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Amadeus announced the Asia Pacific launch of Amadeus Hotel Store, an industry-first solution that offers travel agencies access to hotel consolidator content and delivers upfront payments for both the hotel and the travel agent.
Transhotel, a global hotel consolidator with 15 years experience and more than 50,000 hotels in its portfolio, is Amadeus’ launch partner for this solution. Travel agencies across Asia Pacific will be able to book Transhotel properties via Hotel Store on the Amadeus Selling Platform as easily as any other content available on the Amadeus GDS. Hotel Store will deliver upfront payment of commissions to the travel agency for Transhotel’s bookings. This is a significant new development as clawing back commission has traditionally been a very time-consuming, burdensome process.
“Amadeus Hotel Store is a unique enhancement to our range of hotel IT solutions and is the result of close consultation with our TMC and travel agency partners on their distribution needs” said Kartikeya Tripathi, Regional Director, Hotel Distribution, Travel Services Business Group, Amadeus Asia Pacific. “Transhotel has a well-balanced portfolio of independent properties and hotels in all price ranges complementing the existing Amadeus hotel content for the Asia Pacific region. This will offer more hotel options for customers of travel agencies – be they leisure or business travellers. At the same time, the ability to receive upfront payments of hotel commissions provides an attractive incentive for agents to cross-sell and market hotel bookings.”
The Amadeus Hotel Store is displayed as a new tab on the Selling Platform and will be available for travel agencies at no additional cost. It shares the Personal Name Record (PNR) and is fully integrated onto Amadeus’ GDS, providing a uniform flow of information to the travel agency’s mid- and back-office functionalities in the Amadeus Selling Platform. The solution also enables the traveller to view his or her complete itinerary on checkmytrip.com.
Amadeo Franquet, Chief Commercial Officer of Grupo Transhotel, commented, “The joint effort of two major players in the travel industry such as Amadeus and Transhotel will result in increased revenue for travel agents and improved service for their customers. We are thrilled with the launch of the Amadeus Hotel Store, making our unparalleled hotel offer available to an even greater number of travel agents.”
The Amadeus Hotel Store will be rolled out in markets across Asia Pacific, beginning with Australia, New Zealand and China.
Vicky is the co-founder of TravelDailyNews Media Network where she is the Editor-in Chief. She is also responsible for the daily operation and the financial policy. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Tourism Business Administration from the Technical University of Athens and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wales. She has many years of both academic and industrial experience within the travel industry. She has written/edited numerous articles in various tourism magazines.
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