Bedsonline, a global provider of accommodation and complementary travel products exclusively catering to travel advisors, has announced a preferred agreement with Express Travel Group (ETG), a group of fully independent travel agencies in Australia, which will enable Hotelbeds to further expand its retail distribution reach in the Pacific through access to the 450 plus 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 advisors.
Peter Jones, regional manager Pacific at Hotelbeds, the parent company of Bedsonline, said in a press release, “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.”
Express Travel Group operates under five different brands. The Select Travel Group is one of the leading buying groups in Australia and the largest across the national Chinatown market. The Independent Travel Group is a 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 while still being part of a group. italk travel & cruise is the retail franchise travel agency available to Independent Travel Group members and provides its members a fully branded italktravel & cruise option in an exclusive territory, marketing and website support. Independent Travel Advisors is a group of mobile or home-based agents that are agile and locally focused, while Express Corporate is the brand that offers members the ability to expand their operations through the utilization of a corporate solution.
The group joins Hotelbeds' existing portfolio of 60,000 commercial travel buyers, with a profile that, on average, attracts travelers who book higher value properties earlier, stay longer, have lower cancelation rates and spend more at the destination.
To know more, visit www.bedsonline.com
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