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	Hotelbeds becomes the first B2B travel company to join The Climate Pledge.
	Its commitment demonstrates the importance it places on tackling climate change across its operations.
	The news comes within weeks of Hotelbeds publishing its second Corporate Responsibility Report and being certified as a carbon neutral organisation for the third year running.


Palma, Spain, 17th February 2021 – Hotelbeds, has today become the latest company to join Amazon and The Climate Pledge Commitment in urging industries to become net zero carbon by 2040, a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement.

Hotelbeds, the first B2B travel company to join The Climate Pledge, recently published its second Corporate Responsibility Report which highlighted how it is already making great progress in prioritising carbon reduction across its operations. It was also recently certified as a Carbon Neutral organisation for the third year running.

As a signatory to The Climate Pledge, Hotelbeds agrees to:


	Measure and report greenhouse gas emissions on a regular basis;
	Implement decarbonization strategies in line with the Paris Agreement through real business changes and innovations, including efficiency improvements, renewable energy, materials reductions, and other carbon emission elimination strategies;
	Neutralize any remaining emissions with additional, quantifiable, real, permanent, and socially-beneficial offsets to achieve net-zero annual carbon emissions by 2040 — a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050.


Hotelbeds’ Executive Chairman, Joan Vilà, said: “As the leaders in our sector, we have a clear responsibility to demonstrate to our stakeholders that we operate a responsible, transparent business model and that we take very seriously the environmental impact we have.

“We recognise our critical responsibility to protect our planet and the destinations where we operate, and we believe this is a time to double down on our investment to create a more sustainable future. This is why we are thrilled to be part of The Climate Pledge and to give our strong commitment to being net zero carbon by 2040.”

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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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About Amazon and The Climate Pledge

In 2019, Amazon and Global Optimism co-founded The Climate Pledge, a commitment to reach the Paris Agreement 10 years early and be net-zero carbon by 2040. 53 organizations have now signed The Climate Pledge, sending an important signal that there will be rapid growth in demand for products and services that help reduce carbon emissions. For more information visit www.theclimatepledge.com.

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Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR &amp; Media Relations&nbsp;

Jane Astle – j.astle@hotelbeds.com


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Hotelbeds joins Amazon and The Climate Pledge in urging industries to become net-zero carbon by 2040


	Hotelbeds has chosen Google’s cloud computing platform to help fuel the recovery of travel partners.
	Google Cloud will help Hotelbed’s API clients - including tour operators, retail travel agent chains, airlines and loyalty schemes - to reduce response times up to 7%, increasing sales conversion rates and bookings.


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Palma, Spain, 9th February 2021 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today announced a partnership with Google Cloud.

This has already resulted in Hotelbeds’ API clients benefiting from a reduction in response times by up to 7%, helping to increase conversion rates.

Additionally, Hotelbeds’ API Clients – tour operators, retail travel agent chains, airlines and point redemption schemes – benefit from increased flexibility, uptime and reliability due to the platforms auto-scaling architecture.

Meanwhile the 180,000 hotel properties that comprise Hotelbeds’ portfolio benefit as their product is made available to travel trade buyers more quickly and reliably than ever before, thus increasing incremental bookings from non-domestic and high-value guests that the company typically provides.

Simon Matthews, CTO at Hotelbeds, said: “An ever faster response time is one of the most important metrics for our API partners – and indirectly for our hotel and ancillary supplier partners who benefit too – and we achieve this with reliable partners like Google Cloud, who offer us security, scalability and reliability on a global scale.”

“Like many other travel tech companies our conversion to the cloud started with an initial technical push with a single cloud provider tightly coupled – and deliberately&nbsp;so – with our legacy on-premise infrastructure. We are now able to deploy our workloads at an incredibly efficient speed on Google Cloud, deploying infrastructure as code and platform as a service – and thereby helping fuel the recovery of our partners everywhere.”

Isaac Hernández, Country Manager at Google Cloud Spain and Portugal, added: "We are very excited to announce our partnership with one of the leading travel technology companies at this key moment when it’s imperative to help the industry recover from the impact of COVID-19. Just as managing bookings has become more operationally complex given the current situation, we are able to offer Hotelbeds and its partners a rapidly scalable solution that reduces costs and helps increase revenues by reducing that all important response time.”

