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	As a result of this new agreement, Jean &amp; Lew Holidays becomes Bedsonline's new GSA in Kuwait.
	The GSA will offer Bedsonline's local clients a dedicated bilingual support service, and a local sales team based in the country.
	Kuwaiti travel agencies working with Bedsonline will continue to book accommodation, activities, transfers and car rental through bedsonline.com.


Palma, Spain, 18th November 2021 – Bedsonline, the leading global provider of online accommodation and ancillary products, has today reached an agreement with Jean &amp; Lew Holidays – a subsidiary of Al Qattan Group of Companies– to become Bedsonline's new General Sales Agent (GSA) in Kuwait.

Jean &amp; Lew Holidays is backed by a B2B travel business management team with over 20 years of experience, with a full knowledge of the market and the product.

Jean &amp; Lew Holidays will now begin to offer to Bedsonline's local clients:


	A dedicated helpdesk located in Kuwait and operated in both local language and English. This will include dedicated local telephone numbers, which will also help to reduce costs for Bedsonline's clients.
	A dedicated sales team to visit travel agencies to personally service clients in Kuwait.


Kuwaiti travel agencies already working with Bedsonline will continue to book all their accommodation, activities, transfers and car-hire via&nbsp;www.bedsonline.com.

Tomeu Gili, Head of MEAI at Hotelbeds, the parent company of Bedsonline, said: “We are very happy to announce this new strategic partnership in Kuwait. We believe Jean &amp; Lew Holidays is the perfect partner to operate our local Bedsonline business in the region, given their extensive local market knowledge, powerful presence and strong relationships. Together we look forward to helping our Kuwaiti travel agent clients grow their business."

Mohamed Ghoneim, Managing Director at Jean &amp; Lew Holidays, said “We are delighted to partner with Bedsonline to support them in expanding their presence in the Kuwaiti market with our wide travel distribution network and extensive customer base. Through this alliance, we will go for new category of hotel bookings, diversifying our business while expanding our touchpoints across consumers’ travel journey, with services including, car rental, transfers, sightseeing and now hotel bookings.”

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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 60,000 travel agencies backed by local sales teams in over 30 countries covering over 100 markets globally.

The company offers an extensive portfolio of over 180,000 hotels, 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities in 185 destination countries worldwide, guaranteeing high availability, competitive prices and unique offers. This portfolio is backed by personalized local service and a powerful yet intuitive booking engine making Bedsonline the defacto partner for many travel agencies around the world.&nbsp;

Bedsonline 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.

About Jean &amp; Lew Holidays

Jean &amp; Lew Holidays is a leading travel management company. Incorporated in 2011 and headquartered at Kuwait City, is a subsidiary of Al Qattan Group of Companies a privately held business group of companies based in the State of Kuwait. Established in 1978, with over 400 multinational employees, 9 different Group of companies and subsidiaries, operating in 5 different countries. &nbsp;Group activities include Business Ventures, Real Estate, Agriculture, Gas, Commercial &amp; Industrial products, Travel and Tourism. Company represents a lot of international companies through its subsidiaries in Kuwait - Saudi Arabia - Iraq - Lebanon and Egypt.

Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR &amp; Media Relations

Clara Truyols – clatruyols@hotelbeds.com


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Bedsonline partners with Jean & Lew Holidays to distribute its portfolio in Kuwait

Palma, Spain, 15th&nbsp;November 2021 – As the Phocuswright Conference gets underway this week in the US, Hotelbeds has revealed how it used the COVID-enforced downtime to focus on customer services innovations and improvements in the region to help partners through the tough days and to prepare for recovery.

Speaking on the first day of the Conference, where Hotelbeds is also sponsoring the Young Leaders Summit, Hotelbeds’ Commercial Director Americas, Lauren Atlass, said: “We truly &nbsp;understand that one of the key success factors in this new world of travel is to be whole-heartedly customer-centric and so, during the COVID-enforced downtime in travel, we took advantage of the capacity we had and turned our focus to how we could best get ready, and help our partners, to get ready for recovery as well as to manage the many challenges the pandemic threw at us.

“We invested in our platforms and developed a range of innovative tools that now form part of our self-service suite, SelfSet, and which are designed to give our clients really efficient ways of managing their own bookings.”

