelbeds, said: “For the first time in Bedsonline’s history we are temporarily adding three percentage points to the commission received from each hotel booking made through our platform for any destination and any travel window. No strings attached. This means that, until 17th January, all travel agent customers worldwide that work with Bedsonline solely on a commissionable basis&nbsp; –of which there are an enormous amount – will have the opportunity to increase their profits significantly, while benefiting from our global portfolio of more than 170,000 hotels, 18,000 activities and 24,000 transfer routes.”

“Our new, value proposition, following the consolidation of Bedsonline, Travelcube, Travelbound and GTA’s retail offering, is fully focused on helping travel agents boost sales and margins. To better communicate our consolidated proposition we decided to launch a new brand identity in September –under the Bedsonline brand&nbsp; – along with a more powerful booking platform. Now, in celebration of the new year, we consider this to be&nbsp; the perfect moment to thank our clients for their loyalty, by offering them this additional bonus.”

The new Bedsonline platform – which now incorporates the accommodation portfolio and best features of the TravelCube, TravelBound and GTA offering – now offers travel agents globally the following benefits:

1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.

2) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 1.5 billion searches per day.

3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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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Media Relations and Corporate Affairs

Anna Monreal

amonreal@hotelbeds.com

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Bedsonline celebrates the New Year, continuing its +3% commission bonanza worldwide 


	North American source market sees nearly 25% growth in room night sales in the wholesale channel during the financial year. [1]
	Following Tourico Holidays and GTA joining Hotelbeds in 2017, North America has become the second largest wholesale source market for the company worldwide.


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Palma, Spain, 19 December 2018. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has confirmed today strong growth for its North American source market wholesale business during the 2017/18 financial year.[2]

Throughout the year, the Hotelbeds wholesale business has increased the number of hotel room nights sold in the North American market, comprised of the United States and Canada, by almost 25% on a year-on-year basis.

Since the acquisition of the Tourico Holidays and GTA bedbank brands in 2017 by Hotelbeds, the North American source market has emerged as the second largest for the company worldwide.

This strong growth and the number two source market status has been achieved by focusing on two core factors that differentiates the Hotelbeds offering. Firstly,&nbsp; Hotelbeds’ commitment to driving mutual incremental sales growth and boosting margins for partners by offering the most attractive and unique hotel content at the best possible prices; and secondly by providing partners with cost effective and cutting edge, revenue generating technology such as APItude, the Hotelbeds API that offers faster response times to drive conversions.

The Hotelbeds wholesale business line works with tour operators, airlines, points redemption programmes, loyalty schemes, MICE operators, and online travel agencies to provide them with accommodation and ancillary solutions via API connectivity.

Lauren Volcheff Atlass, who was confirmed as earlier this year as Regional Director of Wholesale Sales in the Americas, commented “It has been a very exciting journey over the last 18 months as we have overcome many challenges to create the world’s leading bedbank for the benefit of our partners everywhere.

“It’s incredibly exciting to be able to offer partners our expanded portfolio of unmissable deals – with over 170,000 hotels now available, most directly contracted – and the reaction has been overwhelmingly positive.

“This strong growth acts as confirmation of the faith our partners have placed in us and I’d like to thank them for that trust, as well as everyone in the North American sales and global sourcing teams who have worked so hard to make this happen.”

This news also follows the recent announcement that Hotelbeds will acquire HolidayTaxis Group, a leading provider of high quality, cost-effective transfer and wider mobility solutions. The acquisition emphasizes the company’s commitment to growing its ancillary offering for its Beyond the Bed business line, the area of Hotelbeds that includes the sourcing and distribution of transfers, activities, tickets, theme parks, car hire, travel insurance, and specialist tours.

In October, the company announced the consolidation of all wholesale brands, GTA, Tourico, and Hotelbeds under the Hotelbeds name, ultimately phasing out the Tourico Holidays and GTA brands. Moreover, Hotelbeds Group and its commercial wholesale brand will both simply go by the name of ‘Hotelbeds’.