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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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About&nbsp;Google Cloud

Google Cloud provides organizations with leading infrastructure, platform capabilities and industry solutions. We deliver enterprise-grade cloud solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology to help companies operate more efficiently and adapt to changing needs, giving customers a foundation for the future. Customers in more than 150 countries turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to solve their most critical business problems.

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Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR &amp; Media Relations&nbsp;

Jane Astle – j.astle@hotelbeds.com


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Hotelbeds chooses Google Cloud to help fuel recovery


	Industry report features Hotelbeds ranking highly as a leading distribution channel and revenue generator for hoteliers in all destination countries featured worldwide.
	SiteMinder highlights the ‘continued relevance of wholesalers’ as it named Hotelbeds as a top performer that had huge relevance for hotels in 2020.


Palma, Spain, 4th February 2021 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has been named as one of the top distribution channels and hotel revenue generators in 2020 by SiteMinder, a leading channel management platform globally.

Its report, published earlier this week, confirmed the most relevant distribution channels that generated the highest revenues for hotels during 2020.&nbsp; Hotelbeds ranked highly in all destinations globally, leading SiteMinder to emphasize the continued relevance of wholesalers to hoteliers as a key distribution channel.

With its extensive portfolio of 180,000 hotel properties in 140 countries worldwide, many of which are directly contracted under special terms and conditions, Hotelbeds is in a prime position to drive volumes to hotels - and the travel industry as a whole - as it prepares for recovery and a resumption of travel post COVID.

Carlos Muñoz, Chief Operating Officer at Hotelbeds, said: “We are delighted to be formally recognised by SiteMinder as one of the top revenue-making distribution channels for hoteliers, especially in a year so impacted by the pandemic.

“This a great testament to our teams’ performance and commitment over the past twelve months despite the hugely challenging conditions that 2020 brought. We have successfully focused our efforts on being as competitive as possible while maintaining strong service levels and this recognition gives us a clear indication that we are doing all the right things to support our valuable partners.”

The full SiteMinder report can be downloaded here.

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

Jane Astle – j.astle@hotelbeds.com


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SiteMinder names Hotelbeds as one of the top revenue  generators for Hotels worldwide in 2020


	The first deal of its type between Hotelbeds and PROMTUR Panama aimed at raising awareness of the beauty and diversity of the destination;
	The co-op campaign will be tailored to travellers from the US, Canada, Europe, China and LATAM and is designed to put Panama 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 points redemption programmes.


Palma, Spain, &nbsp;4th &nbsp;February 2021 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today announced a new and exciting year-long agreement with PROMTUR Panama, designed to raise awareness across its 60,000 travel trade buyers, of this stunning Central American destination, ready to attract visitors when the time is right.

Hotelbeds already has a strong presence in Panama, producing over 100,000 incoming pax into the destination from 80 different source markets, and partnering with more than 130 hotels and activities. The company strongly believes that Panama has enormous potential to grow and become one of the top producing destinations within its LATAM portfolio.

The promotion will be focused through Hotelbeds main distribution channels of Bedsonline (its brand targeting retail travel agencies) and Hotelbeds for wholesale distribution. &nbsp;The campaign will aim to place Panama on the radar of more than 60,000 travel trade buyers.

To take a closer look at the campaign, please click on the links below:


	For the USA campaign, click here
	For the LATAM campaign, click here
	For the global campaign, click here


Gareth Matthews, Global Marketing &amp; Communications Director at Hotelbeds, commented: “We are really pleased to enter into this partnership with PROMTUR Panama. With the demand we continue to see for Latin American destinations, we believe Panama delivers all the qualities that international leisure travellers are looking for – a modern international city, amazing beaches, unique cuisine and culture and of course eco-tourism offerings that are truly breath-taking! We are excited to grow our partnership with Panama for many years to come.”