Aligned to this customer-centric approach, Hotelbeds has also increased its customer service workforce in North America by 73% – a move which has resulted in some impressive improvements in their service ratios by improving its call attendance in the region resulting in 90% of calls are now answered in less than 30 seconds.

Lauren Atlass added: “At Hotelbeds we leverage the value of technology to improve our service and product offerings to our customers and partners. Our priority is to save our clients time and money, allowing them to spend more time on the phone selling instead of managing their bookings, recognising the huge importance of this for our partners as they seek to rebound from one of the most challenging periods in the history of our industry. We know that efficiency is king which is why we have taken advantage of the ‘down-time’ forced on us by the pandemic to develop and focus in tech-enabled service offerings.”

Regarding Hotelbeds’ sponsorship of the Young Leaders’ Summit as part of the conference, Lauren said: “Identifying high performers, encouraging them, giving them the space to grow and to develop is a cornerstone of our employee strategy at Hotelbeds, and it’s one of the reasons we jumped at the chance to sponsor the Summit. In fact, the average age of our employees is around 35 years of age so for us, it’s a great platform to not only celebrate our own young leaders but also to show our encouragement and support for all the rising stars of our great industry.”

Also attending the event will be Cesar Concepción, Hotelbeds’ Corporate Development Director as well as Hotelbeds’ Senior Manager Accommodation Partnerships, Eleonora Penna, who has been nominated to represent Hotelbeds at Phocuswright’s Young Leaders’ Summit.

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain.

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Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

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Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló

a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com

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Hotelbeds bets on customer-centricity as key to success in the new world of travel

Palma, Spain, 03 November 2021 – Hotelbeds has this week scooped the award for “The World’s Leading Bedbank” at the Uzakrota travel awards, organised by one of Turkey's leading travel platforms!

Just a year after its subsidiary company Bedsonline, achieved Gold as part of the same awards, Hotelbeds has come away with a top prize of its own, beating off strong competition in the process!

The Uzakrota Travel Awards is a global initiative designed to recognise and reward excellence in travel and tourism with over 1,000 travel destinations, hotels, airlines, tour operators, online travel platforms and other types of tourist taking part.

The winners will be presented with their awards at a ceremony at Madame Tussauds Museum, Istanbul on the evening of the 3rd December.

Speaking about the award, Chief Commercial Officer at Hotelbeds, Carlos Muñoz, said: "On behalf all the Hotelbeds team, we are honoured by the news that we have been voted for as the World's Leading Bedbank by industry partners of such a leading outlet at Uzakrota. In these challenging times, we have been committed to supporting the industry and its recovery, of course with a special focus on our thousands of partners worldwide.

“We have intensified our efforts to put our partners first by investing in technology, digitalisation and customer service and by working together to fuel the recovery we are all so eager to see. Therefore, our recognition in this award also goes to all those who have worked with us to make a difference during this challenging past year and especially to our Hotelbeds’ partners and employees around the world.”

Simon Matthews, Chief Technology Officer at Hotelbeds will participate as a panelist in this new edition of Uzakrota Travel Summit that will take place the 2nd and 3rd December. Simon will be one of +400 speakers for the event and he will share what’s Hotelbeds view on technology and how important digitalisation is for the future of the industry.


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Hotelbeds named as ‘World’s Leading Bedbank’ at Uzakrota annual travel awards

London, United Kingdom 02 November 2021 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today announced it is to become the launch partner, and the first strategic partner globally, for a world-leading group in hospitality, Accor’s new Leisure Partner Platform (ALPP).

This deal represents an extension of an already successful preferred distribution agreement between the two global leaders and was signed during a meeting between Hotelbeds’ Carlos Muñoz, Chief Commercial Officer, and Accor’s Markus Keller, Senior Vice President Sales &amp; Distribution, during the World Travel Market which kicked off this week in London.&nbsp;

Scheduled to go live in 2022, this new platform will enable Accor’s hotels to reach Hotelbeds’ network of more than 60,000 B2B travel buyers, such as tour operators, retail travel agents and airlines, across more than 140 source markets worldwide.