[1] These booking figures are comprised of the United States and Canada.

[2] All figures refer to bookings made via the company’s wholesale bedbank platforms – made up of Hotelbeds, Tourico Holidays and GTA – during the 2017 / 18 financial year ended 30 September.

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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 booking figures are comprised of the United States and Canada.



[2] All figures refer to bookings made via the company’s wholesale bedbank platforms – made up of Hotelbeds, Tourico Holidays and GTA – during the 2017 / 18 financial year ended 30 September.




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Strong booking growth for Hotelbeds North American source market


	The program has recently been launched at the company's headquarters in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, where more than 1,650 employees are able to collaborate with around 20 local NGOs.
	The initiative has also been implemented in the Bangkok, Beijing, Cancun, Dubai, London, Orlando, Shanghai, Singapore and Tel Aviv offices, reaching a total of 3,000 of the 5,000 employees worldwide.
	Around 50 NGOs from around the globe are benefiting from the program.


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Palma, 22nd November 2018. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today announced the launch of a global Corporate Volunteering program.

The initiative, which forms part of Hotelbeds’ Corporate Sustainability plan, encourages the company’s global workforce to actively participate in volunteering opportunities throughout the globe, making meaningful contributions to the communities where Hotelbeds employees work and live.

Around 50 NGOs from around the globe are able to benefit from the Hotelbeds Corporate Volunteering program, with the NGOs covering the following areas: the environment, health, people at risk of social exclusion, poverty and childhood.

The program has recently been launched at the company's headquarters in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, where more than 1,650 employees will be able to collaborate with around 20 local NGOs such as the Spanish Association against Cancer (AECC), the Spanish Red Cross, the Balearic Association of people with physical disabilities (ASPROM), Mallorca against hunger (Mallorca Sense Fam), among others.

The volunteering program has also been implemented in the Hotelbeds offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Cancun, Dubai, London, Orlando, Shanghai, Singapore and Tel Aviv, reaching a total of 3,000 of the 5,000 employees of the company worldwide.

Many international NGOs such as Give Kids the World or United Against Poverty in Orlando; Waterways Watch Society in Singapore; The Thai Red Cross or the Lumphini Park in Bangkok, and Food for Life in Tel Aviv, among many others, will be able to benefit from the contributions of employees.

Teresa Laso, Corporate Sustainability Lead at Hotelbeds, commented: “As a leading company in the B2B tourism sector, and with more than 5,000 employees around the globe, we are increasingly aware of our impact on the communities in which we are present and, therefore, we have a great responsibility to be an example of change and to share these values ​​with our employees. With these kinds of initiatives, we intend to improve the local communities in which our employees are present. We listened to employees in order to offer different proposals close to their hearts and within our corporate sustainability strategy.”

So far, 150 group volunteering activities have been organized around the globe and over 1,000 employees have already signed up.

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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 launches Corporate Volunteering program globally 


	
	Stuart Dale to be the Bedsonline Regional Sales Director for Asia.
	
	
	News follows recent announcement of Bedsonline consolidation, with GTA retail customers migrating onto Bedsonline’s class-leading booking platform used exclusively by travel agents.
	
	
	Inclusion of GTA’s retail product portfolio significantly enlarges range of exclusively contracted content available to travel agents only – increasing hotels from 55,000 to 170,000.
	


Singapore, November 19th, 2018. – Bedsonline, the global provider of&nbsp;accommodation&nbsp;and complementary&nbsp;travel&nbsp;services&nbsp;designed&nbsp;exclusively for travel agents only, has today announced the appointment of Stuart Dale as the Bedsonline Regional Sales Director for the Asia market.

Stuart Dale will be responsible for providing Bedsonline’s clients – made up solely of travel agents only – in the local market with the highest standards of customer service along with further expanding and diversifying the number of travel agent subscribers. Previously Stuart was the Interim Vice President Europe &amp; Beach-Hotel Sourcing for GTA.