Woodrow Oldford, Chief Marketing Officer of PROMTUR Panama (Panama's Destination Marketing Organization) said; “Panama is pleased to begin a long-term partnership with Hotelbeds. The launch of our alliance with Hotelbeds is a strategic move for us in kick-starting tourism in Panama. We see the value of partnering with industry leaders to reach and educate others in the travel industry. There is a pent-up demand for travel, and we believe Hotelbeds will be a key part of tapping into the demand and ensuring our future success.”

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

Jane Astle – j.astle@hotelbeds.com


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Hotelbeds enters exciting new partnership with PROMTUR Panama!


	Hotelbeds’ ancillary supplier partners are now able to sell their products to Juniper’s 300+ clients in over 50 countries.
	Clients of Juniper gain access to Hotelbeds’ Beyond the Bed portfolio, that includes 18,000 activities, 25,000+ transfer routes, as well as theme-park attractions, event tickets and car rental with exclusive rates and conditions.
	Juniper will connect to Beyond the Bed using Hotelbeds’ API connectivity.


Palma, Spain, 2nd February 2021 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has announced a strategic partnership with Juniper, a global travel technology company and leader in online solutions for the tourism industry under the Juniper and Cangooroo brands.

Thanks to this agreement Hotelbeds’ ancillary partners – via the Beyond the Bed portfolio – will now have access to Juniper and Cangooroo’s 300+ clients&nbsp; – increasing Hotelbeds’ ancillary distribution reach in over 50 countries, including Spain, USA, Colombia, Brazil, and the UAE.

The partnership will provide Juniper’s clients with access to preferential conditions from&nbsp; Beyond The Bed’s portfolio of more than 18,000 activities in 690 destinations, 25,000 transfer routes in 1,100 destinations, car rental from 30,000 pick-up locations in 170 countries – as well as theme-park attractions and entrance tickets for events all over the world.

Chris Leonard, Beyond the Bed Managing Director at Hotelbeds, said, “During these challenging times of vast health, social and economic impact on the travel industry we have been working together with Juniper to make this alliance a reality. We are very proud to extend an already long-standing relationship, as Juniper’s customers are highly-valued by our supplier partners all around the world.

“We have worked hard over the last few years to make our ancillary product range more relevant and competitive and as a result we expect to generate significant sales growth together for our supplier partners around the world.”

Juan Mateos, General Manager at Juniper, said, “We’re very excited to gain access to in-destination ancillary services via Hotelbeds’ Beyond the Bed portfolio. Many of our customers look for unique travel products that can give them authentic local experiences when travelling internationally and the Hotelbeds range of products and high level of exclusive deals is incomparable.”

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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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About Juniper

Juniper is a global Travel Technology company leader in providing the best online solutions for the Tourism Industry (OTAs, DMCs, BedBanks and Wholesalers). Juniper provides flexible and modular Booking Engines (Juniper and Cangooroo Booking Engines) that can adapt to the needs of each business. With more than 360 XML integrations with external suppliers, Juniper has the most extensive connectivity portfolio. More than 350 clients over 50 countries already trust Juniper. Since 2003 Juniper offers a quality and service commitment to all of its clients, taking care of their needs in an environment which is in permanent change and evolution. It has a team of more than 280 experienced professionals in Technology and Travel Industry, located in Palma de Mallorca Juniper Headquarters (Spain), São Paulo Cangooroo Headquarters (Brazil), Miami (USA), Cali (Colombia) and Dubai (UAE). Juniper is part of Constellation Software Inc. (TSE:CSU).

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Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR &amp; Media Relations

Jane Astle – j.astle@hotelbeds.com


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Hotelbeds signs strategic agreement with Juniper 


	The ‘Safe2Stay’ scheme – Highlighting those properties with health &amp; safety protocols in place to help keep guests safe;
	Holidays for Heroes – Offering exclusive hotel discounts to frontline workers, and donating a percentage of the revenue to the&nbsp; Red Cross;
	The Green Hotels programme – Identifying, highlighting and promoting sustainable establishments from across its portfolio.
	Moving its Corporate Volunteering Progamme on-line, with 500 employees contributing 1500 volunteering hours to support NGOs


Palma, Spain,&nbsp; 27th&nbsp;January 2021 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today published its second Corporate Responsibility Report, highlighting all the ways it adapted its CSR approach in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to provide support to the global travel industry and to communities most impacted by the unprecedented situation.

Prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standard, and in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the report covers the period from October 1st 2019 to September 30th 2020 and contains the most relevant achievements.

Examples include:


	The launch of the Safe2Stay scheme based around a series of health &amp; safety protocols and launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to enable hotels across its 180,000 strong portfolio to highlight the measures they were taking to keep guests safe.



	The adaptation of the Corporate Volunteering Programme to be fully on-line as mobility restrictions were introduced globally. More than 500 employees contributed over 1500 hours of their own time to support groups and communities most impacted by COVID-19. Activities included telephone calls and letters of compassion to hospital patients, virtual workshops offering tutoring and basic learning to people with disabilities, story-telling to support children living in poverty and the provision of web design and social media training to help non-profit organisations to improve their marketing.



	The creation and launch of the Green Hotels Programme to identify, highlight and promote sustainable accommodation across its portfolio, with over 15,000 properties certified within the period of the report.



	And for the third year running, Hotelbeds was independently certified as a Carbon Neutral organisation, having demonstrated a significant reduction in its carbon emissions, including energy and paper consumptions, waste management, business travel and water supply.


In announcing the publication of this second report, Executive Chairman at Hotelbeds, Joan Vilà, said: “The extreme disruption and damage caused to the travel industry and the world by just one virus clearly demonstrates the very urgent and important need for our sector to commit to a sustainable future and increase our positive impact now more than ever.”

He added: “This report demonstrates our continued commitment to become a responsible and transparent business. We recognise that as a leader in our sector, the eyes of all our stakeholders and future generations are fixed firmly on us and they expect us to drive resilience, adapt with the times and build long-term sustainability not just at an environmental level but also socially and economically.

“We are firmly committed to this and are setting long-term goals to benefit the travellers of today and tomorrow, as well as to prioritise their health, safety and well-being along with those of our employees, partners and local communities.

“I am extremely proud to publish this report as it is a strong indication of the dedication of our company to this agenda. In a year like no other, we have not only maintained our levels of commitment but have significantly improved them which will stand us in good stead as we start to see the first signs of industry recovery during 2021.”

The report can be accessed via the Corporate Sustainability section of the company’s website:&nbsp;https://corporate.hotelbeds.com/sustainability

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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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Hotelbeds reaffirms commitment to overcoming environmental and social challenges with launch of 2020 CSR report


	HotelRunner’s accommodation partners will benefit from access to the more than 60,000 high value travel trade buyers - including retail travel agents, airlines, loyalty point schemes and tour operators – that form Hotelbeds’ portfolio.
	Over 40,000 hotels and hostels properties from HotelRunner’s inventory will also be available to Hotelbeds’ travel trade clients.
	Through this agreement, HotelRunner’s partners will have access to harder to reach, high value, non-domestic bookings, once long-haul travel recovers.


Palma, Spain, 21 January 2021 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading B2B bedbank, has today announced the extension of its partnership with HotelRunner, a sales channel management platform and B2B network for OTAs and hoteliers.

Further building on over six years of successful partnership, HotelRunner’s 40,000 hotel and hostel partners from all over the world will continue to have access to Hotelbeds’ 60,000 travel trade buyers – including tour operators, travel agencies, airlines and loyalty points schemes drawn from over 185 source markets.

Once long-haul travel recovers, Hotelbeds’ travel trade buyers will provide the accommodation partners of HotelRunner with high value, incremental reservations from non-domestic markets. Typically, &nbsp;the average guest profile from these channels,&nbsp; books earlier, cancels less, stays for longer and spends twice as much in destination. HotelRunner will also continue to provide Hotelbeds’ travel distribution&nbsp; clients with access to significant additional hotel partners globally, with wider coverage in the United States, LATAM, Africa and South East Asia.

Paul Anthony, Digital Commercialisation Director at Hotelbeds, said: “As part of this extended partnership with HotelRunner, there is a very strong opportunity for Hotelbeds to not only acquire new hotels, especially in the long tail space, but also to grow the inventory managed through those hotels by maximizing the rate-mix, competitiveness and availability.

