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	Free monthly webinar series hosted by Hotelbeds will offer insights into how to respond to the challenges of COVID-19.
	Each Travel Talk webinar will feature a panel of leading travel industry experts.
	First edition on June 18th to explore ‘What does the journey to recovery look like?’.


Palma, Spain,&nbsp;9th June 2020&nbsp;–&nbsp; Hotelbeds , the world’s leading bedbank, has today announced the launch of a webinar series entitled ‘Travel Talk Webinars’ .

The free monthly webinar series will provide insights into the COVID-19 challenges currently faced by the whole travel industry, as well as recommendations for both identifying and capturing opportunities for recovery.

Each month Travel Talk will be hosted by Hotelbeds and will feature panellist of leading experts from across the industry such as hoteliers and lobby groups, plus travel buyers such as tour operators, airlines and point redemption schemes.

Travel Talk’s first edition will take place on June the 18th at 5pm CET/11am ET and the topic will be ‘What does the journey to recovery look like?‘.

This first panel will address key issues such as how to look out for the signs of recovery, how travel companies should adapt their business for when the recovery begins, and a debate around the biggest challenges the industry faces, both now and in the future. .

Paul Anthony, Commercial Excellence and Global Partnerships Sourcing Director at Hotelbeds will moderate the panel and will be accompanied by the following speakers:


	Maribel Rodríguez, Senior Vice President at World Travel &amp; Tourism Council (WTTC)
	Michael Savage, Director at American Airlines Vacations
	Cheryl Williams, Regional Vice President at Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach and HIGHGATE Hawaii.


Gareth Matthews, Director of Marketing &amp; Communications at Hotelbeds commented: “For some time we´ve been working hard behind-the-scenes to help our partners respond to the challenges of COVID-19. But we felt that the combination of our strong industry knowledge and global portfolio of leading industry partners places us in a unique position to produce significant insights and advice for the industry as a whole – and one of the most appropriate ways to present this is via a programme of free webinars that everyone in the industry is welcome to join. We have some impressive guests planned for both this first edition and the future webinars that will form part of the programme. Watch this space.”&nbsp;

The webinar is open to anyone in the industry to attend via the following registration page: https://joinus.hotelbeds.com/traveltalk1-the-journey-to-recovery/

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 media contact

Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló

a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com


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Hotelbeds launches Travel Talk webinar series to help industry recover from the challenges of COVID-19


	
	Trip.com Group’s users gain access to Hotelbeds’ Beyond the Bed portfolio of 18,000 activities in 690 destinations, 25,000+ transfer routes in 1,100 destinations, as well as theme-park attractions and events tickets.
	
	
	Supplier partners of ancillaries to Hotelbeds are able to sell their inventory to Trip.com Group’s 400 million users via both the Chinese and non-Chinese distribution channels of Trip.com Group, which operates the Ctrip, Trip.com, and Skyscanner brands.
	


Shanghai, June 4th 2020 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has announced a strategic partnership with Trip.com Group, a leading provider of online travel and related services that operates the Trip.com, Ctrip, and Skyscanner brands.

The partnership will provide Trip.com Group with access to Hotelbeds’ Beyond The Bed portfolio of more than 18,000 activities in 690 destinations, 25,000 transfer routes in 1,100 destinations, as well as theme-park attractions and entrance tickets for events all over the world.

Products from the Beyond The Bed portfolio will be directly connected with Trip.com Group’s system via API connectivity. End customers will get access to Beyond The Bed’s attractive portfolio of tours and activities through Trip.com Group’s in-destination services sales points, vacation packaging and packaged tour channels.

The agreement provides ancillary supplier partners of Beyond The Bed with access to Trip.com Group’s 400 million customers via both the Chinese and non-Chinese distribution channels of Trip.com Group, which operates the Ctrip, Trip.com, and Skyscanner platforms.

Forrest Zhang, Managing Director China, Hotelbeds, said, “We’re very pleased to extend our long-standing partnership with Trip.com Group as their customers are highly-valued by our supplier partners all around the world. We’ve worked hard over the last few years to make our ancillaries product range more and more relevant for Chinese travellers and our local sales team presence in China ensures that the sales process is China-friendly.&nbsp;Trip.com Group has more than 43% market share of China’s online tourism, itself the biggest tourism market in the world, and the market is rapidly growing year-on-year so we expect this partnership to generate significant sales growth for our supplier partners around the world.”

Xiaojiang Yu, CEO of Tickets &amp; Activities Business Unit at Trip.com Group, said, “We’re very excited to gain access to in-destination ancillary services via the Beyond the Bed portfolio of Hotelbeds. 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 both incomparable and, importantly, adapted for the needs of Chinese travellers.”

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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 Media Contact

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Wei Wang whitney.wang@hotelbeds.com

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About Trip.com Group Limited:

Trip.com Group Limited is a leading one-stop travel service provider comprising of Trip.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner, and Qunar. Across its platforms, Trip.com Group enables local partners and travelers around the world to make informed and cost-effective bookings for travel products and services, through the aggregation of comprehensive travel-related information and resources, and an advanced transaction platform consisting of mobile apps, Internet websites and 24/7 customer service centers. Founded in 1999 and listed on NASDAQ in 2003, Trip.com Group has become one of the best-known travel brands in the world, with the mission of 'making every trip the perfect trip.