Additionally, the senior team in regional manager roles reporting to Stuart Dale has been confirmed, with Elif Esen covering Singapore &amp; Indonesia, Jin-Young Jun leading South East Asia &amp; Korea, Tatsuo Masumoto is in charge of Japan, and Vincent Zha is appointed to the Greater China.&nbsp;

This news follows the recent announcement that the parent company of both GTA and Bedsonline, Hotelbeds Group, will consolidate its retail product portfolio and offering globally under the newly refreshed Bedsonline brand and platform – establishing the world’s leading provider of accommodation and complementary services designed exclusively for use by travel agents only.

The strategic milestone followed extensive consultation with customers since Tourico Holidays and GTA – along with its retail brands TravelBound and TravelCube – joined Hotelbeds Group in 2017.

Alistair Rodger, Director of Retail Travel Agents at Hotelbeds Group, comments: “As part of the recent rebranding and launch of our new value proposition, we’re dedicated to continually improving the customer experience, beyond simply our highly sophisticated booking platform with its advanced functionalities. Essential to this is having in place strong teams with unbeatable local knowledge and commitment to the best service possible for our purely travel agent only customer base. I´m certain that in Stuart and his team we have the best line-up available in the market.”&nbsp; 

Stuart Dale, Asia Regional Sales Director, at Bedsonline, comments: “It gives me great pleasure to take on this exciting new role at such a key stage in the development of the Bedsonline brand – and I´m even more pleased to have such a strong team in place. Already we are reaching out to our customers – who are made up solely of travel agents – locally to explain how they will benefit from the new, enhanced offering of Bedsonline. This includes improvements we have made by cherry-picking the best-of-class functionalities from the old GTA platform, as well as the expansion of our product portfolio to over 170,000 hotels and strengthened position to negotiate the best deals for our customers.” 

Following the consolidation of GTA’s brand portfolio and offering, the Bedsonline platform now offers to travel agents only 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 1.5 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.
	


A migration plan is already underway to speak with the travel agent customers of the GTA retail brand about the benefits of moving onto Bedsonline’s booking platform – where the combination of the GTA retail brand’s content will increase from 55,000 to 170,000 the number of hotels available to customers. Clients will have sufficient time to transition at their own pace and both workshops and technical support will be on hand to support a seamless migration.

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About Bedsonline

Bedsonline&nbsp;is the leading global provider of accommodation and complementary travel ancillary 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 -&nbsp; 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 Group, the world’s leading bedbank and business-to-business provider of services to the travel industry globally, and is headquartered in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

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Hotelbeds Media contact

Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Wei Wang · whitney.wang@hotelbeds.com

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Bedsonline confirms sales team for Asia region


	Acquisition emphasises Hotelbeds commitment to fast growing ancillary space
	News follows recent decision to rename ancillary unit ‘Beyond the Bed’
	HolidayTaxis Group will operate as independent brand within Beyond the Bed unit


Palma, 14 November 2018. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today announced the acquisition of HolidayTaxis Group, a leading provider of high quality, cost-effective transfer and wider mobility solutions.[1]

The acquisition will further complement the existing portfolio of content offered by Hotelbeds and reinforces the company’s commitment to growth in the rapidly expanding ancillary distribution space.

HolidayTaxis Group, which operates as ‘HolidayTaxis’, is headquartered in the United Kingdom and was founded in 2002. It operates 21,000 transfer routes, spanning 150 countries.

Today’s news follows Hotelbeds recent decision to rename its ancillary product line as ‘Beyond the Bed’. The business unit already has a successful track record in the sourcing and distribution of transfers, activities, tickets,&nbsp;theme parks, car hire,&nbsp;travel insurance&nbsp;and specialist&nbsp;tours, making HolidayTaxis a strategic fit.

The HolidayTaxis brand will remain separate and independent from Hotelbeds, but will form part of the Beyond the Bed business unit and the CEO of HolidayTaxis, Ian Coyle, will report to Javier Arévalo, Director of Beyond the Bed.