We are working hard together to build shared capabilities to help identify, process and convert opportunities through automated processes, self-service solutions and leveraging data. This will help ensure that together we are effectively positioned for the recovery of international travel.”

Arden Agopyan, Founder &amp; Managing Partner from HotelRunner, added: "Our six-year long and continuously growing relationship has been very productive, and we are now ready to take this to a more strategic level.

When the recovery in international travel occurs, our 40,000+ accommodation partners from all over the world will want to capitalize on that by accessing hard-to-reach bookings from all channels including the offline channels such as tour operators, travel agents, airlines and points redemption schemes – of which Hotelbeds has over 60,000 such partners around the world.”

Through its powerful and easy-to-use suite of tools, HotelRunner gives all properties, regardless of size, access to the best hospitality management technology. This means hoteliers and hosts can grow reservations and automate their workflows with confidence and ease.

The company has offices in the United States, United Kingdom and Turkey, and has properties in 193 countries ranging from daily short-term rentals to B&amp;Bs, boutique hotels and enterprise hotels and chains.&nbsp;

About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading B2B 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 optimize 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 commercialize 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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About HotelRunner

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HotelRunner is a distribution platform and B2B network for accommodations and travel agencies to find, contract, connect and transact with each other online.

HotelRunner helps accommodations transition their sales and operations from off to online, maximizing their online visibility through a very user-friendly self-service platform and with freemium business model.

HotelRunner, provides a complete online sales and distribution management platform for all types of accommodations - including a direct web booking engine, a 2-way channel manager integrated with 150+ online/offline travel agencies, metasearch, wholesalers and GDS, as well as a sophisticated multilingual website content management system, front-desk and call centre management, guest relationship management, reporting, payment collection and promotion tools.

HotelRunner with its HotelRunner Connect division, provides supply acquisition and contracting, automated on-boarding and account opening, engagement, performance benchmarking and reporting, and commission collection services for travel agencies, travel technology providers, and payment systems.

HotelRunner is present in 193 countries with 40,000+ accommodations registered to the platform, also partnering with 150+ online/offline travel agencies, metasearch, wholesalers and GDS as well as payment systems. HotelRunner is Booking.com Premier Connectivity Partner, Booking.com Top Connectivity Performer for 2018, Airbnb Preferred Software Partner, Agoda Innovative Supplier, Oracle Gold, and Google Hotel Ads Partner.

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Twitter: @HotelRunner

Facebook: HotelRunner

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Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló – a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com

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Hotelbeds and HotelRunner extend partnership


	Certification follows thorough analysis of Hotelbeds’ carbon footprint by independent body, Carbon Footprint Ltd.
	Company donations for every business travel flight are used to finance carbon neutral projects – and this year Hotelbeds will be supporting a project in China.
	This news follows the recent launch of the Green Hotels Programme, a new initiative to identify, highlight and promote sustainable accommodation within its hotel portfolio.


Palma, Spain, 12 January 2021 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has announced today that for the third consecutive year it has been certified as a Carbon Neutral Organisation by Carbon Footprint Ltd, an independent body that accredits carbon management measurements and best practices for businesses, by offsetting companies’ CO2 emissions.

This prestigious accreditation reflects Hotelbeds’ commitment in the past three years to reduce its environmental impact and ensure long-term sustainability by offsetting the carbon emissions it generates.

During 2018 the company created a programme whereby a fee is paid for every business flight taken by an employee. This is then used to finance a carbon neutral project and both encourage reduction in travel and awareness around the importance of carbon offsetting.

In 2018 the funds raised from this programme were donated to the Portel-Pará Deforestation Project - which is located within Brazil’s Amazon, the largest remaining rainforest on our planet - &nbsp;to help prevent unplanned deforestation.

In 2019 Hotelbeds chose to give the funds to the Renewable Energy Project in India, that manages the installation of solar panels across the country.

This year Hotelbeds will be supporting the Verified Carbon Standard certified Guohua Tongliao Kezuo Zhongqi Phase 1 Wind Power project in China, that will reduce carbon emissions via the displacement of fossil fuels. This project helps to combat climate change and sustains our environment for future generations.