Trip.com Group International PR 

pr@trip.com

Tel: (+86) 21 3406 4880 ext 196455


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Hotelbeds signs ancillary distribution agreement with Trip.com Group 


	‘Safe2Stay’ consolidates into one filterable category the different COVID-19 health and safety measures in place from hotels and providers of transfers, activities, events, theme parks and car rental. &nbsp;
	All Hotelbeds supplier partners are eligible and protocols from partners such as Accor, Radisson, Hyatt, RIU Hotels and Resorts, the American Hotel &amp; Lodging Association and the Spanish Institute of Tourist Quality will be included.
	The category will feature a badge alongside information that will be made available to clients of both Hotelbeds and Bedsonline via a filter on the booking engine.


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Palma, Spain,&nbsp;26th May 2020&nbsp;–&nbsp; Hotelbeds , the world’s leading bedbank, has announced plans to launch&nbsp;

Safe2Stay is a distribution filter category that consolidates and displays in the booking process the different COVID-19 health and safety protocols and certifications that travel industry companies, tourism boards and lobby groups have recently created.

The Safe2Stay category covers both accommodation and providers of services such as transfers, activities, theme parks and car rental. All products with a listing in the category will feature a Safe2Stay badge in the booking engine along with details of what this means outlined in a glossary compiling all protocols in one reference point.

All partners working with Hotelbeds that have created their own COVID-19 health and safety protocols are eligible to include their information in the filter category and hotels partners can do so directly via MaxiRoom, Hotelbeds’ partner extranet. &nbsp;

Global health and safety certifications from hotel chain partners such as Accor, Radisson, Hyatt and RIU Hotels and Resorts, as well as organizations such as the American Hotel &amp; Lodging Association and Turismo de Portugal, will be displayed in the Safe2Stay filter category alongside those of many other companies and institutions.

This category will be visible as a filter on the Hotelbeds and Bedsonline booking engines and the same information will be made available to all of Hotelbeds’ API clients to configure into their own systems.

Tobias Thibaut, Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit &amp; Sustainability Director at Hotelbeds, said: “Today more than ever, we need to focus on the safety and wellbeing of guests during the COVID-19 pandemic. When it becomes available in a few weeks our ‘Safe2Stay’ filter category will be very valuable for our clients when reserving a hotel for their customers or other ancillary products by giving them greater confidence and thus helping the tourism sector recover more quickly.

“As there are already many different standards and certification processes out there, it is important to bring them together under one category and for the information to be easily displayed in the booking process. We encourage all our supplier partners out there who have introduced their own standards or who are adhering to third party standards to input the details in MaxiRoom right away to gain the Safe2Stay badge”

This news follows the recent announcement that Hotelbeds has backed the World Travel &amp; Tourism Council’s ‘Safe Travels’ initiative and is working towards making this available in Hotelbeds’ distribution process. Safe Travels creates global recovery protocols – including for hotels – for the COVID-19 pandemic, with the help of industry associations, health experts and governments.

&nbsp;

About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading Bedbank.

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 – while 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 partners 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 and employs around 4,500 employees across over 60 offices globally.

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Follow us on:

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Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

Instagram: Hotelbeds_official

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Hotelbeds media contact

Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló

a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com


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Hotelbeds to launch ‘Safe2Stay’ to support industry recovery  


	Online version of the program temporarily replaces the volunteering activities that have been cancelled due to COVID-19.
	Over 30 volunteering opportunities that respond to COVID-19 impact available to Hotelbeds staff throughout the globe during this global pandemic.
	Since launching the Corporate Volunteering Program two years ago, around two thirds of Hotelbeds’ staff have participated in 350 activities, dedicating over 7,500 hours.


Palma, Spain,&nbsp;6th May 2020&nbsp;–&nbsp; Hotelbeds , the world’s leading bedbank, has today confirmed the launch of&nbsp; a virtual version of its existing Corporate Volunteering program to assist those most vulnerable during COVID-19.

The new online program started last week and temporarily replaces the in-person Hotelbeds volunteering activities that unfortunately have been cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19.

This remote program encourages the company’s global workforce to actively participate in volunteering opportunities throughout the globe – including in Spain, the United States, Mexico, and more countries – during this global pandemic, making meaningful contributions to those most affected by COVID-19.

The activities are all carried out remotely to ensure the safety of Hotelbeds’ employees and include over 30 volunteering opportunities such as aiding the elderly, entertaining children, and sharing crucial skills with NGOs.&nbsp;

Examples of some activities already undertaken include: telephone calls and letters to COVID victims in hospitals, supporting Mallorca sense Fam to translate its annual report from Spanish to English;&nbsp; and guiding blind or low-vision users from ‘Be my eyes’, a free app that connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers through a live video call.