Joan Vilà, Executive Chairman of Hotelbeds comments: “We look forward to working with Ian and all his colleagues in helping our travel partners everywhere to drive incremental sales and boost profit margins.

“In recent years our ancillaries business has grown substantially as the strength of our technology platform and global distribution network has positioned us effectively to take full advantage of the increasing demand for in-destination activities worldwide.

“We already offer a wide range of revenue enhancing products to our partners, including transfers, tours, activities, car hire, theme park tickets, and more – but the addition of HolidayTaxis significantly strengthens our portfolio, underlining our commitment to provide greater choice to our travel trade partners.”

Ian Coyle, CEO of HolidayTaxis responds: “We are enormously excited to be joining Hotelbeds as it continues to push the boundaries of travel distribution.

“This is a unique opportunity that was unmissable, allowing us to share additional ancillary revenue generating solutions with the 60,000 travel selling partners that Hotelbeds works with globally – many of whom are very hard to reach otherwise. I’m convinced that our supplier and distribution partners, across our respective businesses, will benefit from the strengths of something very special that is about to happen.”

&nbsp;

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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Twitter: @Hotelbeds

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Antonia Aguiló · a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com

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[1] This deal is subject to the completion of the standard necessary regulatory processes.

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Hotelbeds to acquire HolidayTaxis Group


	Jason Soss takes on the role of Global Head of Strategic Partnerships.
	Team forms part of Commercial Strategy &amp; Strategic Partnerships, reporting into Asi Ginio.
	Key regional team reporting to Soss also confirmed.


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Orlando, FL 13 November 2018. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has announced today a further senior management appointment, naming Jason Soss as the new Global Head of Strategic Partnership for Hotelbeds.&nbsp;

The newly created Strategic Partnerships team forms part of the Commercial Strategy &amp; Strategic Partnerships function of Hotelbeds and will report directly to functional director Asi Ginio.&nbsp;

The Strategic Partnerships team led by Jason Soss focuses on analysing and generating major business opportunities, developing and implementing new market initiatives, and managing Hotelbeds largest partnerships, particularly in the airline, loyalty, and online travel agency space.

Soss, who has over 20 years of experience in the travel space, was previously the president of Global Business Development for Travel Holdings – which formed part of Tourico Holidays and was subsequently acquired by Hotelbeds in 2017 – where he was responsible for creating and managing the company’s largest partnerships, including American Airlines, Priceline, JetBlue, IHG, Google, and many others.

In this new role, Jason will take over the company’s largest partnerships, at a global scale, coming from the legacy Tourico Holidays, GTA, and Hotelbeds businesses, allowing Hotelbeds to benefit from Jason’s specialized and high-level experience in travel verticals such as global airline distribution, online travel agencies, point redemption businesses, vacation rental space, online advertising sales, and travel technology platforms.

Reporting to Jason within the Strategic Partnerships team will be Jon French as the Director of Strategic Partnerships for EMEA &amp; APAC, Bruna Buiatti as the Director of Strategic Partnerships in Latin America, Ronald Chan as the Head of Holidays APAC, and Camilla Riccardi as the Manager of Strategic Partnerships in EMEA.

Asi Ginio, Commercial Strategy &amp; Strategic Partnerships Director at Hotelbeds commented, “I am pleased to see Jason taking the lead over our hugely important Strategic Partnerships function – I feel confident that Jason will not only nurture our existing partnerships, but that he will play a crucial role in generating outstanding new ones. His previous experience as the former President of Global Business Development for Travel Holdings makes him the best person to be taking over this role. Currently, we are in business with a great number of strategic partnerships of which Jason has been involved with, including Google, American Airlines Vacations, Jetblue Getaways, Airmiles, MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment, Loyalty Travel, and many others. I am positive that with his experience and dedication, we will continue to grow our number of strategic partnerships.”