This news follows the recent launch of the Green Hotels Programme, a turn-key solution to bring Hotelbeds and its partners into the green economy and accelerate the transition of the travel industry towards sustainability.

Gareth Matthews, Marketing, Communications and CSR Director at Hotelbeds, said: “We are proud to be certified a Carbon Neutral Organisation for the third consecutive year. This really underscores our sustainable business ethos and sets a great example both to our staff and the wider travel industry.

“As leaders in the travel industry we wanted to be at the forefront of environmental consciousness, inspiring both other companies and even individual travellers, by reducing our emissions where possible and offsetting the rest.”

As part of the certification process, carbon emission calculations – including energy and paper consumptions, waste management, business travel and water supply – were conducted by Hotelbeds, using metrics devised by Carbon Footprint Ltd.

Carbon Footprint Ltd has also successfully completed a verification of the carbon footprint assessment for Hotelbeds. This included spot-checking source data from across the company as well as reviewing the overall methodology.

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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 certified carbon neutral for the third year running


	With this deal Hotelbeds will increase its retail distribution reach in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, South Africa, Canada, the USA, India, Hong Kong, and Dubai.
	The 180,000 hotel properties that work with Hotelbeds worldwide – many under special terms &amp; conditions – will be available to Flight Centre’s retail clients.
	Flight Centre typically offers long-haul guests that book further in advance, top rated higher value properties, stay for longer, have lower cancellation rates and spend more at the property


Palma, Spain, 15 December 2020 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has announced today a preferred deal with Flight Centre, one of the largest retail travel agencies in Australia, with more than 550 stores spread across 10 countries.

Thanks to this partnership Hotelbeds and its retail channel Bedsonline – that exclusively caters to retail travel agents – &nbsp;will increase distribution reach in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, South Africa, Canada, the USA, India, Hong Kong, and Dubai.

As part of the partnership Flight Centre will connect to Hotelbeds’ product portfolio via the API solutions offered by Hotelbeds.

Flight Centre will gain full access to Hotelbeds’ extensive portfolio of 180,000 hotel properties in 140 countries worldwide providing breadth and depth of range globally – many of which are contracted under special terms and conditions – supplementing Flight Centre’s own direct range. In addition, Flight Centre will also now offer its clients ancillary services from the Beyond The Bed portfolio of Hotelbeds, which comprises 25,000 transfer routes, 18,000 activities in more than 680 destinations, and 30,000 pick-up locations in 170 countries.

Flight Centre joins Hotelbeds’ existing portfolio of 60,000 travel trade buyers, who typically attract non-domestic travellers that book further in advance higher value properties, stay for longer, have lower cancellation rates and spend more at the property.

León Herce, Global Sales Director at Hotelbeds said: “We are very excited to announce our preferred partnership with Flight Centre. Not only is Flight Centre one of the largest retail travel in Australia but it also has many outlets on high streets in leading source markets worldwide.

“This is great news for our 180,000 hotel property partners &nbsp;worldwide, all of whom place great value on retail travel agency guests - not least from long-haul source markets such as Australia, New Zealand, UK, South Africa, Canada, the USA, India, Hong Kong, and Dubai.”

Michelle Connolly, Global Procurement Leader – Leisure at Flight Centre, added: “We’re very excited to start this preferred partnership with Hotelbeds and its retail travel brand, Bedsonline.&nbsp; We have ambitious plans to grow further and extend our sales reach to more international markets, and Hotelbeds is the right partner to do so due to its extensive global portfolio with some of the most special deals and rates. We feel certain that our retail customers will provide the perfect guests for Hotelbeds’ hotel partners, making this a great win-win situation for everyone.”

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About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

In a fragmented and complex travel landscape, Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotel properties across the globe with access to high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR – whilst not competing with the hotelier’s direct distribution strategy.

Hotelbeds does this by offering hoteliers access to a network of over 60,000 hard-to-access B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airline websites, and loyalty schemes in over 140 source markets worldwide. These channels provide hotel partners with returning guests that book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in-destination and stay longer.

In addition to accommodation, Hotelbeds is also the world’s largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 24,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire. Operating under the ‘Beyond the Bed’ product line, it provides both hoteliers and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.