At the same time, Hotelbeds’ customers will gain access to special rates and availability across Accor’s portfolio of over 5,200 hotels in more than 110 countries, with clearer and richer content than currently exists, including more than 40 brands such as Fairmont, Raffles, Sofitel, Pullman, Swissotel, Novotel, Mercure, Ibis or Adagio.

&nbsp;Accor’s hotels incremental, high value bookings from both domestic and international travelers.

Carlos Muñoz, Chief Commercial Officer at Hotelbeds, commented: “We are very proud to be selected as the launch partner for Accor’s new Leisure Partner Platform, which will address many of the inefficiencies the current distribution system has today. “Accor has made significant technological enhancements in the B2B marketplace, and which we very much welcome. As a result of this new platform, every individual Accor hotel will be able to, at the touch of a button, seamlessly update their promotions, among other features, and make them immediately accessible to Hotelbeds’ B2B distribution partners. It is hugely exciting to be working together to improve our businesses by improving efficiency through innovation and technology.”

Markus Keller, Senior Vice President Sales &amp; Distribution at Accor, added: “The partnership with Hotelbeds provides our hotels with access to a leading and strategically important B2B distribution network. As the recovery in travel and tourism began to take shape earlier this year, Hotelbeds was driving B2B leisure bookings across our global hotel portfolio. We continuously strive to efficiently extend our sales reach and Hotelbeds is a great partner to achieve this. We look forward to extending our privileged relationship with Hotelbeds, not only to grow overall revenues together, but more importantly to grow incremental, high-value bookings too.”

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain.

Follow us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

Instagram: @hotelbeds_official

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Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló

a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com

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About&nbsp;Accor

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Accor&nbsp;is a world leading hospitality group consisting of more than 5,200 properties and 10,000 food and beverage venues throughout 110 countries. The group has one of the industry’s most diverse and fully-integrated hospitality ecosystems encompassing more than 40 luxury, premium, midscale and economy hotel brands, entertainment and nightlife venues, restaurants and bars, branded private residences, shared accommodation properties, concierge services, co-working spaces and more.

Accor’s unmatched position in lifestyle hospitality – one of the fastest growing categories in the industry – is led by Ennismore, a creative hospitality company with a global portfolio of entrepreneurial and founder-built brands with purpose at their heart. Accor boasts an unrivalled portfolio of distinctive brands and approximately 260,000 team members worldwide. 68 million members benefit from the company’s comprehensive loyalty program –&nbsp;ALL - Accor Live Limitless&nbsp;– a daily lifestyle companion that provides access to a wide variety of rewards, services and experiences.

Through its Planet 21 – Acting Here, Accor Solidarity,&nbsp;RiiSE&nbsp;and ALL&nbsp;Heartist&nbsp;Fund initiatives, the Group is focused on driving positive action through business ethics, responsible tourism, environmental sustainability, community engagement,&nbsp;diversity&nbsp;and inclusivity. Founded in 1967, Accor SA is headquartered in France and publicly listed on the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange (ISIN code: FR0000120404) and on the OTC Market (Ticker: ACCYY) in the United States. For more information visit&nbsp;group.accor.com,&nbsp;or follow Accor on&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook,&nbsp;LinkedIn,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Instagram.&nbsp;

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Media inquiries:

Angelique Cambon

Communication Manager

T. +33 (0) 1 45 38 15 24

Angelique.cambon@accor.com


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Hotelbeds becomes launch partner for Accor’s innovative new distribution platform


	This partnership adds ZUZU's 2,700+ properties to Hotelbeds' product line, further expanding its already extensive hotel offering in Asia.
	Hotelbeds has also secured special rates and exclusive offers for its clients to be able to offer to travelers.
	In return, this agreement extends ZUZU's distribution reach thanks to Hotelbeds' network of more than 60,000 commercial travel buyers in over 140 source markets around the world.


Palma, Spain, 27th October 2021 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today announced a new strategic partnership with ZUZU Hospitality, a revenue management company that manages the distribution of more than 2,700 independent properties in Southeast Asia.

