Hotelbeds, the worlds leading bedbank, on 4th
December 2019, announced a strategic partnership with the all new easyJet
holidays.
The company signed a strategic five-year accommodation
supplier agreement with easyJet holidays who will feature handpicked hotels
from the Hotelbeds platform on its website along with directly contracted
hotels for customers to choose from.
The Hotelbeds platform provides access to more than
180,000 unique hotel properties around the world, many of which are contracted
under exclusive terms and conditions by a team of over 1,100 contracting
professionals located in the most popular leisure destinations around the
world.
Carlos Muñoz, Managing Director, Hotelbeds, said, "As
the strategic bedbank partner of easyJet holidays, we look forward to watching
it grow into one of Europes biggest holiday companies.
"All of us at Hotelbeds are immensely proud of the
work we have done in helping easyJet holidays reach this point and were
delighted to be able to continue working with them. This has demonstrated that
Hotelbeds has the experience, technology and hotelier relationships available
to help airlines implement and grow their tour operating volumes. This is
already our fastest growing area, with over 40 partners globally."
Garry Wilson, CEO, easyJet holidays, commented, "We
have just launched our new easyJet holidays business bringing it in-house and
selling directly to customers for the first time. Its great to be able to
continue our relationship with Hotelbeds working with them as a strategic
bedbank partner. Weve handpicked a portion of their properties to feature
alongside a selection of our directly contracted hotels to give our customers
some of the best hotels in Europe for their beach and city holidays. We look
forward to growing and scaling our business working alongside Hotelbeds and
complementing our in-house team."
This deal adds to the over 40 airlines that currently partner with Hotelbeds, including the recently announced partnerships with Singapore Airlines and Luxair. The partnership with easyJet holidays reinforces Hotelbeds position as an ideal strategic partner for airlines to fulfil their non-air ancillary revenues strategy.
In recent years Hotelbeds has grown the number of
properties available to over 180,000 as part of a renewed focus on providing
hotel partners with incremental and high-value bookings via its network of over
60,000 B2B travel trade buyers including tour operators, retail travel
agents, airline websites and loyalty and reward points schemes.
In a fragmented and complex travel landscape,
Hotelbeds provides over 180,000 hotels across the globe with access to
high-value, complementary distribution channels that significantly increase
occupancy rates and optimise RevPAR whilst not competing with the hoteliers
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
worlds largest B2B seller of travel ancillaries, offering 24,000 transfer
routes and 18,000 activities, as well as attractions, tickets and car hire.
Operating under the Beyond the Bed product line, it provides both hoteliers
and travel distribution partners with an efficient platform and powerful tools
to easily integrate and commercialise its leading portfolio of high-margin products.
The company is headquartered in Palma, Spain and
employs around 5,000 employees across over 60 offices globally.
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