The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain.

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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Hotelbeds signs deal with Flight Centre to increase global distribution reach


	Leading international luxury hotel and resort management company Rosewood Hotel Group gains access to Hotelbeds’ 60,000 travel trade buyers, including travel agents, airlines, points redemption programs and tour operators.
	Clients of Hotelbeds will now have access to preferential rates and availability for Rosewood Hotels &amp; Resorts®, New World Hotels &amp; Resorts®, and KHOS™.
	The deal covers the wholesale and retail distribution of Rosewood Hotel Group’s 41 properties in 19 countries via both Hotelbeds and its retail channel, Bedsonline.


Palma, Spain, 10 December 2020 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has entered into a &nbsp;strategic partnership with Rosewood Hotel Group, a leading international hotel management company.

The strategic partnership provides Rosewood Hotel Group with access to Hotelbeds’ more than 60,000 travel trade buyers from more than 140 source markets worldwide, including tour operators, airlines, points redemption programs and retail travel agencies.

At the same time, Hotelbeds’ clients will gain access to preferential rates and availability across the 41 properties that form Rosewood Hotel Groups’s portfolio in 19 countries throughout North America, Caribbean/Atlantic, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Rosewood Hotel Group encompasses three brands: ultra-luxury Rosewood Hotels &amp; Resorts® in North America, Caribbean/Atlantic, Europe, the Middle East and Asia; upper-upscale New World Hotels &amp; Resorts® in China and Southeast Asia; and KHOS™, a dynamic global business lifestyle hotel brand.

Hotelbeds’ portfolio of 60,000 travel trade buyers offers Rosewood Hotel Group’s properties access to incremental, high value bookings from non-domestic markets that typically book further in advance, pay more per room, stay for longer, cancel less and spend more in the destination.

Through this partnership Rosewood Hotel Group’s properties will distribute hotel rooms through Hotelbeds via both its wholesale channel, which operates under the Hotelbeds brand, and the retail travel agent channel, which operates under the Bedsonline brand – all united under one contract.

Jorge Cortés, Global Sourcing Director at Hotelbeds, commented: “Rosewood Hotel Group has become a leading international luxury hotel and resort owner-operator globally thanks to its ambitious expansion and growing presence in the global luxury hospitality arena. So I am certain that our 60,000 travel trade clients – all of whom will offer Rosewood mostly international, high value guests – will be very excited to gain access to special rates and availability from across Rosewood’s portfolio.”

Benjamin Banh, Vice President Field Sales and Marketing, added: “Rosewood Hotel Group’s strategic partnership with Hotelbeds gives us access to an extensive travel trade distribution network worldwide, expanding our reach to more non-domestic and high-value guests once international travel recovers. This complements well our efforts to build on Rosewood’s strong base of long-stay and corporate guests, and to capture accommodation demand from domestic travellers. We continue on a steady path of growth in the world’s most evocative destinations, and we look forward to working with Hotelbeds to grow incremental bookings.”

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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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About Rosewood Hotel Group 

Rosewood Hotel Group, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, encompasses three brands: ultra-luxury Rosewood Hotels &amp; Resorts® in North America, Caribbean/Atlantic, Europe, the Middle East and Asia; upper-upscale New World Hotels &amp; Resorts in China and Southeast Asia; and KHOS, a dynamic global business lifestyle hotel brand. Its combined portfolio consists of more than 40 hotels in 19 countries. For more information, please visit rosewoodhotelgroup.com.

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Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló – a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com

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Hotelbeds signs strategic partnership with Rosewood Hotel Group


	The 180k hotels that work with Hotelbeds worldwide are now available to the millions of users of Rappi ‘superApp’ across Latin America – including Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico – and will be available in Argentina, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador and Costa Rica in 2021.
	Rappi’s clients gain access to Hotelbeds’ extensive portfolio with exclusive rates and conditions from the best hotel properties globally.


Palma, Spain, 2nd December 2020 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has entered into an agreement with Rappi, Latin America’s first ‘superApp’ that recently announced the launch of its new vertical, Rappi Travel.