ZUZU provides independent hotels with an all-in-one hotel operating system supported with their revenue management and distribution services. This technology plus service solution allows hotels with limited resources and time to get both the technology and expertise of larger hotel chains with none of their associated costs and restrictions.&nbsp;

This new partnership will give Hotelbeds the opportunity to further expand its hotel portfolio by gaining access to the 2,700+ independent properties working with ZUZU, while securing special rates and exclusive offers for its clients across Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.

In return, properties partnering with ZUZU will extend their global reach by gaining access to Hotelbeds' 60,000 travel buyers based in more than 140 source markets around the world, including high-value channels such as travel agencies, tour operators, airlines and points redemption programmes.

León Herce, Core Commercial Director at Hotelbeds, said: “We are very excited to be extending our partnership with ZUZU. After some time working with several of their properties, we are happy to welcome their 2,700+ properties to the Hotelbeds catalogue. We believe that this new step will only strengthen the already great relationship between the two companies and will be the next chapter in a long and fruitful relationship with ZUZU.”&nbsp;

Vikram Malhi, co-founder at ZUZU, added: "We are glad to build on our existing relationship with Hotelbeds and give all our hotel partners access to new demand from Hotelbeds’ worldwide network of travel buyers and partners. Our strategic partnership with Hotelbeds is a great example of how ZUZU continues to add value to both hotels and distribution partners. With travel on the rebound across the world, we expect this partnership to drive significant business to our portfolio of hotels.”&nbsp;

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain.

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Follow us: 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

Instagram: @hotelbeds_official

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Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR &amp; Media Relations&nbsp;

Clara Truyols – clatruyols@hotelbeds.com


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Hotelbeds enters strategic partnership with ZUZU Hospitality to further extend hotel portfolio in Asia


	The enhanced partnership agreement with YaVas reinforces Hotelbeds position in the Americas.
	Additionally, the deal further extends the exposure of Hotelbeds and its 180,000 hotel portfolio globally to the Americas source market as the travel recovery gets stronger in the region.
	It also provides YaVas with access to Hotelbeds’ ‘Beyond the Bed’ ancillary services catalogue which includes 25,000 transfer routes, 18,000 activities in more than 680 destinations, and 30,000 pick-up locations in 170 countries.


Palma, Spain, 20th October 2021 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today announced a preferred deal with YaVas, an OTA created by Volaris – the ultra-low-cost Mexican airline – that gives travellers the chance to find everything they need in one place and enjoy an unparalleled travel experience.

YaVas is a one-stop-shop booking engine that offers travellers the opportunity to buy airline tickets, accommodation, check in and carry on luggage, as well as transfers tickets and unique experiences.

This partnership puts Hotelbeds in a stronger position in the Americas – especially in Colombia, Central America, Mexico and the US source markets – thanks to the solid position that both Volaris and YaVas have in those countries.&nbsp;

This agreement provides YaVas with full access to Hotelbeds extensive portfolio of 180,000 hotel properties in 140 countries worldwide, many of which are contracted under special terms and conditions.

YaVas will also be able to offer their clients an extensive range of ancillary services from Hotelbeds’ ‘Beyond The Bed’ portfolio, which comprises 25,000 transfer routes, 18,000 activities in more than 680 destinations, and 30,000 pick-up locations in 170 countries.

León Herce, Core Commercial Director at Hotelbeds, said: “We are very pleased to announce our preferred partnership with YaVas and to further expand our reach in Mexico, the United States and Colombia, thanks to Volaris' strong position in the Americas. Our 180,000 hotels worldwide will benefit from this agreement by expanding their distribution reach and will be able to take advantage of the pent-up demand that is being experienced recently thanks to the opening of borders.”

Omar Carrera Marquez, CEO at YaVas, added that: “We are proud to achieve this alliance with Hotelbeds which is a great opportunity to offer travelers a more complete experience&nbsp;in Mexico, the United States, Central and South America by giving them the flight+hotel and luggage included. Expanding our offer with Hotelbeds hotel portfolio represents the possibility of continuing to promote tourism as a factor for the economic recovery and it’s development”.

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain.