Jason Soss, Global Head of Strategic Partnerships at Hotelbeds commented, “More than anything, I am proud and excited to have such a talented team to support me in this new chapter of Hotelbeds’s history, Jon, Bruna, Ronald, and Camilla, will all definitely play crucial roles for our business to flourish – together we will strive to better our strategic partnerships in any way we can.”&nbsp;&nbsp;

Today’s news follows the recent consolidation of Hotelbeds, GTA, and Tourico Holidays operations under the Hotelbeds name, with the gradual phasing out the GTA and Tourico Holidays brands. Additionally, Hotelbeds Group and its commercial Bedbank brand, will both now be branded as ‘Hotelbeds,’ to place a bigger emphasis on the company’s sole focus of the bedbank sector.

Following the integration of Tourico Holidays and GTA into Hotelbeds last year its new combined offer now has well over 170,000 hotels, 24,000 transfers, and 18,000 activities available to over 60,000 travel intermediaries globally through the Hotelbeds platform.

&nbsp;

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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Twitter: @Hotelbeds

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Hotelbeds provides an update on its Strategic Partnerships team 


	Joaquín García and Luis Miguel Vázquez appointed as Directors of Wholesale Sales for Europe
	Regional management teams reporting to Joaquín and Luis Miguel also confirmed
	Hotelbeds strengthening its European region leadership team in line with expansion plans


Palma, 6 November 2018. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today provided another update on further senior management appointments across its company. Joaquín García has become the Regional Director of Wholesale Sales for Northern, Central &amp; Eastern Europe and Luis Miguel Vázquez, has become the Regional Director for South&nbsp;Europe. Both will report directly to Sam Turner, the Wholesale Sales and Sourcing Director with global responsibility.

In their new roles they will be responsible for managing relationships and driving growth with wholesale clients, including tour operators, airlines, points redemption schemes, resellers and online travel agents.

Both Joaquin and Luis Miguel have an extended career within the travel industry and, specifically, in Hotelbeds, where they have undertaken different leadership roles within the company for over 10 years each.

Additionally, Hotelbeds has confirmed the line-up of the teams who will report to both Joaquín and Luis Miguel, combining existing internal talent from across the three bedbanks, Hotelbeds, GTA, and Tourico Holidays.

Sam Turner, Wholesale Sales &amp; Sourcing Director at Hotelbeds, said, “I am delighted to see Joaquín and Luis Miguel take on their roles as Regional Directors for Wholesale Sales in Europe to help us realise the further potential that this important region holds. As seasoned leaders with 20 plus years of experience and together with talented and dedicated teams reporting into them, I am confident that they will solidify our leadership position in the region.”

Luis Miguel Vázquez, Regional Director of Wholesale Sales for South&nbsp;Europe said, “This is a hugely exciting time for our clients, suppliers and industry. We already have positive results from the integration of our three bedbanks to benefit our clients and suppliers, with cross-selling already underway. We are proud to say we are now able to connect over 60,000 travel intermediaries with over 170,000 hotels, 24,000 transfer routes, and 18,000 activities worldwide via our enlarged Hotelbeds’ leading technology platform.”

Joaquín García, Regional Director of Wholesale Sales for Northern, Central &amp; Eastern Europe added, “It is an exciting and thrilling opportunity to take on this role overseeing the European region, together with my colleague Luis Miguel, identifying the huge opportunities within the industry, maintaining long term and key commercial partnerships, and further strengthening the company’s leading regional presence. The result of the integration of our three bedbanks is equally exciting; this allows us to offer best-in-class products, services and solutions to our customers, driving more value in our partnership and continue the positive trajectory of our success story in Europe- Despite being an established market, Europe has a long journey of growth ahead of it still.“

Since January, the company has been identifying top employee profiles from the three companies, at both the senior management and management levels, in order to better respond to the needs of the company’s expanded operations following the integration of Tourico Holidays and GTA last year.&nbsp; Already over 350 appointments have been made in the year-to-date.

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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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