With this agreement, the 180,000 hotel properties working with Hotelbeds will now be available to millions of Rappi Travel users in Latin America, including: Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, plus corporate travellers from its brand Travel 4Business – with users from Argentina, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador and Costa Rica gaining access in 2021.

Thanks to this collaboration, Rappi’s clients in Latin America gain access to Hotelbeds’ extensive portfolio in 140 countries worldwide, that offers exclusive rates and conditions from the best hotel properties globally thanks to Hotelbeds’ best-in-class contracting team worldwide.

As Latin America’s first ‘superApp’, Rappi already has millions of users and the company’s newly launched Rappi Travel vertical is a big step towards consolidation as the most relevant application in Latin America.

León Herce, Global Sales Director at Hotelbeds, said: "This agreement with Rappi is an important step in further strengthening our strategic position in Latin America via access to millions of users in the region.

“Rappi is the first ’superApp’ in Latin America and as such is the perfect partner, fitting very well with our model of working with sales channels that provide access to guests that would otherwise be very hard for hotels to reach directly. At the same time, our 180,000 hotels worldwide benefit from this agreement by expanding their distribution reach in the important Latin American outbound market.”

Guido Becher, Global Head of Rappi Travel, added: "We are pleased to gain access to Hotelbeds' extensive product portfolio worldwide. Our users in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, plus corporate travellers, are looking for a great variety of product and Hotelbeds’ portfolio and exclusive offers are a great match for their needs.

“With the first signs of recovery in the market beginning to emerge it is even more essential to have access to the best available tools such as Hotelbeds’ APItude, which for us is the fastest and lightest hotel distribution API in the market. The whole integration process has been easy, fast and intuitive – allowing us to integrate Hotelbeds’ product portfolio easily.”

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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Hotelbeds increases distribution reach in Latin America with ‘superApp’ Rappi

In the modern world the many paths of travel all ultimately converge on one very important point: technology.

At Hotelbeds we are committed to continually pushing forward the boundaries of travel technology and recently we have adopted a new technique for achieving this: Nexus Agile Framework.

What does that involve? To understand the Nexus framework, you must first understand something called ‘Agile’. This is a framework for iterative and incremental value delivery that bases its way of working on frequent feedback and collaborative decision making. This differs from traditional methods by getting teams to work in ‘sprints’ (you can learn more in this YouTube video).

The Nexus Agile Framework takes this one step further, working across multiple teams to help them come together to deliver services or features to multiple stakeholders.

Already we have finished our third Nexus four week ‘sprint’, with the first one taking place only a few months ago.

We aimed to improve collaboration between platform groups within our Technology department – which is made up of seven different teams covering Operations, IT Architecture and IT Technology Delivery – to establish common priorities and focus on the end destination in our journey to become Agile.

Thanks to the efforts of all those involved our teams are now better aligned and delivering enhanced value to the business – for example optimizing cloud services and also reducing cloud costs. Just as importantly, stakeholders are interacted with via a single contact point and we are improving transparency on value delivery.&nbsp;

An additional huge benefit is the fact that transparency, alignment and focus help teams become more engaged and committed. This is a really big deal: the more an employee is driven by purpose and passion, the more positive the impact will be for the organization’s results.

So it is clear what Nexus does for us, but what does that mean for our supplier and customer network? The framework enables us to deliver more products and services faster, with greater surety and predictability.

This means we can keep suppliers and clients at the leading edge of product definition, give them a faster ‘MTTM’ (mean time to market) and an experience that is both significantly more consistent and reliable. Given the current environment, this is more important than ever before.

I´d just like to say to all my colleagues involved how enormously proud I am of our success in delivering Nexus Agile Framework. That´s because there are hardly any cases of pure technology teams implementing scrum in platform teams. We really have had to draw our own roadmap and that makes the achievement both remarkable and rewarding.

Keen to find out more about how you could use Nexus Agile Framework in your work environment? Whilst clearly this is not a Hotelbeds service, we´d still be pleased to offer advice on how your business could benefit from this approach to project management. Drop me an email today on smatthews@hotelbeds.com and let´s compare notes on where our respective journeys converge.


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