Follow us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

Instagram: @hotelbeds_official

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Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR &amp; Media Relations&nbsp;

Clara Truyols – clatruyols@hotelbeds.com

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Hotelbeds enters preferred partnership with YaVas  to extend reach in Americas source market as  travel recovery takes shape


	Hotelbeds has signed a new agreement with Travel South USA to drive both domestic and international inbound tourism to the southern states.&nbsp;
	The campaign will target Hotelbeds' extensive network of commercial travel buyers based in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Germany, and will highlight the South's many attractions as a leisure destination. &nbsp;


Palma, Spain, 15th October 2021 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, today announced a new campaign with Travel South USA to introduce travel advisors to the southern states of the USA and promote both domestic and international tourism.

Starting this month, Hotelbeds will launch the campaign with Travel South USA focused on its extensive network of travel advisors in the US, United Kingdom, Canada and Germany, to promote the many authentic destinations included in the promotion.

In doing so, Hotelbeds aims to showcase the wide range of tourist attractions that the southern places have to offer, from beaches to mountains; from activity to leisure; from big cities to small towns, that can be enjoyed at any time of the year.

Following the success of the 2020 campaign in cooperation with Travel South USA, this year's campaign will feature nine (9) states and fourteen (14) cities in the southern United States. Each destination will provide a unique and diverse experience for leisure tourists.

The marketing campaign will be promoted through the company's two main distribution channels Hotelbeds (for wholesale distribution) and Bedsonline (for retail travel advisors).&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

Click here to visit the campaign.

Joseph Sheller, Head of Global Destination Marketing at Hotelbeds, said: “After a very successful co-operated domestic campaign with Travel South USA, that included 9 participants, we are expanding the footprint for this campaign. Now we have 23 destinations that will be participating, and the timing could not be better with the recent announcement of EU travel into the United States.&nbsp; I want to thank all the participating destinations, as well as Liz Bittner from Travel South USA who was instrumental in facilitating and coordinating this effort.”

Liz Bittner, president &amp; CEO, Travel South USA, added: “Partnerships are key-value and imperative for the Travel South USA group of states and city partners, and we couldn’t be more pleased with the extraordinary results from our Hotelbeds strategic partnership.

“The campaign in 2020 helped many destinations stay afloat, and based on our early successes, we have launched a new and expanded campaign. Over the coming months, we have more partners, more hotels and attraction deals, and more outreach to the travel trade around the globe.&nbsp; The ROI is a win-win for our trade clients, valued customers, and destination partners.&nbsp; We love telling stories that inspire a visit to the Authentic South and backing it up with an e-commerce platform protecting our tour operators and travel trade customers.”&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain.

Follow us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

Instagram: @hotelbeds_official

Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR &amp; Media Relations&nbsp;

Clara Truyols – clatruyols@hotelbeds.com


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Hotelbeds partners again with Travel South USA  to boost inbound tourism in southern states


	The deal between Hotelbeds and Experience Hub is focused on raising awareness of the diversity of Yas Island, one of the fastest growing leisure and entertainment destinations.
	The promotion is designed to appeal to travellers from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), wider Middle East, Europe, Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and put Yas Island high on their wish lists for when safe travel resumes.
	The campaign will target Hotelbeds’ high value, hard to access portfolio of 60k travel trade buyers – including retail travel agencies, tour operators, airlines and point redemption programmes.


Palma, Spain, 13th &nbsp;October 2021 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today announced a new agreement with&nbsp;Experience Hub, the one-stop destination partner and promotional arm of one of the world’s fastest growing leisure and entertainment destination – Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.

This partnership is designed to introduce Hotelbeds' portfolio of travel buyers from the GCC, wider Middle East, Europe, Russia and CIS to the entertainment, lifestyle and leisure destination in the heart of Abu Dhabi with the aim of elevating it to the top of their travellers' wish lists following the recent announcement regarding the easing of restrictions for fully vaccinated travellers to the UAE’s capital.

Through this collaboration, Hotelbeds’ clients will have access to special rates for Yas Island’s accommodation and their award-winning theme parks. Travel agents will be able to save up to 30% on room bookings at a range of hotels on Yas Island and in Abu Dhabi with theme park access. The promotions will feature in Hotelbeds’ main distribution channels – Bedsonline, targeting retail travel agencies and Hotelbeds, for wholesale distribution.

Yas Island offers a diverse mix of award-winning leisure and entertainment experiences. In addition to three amusement parks – Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, Yas Waterworld Abu Dhabi and Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi – and the record-breaking CLYMB™ Abu Dhabi, the island also features Yas Marina&nbsp;Circuit, the award-winning Yas Links golf course, as well as Abu Dhabi’s largest mall, Yas Mall with more than 400 international brands and a 24-screen cinema and The Fountains – a world-class dining area with stunning views of the fountains. &nbsp;More than 165 dining experiences are available to enjoy across the Island and eight hotels to choose from, including W Abu Dhabi - Yas Island, Hilton Abu Dhabi Yas Island.

Gareth Matthews, Global Marketing &amp; Communications Director at Hotelbeds, commented: “We are thrilled to enter into this partnership with Experience Hub to promote Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. We believe that promoting Yas Island as a tourist destination is a smart choice as it has all the qualities that travellers around the world are looking for in a holiday: a wide range of hotels from 3 to 5 stars, beach access, a multitude of entertainment and leisure offers, as well as being very close to the city, enabling tourists to get to know the wonderful culture of Abu Dhabi while enjoying their vacations”.

Liam Findlay, General Manager at Experience Hub, said: “We are delighted that Yas Island packages are now offered by one of the leading B2B distributors of travel products. This partnership really underpins the strong consumer sentiment for travel as restrictions ease for fully vaccinated travellers to Abu Dhabi and we look forward to working closely with Hotelbeds and its clients to develop innovative offerings leading up to the rebound of travel.”

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain.

Follow us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

Instagram: @hotelbeds_official

Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR &amp; Media Relations&nbsp;

Clara Truyols – clatruyols@hotelbeds.com

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About Experience Hub and Yas Island

Experience Hub (www.experiencehub.com) is the one-stop destination partner and promotional arm of one of the world’s fastest growing leisure and entertainment destinations: Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. Through its network of local, regional and international offices, the company works with travel partners to design holiday packages that provide the best entertainment value for travellers to the UAE. Based in Abu Dhabi, Experience Hub brings together expert travel and tourism professionals to manage its wide reaching trade network. The company currently operates offices serving the GCC, India, China, Europe and the CIS markets.

Yas Island is one of the world’s fastest growing leisure and entertainment destinations, located on the golden shores of Abu Dhabi - just 20 minutes from downtown Abu Dhabi and 50 minutes from Dubai. &nbsp;Yas Island offers holiday makers a diverse mix of award-winning leisure and entertainment experiences, from one-of-a-kind theme parks, world-class shopping and superb dining, to a links golf course, exciting water and motor sports, and spectacular musical, entertainment and family events… all within the 25 sq km Island. &nbsp; Today, Yas Island is home to the award-winning theme parks Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, Yas Waterworld, Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi, the record-breaking CLYMB™ Abu Dhabi, Yas Marina&nbsp;Circuit (home to the FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX™), Yas Marina, the award-winning Yas Links golf course, as well as Abu Dhabi’s largest mall, Yas Mall. &nbsp;With eight hotels, including W Abu Dhabi - Yas Island, Hilton Abu Dhabi Yas Island, Crowne Plaza Yas Island Abu Dhabi, Yas Island Rotana, Centro Yas Island by Rotana, Radisson Blu Hotel Abu Dhabi Yas Island, Park Inn by Radisson Hotel Abu Dhabi Yas Island and Staybridge Suites Abu Dhabi Yas Island,&nbsp; plus more than 165 dining experiences, the destination also features indoor and outdoor concert venues including MAD and Etihad Arena - all of which are complemented by a range of visitor services that connect all attractions to one another.


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Hotelbeds partners with Experience Hub to promote Yas Island 


	The agreement further expands Hotelbeds' exposure and its global portfolio of 180,000 hotels to the Pacific source market through Express Travel Group's network of travel agencies.
	The deal also provides Express Travel Group’s network of more than 450 travel agencies access to exclusive rates and offers available via the Bedsonline booking platform.&nbsp;


Palma, Spain, 07 October 2021 – Bedsonline, the leading global provider of online accommodation and ancillary products, has announced today a preferred agreement, for the first time, with Express Travel Group (ETG), the largest group of fully independent travel agencies&nbsp;in Australia.

This new agreement enables Hotelbeds to further expand its retail distribution reach in the Pacific through access to the 450+ travel agencies located throughout Australia and New Zealand operated by ETG.

In turn, ETG's partner agencies will gain full access to Hotelbeds' extensive portfolio of 180,000 hotel properties in 140 countries around the world, many of which are contracted on special terms, all available on Bedsonline's online portal for travel agents.

Shari Rokosuka, Strategic Account Manager at Bedsonline, said: “We are extremely pleased to announce this new partnership in the Pacific. We have worked closely with Ari &amp; the team at ETG over the last few months, and are thrilled to now be able to launch Bedsonline to their members. The Pacific based Bedsonline team is ready to support the ETG members as international borders reopen, and we prepare for a very busy booking period ahead!”

Peter Jones, Regional Manager Pacific at Hotelbeds, the parent company of Bedsonline, said: “This is the first time that Bedsonline has become a preferred partner with ETG and the timing is perfect to take advantage of the huge pent-up demand for travel. We look forward to many successful years of partnership ahead!"

Ari Magoutis | Executive General Manager at Express Travel Group, added: “Express Travel Group is excited to partner with bedsonline and offer our members access to an established, global choice of hotels, transfers and activities. &nbsp;As we gradually move out of current travel restrictions and clients commence the planning process with our members, having a robust selection of product choice in key markets will be vital.”

Express Travel Group operates under five different brands:


	Select Travel Group – one of the leading buying groups in Australia and the largest across the national Chinatown market.
	Independent Travel Group – the most rapidly growing brand in the group, where members benefit from Express Travel Group national distribution platform and from the ability to retain their own brand and identity&nbsp;while still being part of a group.
	italk travel &amp; cruise – the retail franchise travel agency available to&nbsp;Independent Travel Group&nbsp;members provides its members a fully branded italktravel&nbsp;&amp; cruise option in an exclusive territory, marketing and website support.
	Independent Travel Advisors – a&nbsp;group of mobile or home-based agents that are agile and locally focused.
	Express Corporate – the brand offers members the ability to expand their operations through the utilisation of a corporate solution.


The group joins Hotelbeds' existing portfolio of 60,000 commercial travel buyers, with a quality profile that, on average, attracts travellers who book higher value properties earlier, stay longer, have lower cancellation rates and spend more at the destination.

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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 60,000 travel agencies backed by local sales teams in over 30 countries covering over 100 markets globally.

The company offers an extensive portfolio of over 180,000 hotels, 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities in 185 destination countries worldwide, guaranteeing high availability, competitive prices and unique offers. This portfolio is backed by personalized local service and a powerful yet intuitive booking engine making Bedsonline the defacto partner for many travel agencies around the world.&nbsp;

Bedsonline is part of Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank and business-to-business provider of services to the travel industry globally, headquartered in Palma, Spain.

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Bedsonline enters preferred partnership with Express Travel Group to harness the huge pent-up demand for travel


	Hotelbeds signs new deal with partners RateGain to monitor online rates of hotel partners and identify any integrity cases.
	In addition, Hotelbeds continues to implement its strict ‘three strikes’ policy for channels that violate distribution rules.


Orlando, Florida, 06 October 2021 – Hotelbeds, the world´s leading bedbank, has extended its deal with RateGain as part of its continued commitment to controlling rate integrity for its hotel partners in North America and worldwide.

The partnership enables Hotelbeds to help its hotel partners identify cases of opaque rates intended for offline bookings being sold in other channels and supports its strict ‘three strikes’ policy for channels that violate distribution rules.

Lauren Atlass, Regional Commercial Director at Hotelbeds, said: “We fully recognise the importance of the rate integrity challenge facing the industry and therefore our first step is always to consult with hoteliers on how they wish to distribute their properties.

“Our continued partnership with RateGain means we can control rate integrity even more precisely and provide our hotel&nbsp;partners with solutions ensuring they can sell the right rate, in the right channel.

“Hotelbeds offers incredibly valuable distribution to our hotel partners, so we are putting every possible tool in place to ensure that we respect their distribution strategy and continue adding value.”

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain.

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Hotelbeds extends deal with RateGain to confirm  its commitment to rate integrity  


	Beach destinations, such as Brazil and Mexico, have experienced the strongest growth in bookings, up 28% and 20% respectively compared to 2019.
	Punta Cana has consolidated its position as the destination with the highest growth in the last 4 weeks with 80%* more bookings.
	Colombia, Argentina, Peru and Chile are also among the countries that are showing the most improved signs of recovery in LATAM in recent weeks.


Palma, Spain, 22nd September 2021 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today confirmed a strong growth in hotel bookings in several Latin American destinations.

According to Hotelbeds' booking data, as a result of new openings in Latin American countries, the number of room nights sold has grown exponentially in countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia in the lasts 8 weeks. &nbsp;

Over the same weeks, Brazil has increased its bookings by 28%*, making it one of the beach destinations with the strongest recovery while Mexico has also experienced a growth of around 20%*.&nbsp; The most popular Mexican destinations, for both local and international travellers – especially from the US –, are Cancun, Riviera Maya, Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta.

During the last 4 weeks in the Caribbean, Punta Cana has gained a lot of momentum and bookings have increased by 80%*. Puerto Rico and Jamaica have also been well positioned as destinations with solid growth recently.

Other countries, such as Colombia, Peru, Chile and Argentina, are gradually recovering to pre-pandemic levels now that their borders have opened.

Gisela Blok, Regional Sourcing Director LATAM at Hotelbeds said: “We are delighted to be seeing these clear examples of pent-up demand in LATAM. As the borders open, bookings are steadily increasing demonstrating the incredible appetite for travel. We are very fortunate that we have a team based in LATAM who manage and support our hotel partners personally and directly at every stage of this recovery we are experiencing.

“In addition, we are delighted to say that all of our LATAM teams are gradually returning to the offices, while respecting local safety regulations, bringing back some of the normality of before the pandemic.”

*All figures are compared with corresponding data for the same period in 2019.

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain.

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Hotelbeds confirms strong LATAM sales growth 


	Hotelbeds has signed an agreement with Visit Finland, to drive in-bound US tourism to the European destination.
	The campaign will target Hotelbeds' broad network of travel trade buyers based in the US and will highlight the many attractions Finland has to offer as a destination.


Orlando, Florida, 16th September 2021 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today announced a new partnership with Visit Finland to promote the destination to its extensive network of US travel advisors.

From mid-September, Hotelbeds will launch a campaign with Visit Finland to promote Finland as a safe destination to its extensive network of travel advisors and promote the Nordic country's wide range of tourist attractions including northern lights sightings, skiing activities, visits to Lapland to meet Santa Claus as well as its traditional saunas.

Hotelbeds strongly believes in the potential of this campaign, as the US has historically been in the top 5 of the company’s main source markets for Finland. As a result of this agreement, Hotelbeds will be well placed to contract a greater range of Finnish hotels at exclusive rates in order to offer differentiated content to its extensive network of US travel advisors.

The marketing campaign will run until early 2022 and will be promoted through the company's two main distribution channels Hotelbeds (for wholesale distribution) and Bedsonline (for retail travel advisors).&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

Gareth Matthews, Marketing, Communications &amp; CSR Director at Hotelbeds, said: “Recognised for its incredible nature activities, Finland has a reputation as a destination that offers healthy and safe travel for residents and visitors, therefore it is the perfect post-pandemic destination. We are really pleased to partner with Visit Finland and to offer to our US travel advisors exclusive promotional rates at top properties across this beautiful country.&nbsp;

Ms Heli Mende, Head of Visit Finland North America, added: “We are pleased to announce that Finland is welcoming all fully vaccinated travellers to visit Finland.&nbsp; To strengthen our destination promotion for the coming winter season and summer 2022, we have partnered with Hotelbeds and with the support of their market insight and high impact marketing activities, we hope to increase demand to Finland as Finland is still a relatively unknown destination in the US. Finland’s winter wonderland and midnight sun summer experiences are great reasons also for US travellers to travel to Finland, especially for those desiring to get off the beaten path.”

Click here to learn more about the campaign.

About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain.

Follow us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

Instagram: @hotelbeds_official

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Clara Truyols – clatruyols@hotelbeds.com

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Hotelbeds enters new partnership with Visit Finland  to drive in-bound US tourism 

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