Teresa Laso, Head of Corporate Sustainability, said: “Giving back to our community has always been at the core of Hotelbeds’ culture and we are needed now more than ever before. With so many inspiring examples of remote working and communities embracing digital methods to bring people together as a result of COVID-19, we were determined to find a way to shift our existing Corporate Volunteer Program into the virtual sphere during this period.

“The current activities have been chosen because they are very well suited to the technological requirements needed, but also because they are focused on the new needs of many out there due to COVID-19 – for example helping to entertain&nbsp; children whose school is closed but their parents are still working, or elderly people who are unable to receive visitors in person currently.”&nbsp;

The Hotelbeds Corporate Volunteering program was launched two years ago across the main company offices worldwide, including its headquarters in Palma, Mallorca, plus offices in Orlando, Singapore, Bangkok, Cancun, Dubai, London, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, New Delhi and Zurich. Since then, two thirds of employees worldwide have participated in around 350 volunteering activities dedicating over 7,500 hours to support the following areas: the environment, health, people at risk of social exclusion, poverty and childhood.

Around 100 NGOs around the globe have been able to benefit from Hotelbeds’ Corporate Volunteering program, including NGOs such as Give Kids the World in Orlando, Beyond Social Services in Singapore, The Thai Red Cross in Bangkok, Mallorca Sense Fam and El Grec in Mallorca, and Food for Life in Tel Aviv, among many others.

&nbsp;

About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading Bedbank.

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 – while 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 partners 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 and employs around 4,500 employees across over 60 offices globally.

&nbsp;

Follow us on:

LinkedIn:&nbsp;https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds-group

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

Instagram: Hotelbeds_official

&nbsp;

Hotelbeds media contact

Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló

a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com


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Hotelbeds shifts Corporate Volunteering Program to virtual activities to respond to COVID-19 epidemic

Durante el año fiscal 2019 España, Estados Unidos, Italia, Francia y Portugal se encuentran entre los destinos más reservados [1].Turquía ha sido el destino que ha experimentado un mayor crecimiento, alcanzando alrededor de un 40% de crecimiento en relación al año anterior.Bedsonline cuenta con un portfolio compuesto por 180.000 hoteles a nivel mundial, 90.000 de ellos contratados directamente, siendo muchos de los cuales acuerdos preferenciales.La estructura comercial de Bedsonline en España especializada por tipología de cliente, ha sido una de las piezas clave para dicha consolidación.Palma, 23 de enero de 2020 – Bedsonline, el proveedor global de alojamiento y servicios de viaje complementarios diseñados exclusivamente para agentes de viajes, anuncia en el marco de FITUR, cómo ha sido la consolidación de la marca tras celebrar un año del lanzamiento de la nueva marca y la nueva propuesta de valor para las agencias de viaje.Durante este último año fiscal, los destinos más reservados, siendo, por orden descendente: España, Estados Unidos, Italia, Francia y Portugal. Se trata de destinos tradicionales en el mercado español, ese mantenimiento demuestra la estabilidad del mercado.Por otro lado, cabe mencionar que, entre los destinos de mayor crecimiento, se encuentra Turquía, que ha crecido alrededor de un 40% en relación con el año pasado. Ese crecimiento ha sido posible gracias a acuerdos preferenciales que la compañía tiene en esa región, que, junto a los 185 destinos que vende a través de su plataforma, alcanzan un total de 180.000 hoteles a nivel mundial, 90.000 de los cuales se contratan directamente por una fuerza de contratación compuesta por 1.100 contratadores en todo el mundo.Junto al extenso equipo de contratación, cabe destacar la consolidación de la estructura comercial en España en este último año, que se especializa en función de tipología de cliente con el fin de ofrecer a las agencias un mayor asesoramiento íntegro, aumentando las visitas comerciales, y de esta manera ofrecer a las agencias una atención mucho más personalizada.Debido a la importancia y tamaño del mercado español, la región está dividida en tres zonas de la mano de tres directores regionales. Paolo Boiano, Regional Manager de España Centro y a su vez gestiona los clientes estratégicos –además de ser responsable del mercado portugués-; Cosme Maíz, Regional Manager de la zona Norte, Sur y Este de España; y finalmente Juan José Sánchez, responsable del equipo de sales executives de la región de Iberia.Los tres directores regionales cuentan a su vez con un equipo comercial sólido formado por Strategic Account Managers (SAM), Key Account Managers basados localmente y Sales Executives, que se encuentran en la oficina central situada en Palma.Carlos Feliu, director de ventas de Bedsonline de Europa, ha destacado: “Hace ya un año que consolidamos nuestra renovada marca de Bedsonline tras la integración con GTA y Tourico Holidays. Durante este año hemos enfocado nuestra propuesta de valor para que las agencias minoristas palparan una mejora en la plataforma, un mayor y mejor producto y atención”.“La mejora constante forma parte de nuestro ADN, es por ello que nuestro equipo de contratación trabaja duro para lograr las mejores tarifas, con acuerdos preferenciales con hoteles independientes y cadenas hoteleras. Por ello, en ese marco de consolidación, estamos encantados de confirmar que los destinos preferidos por los viajeros durante el último año se mantienen en los destinos tradicionales para el mercado español. Pero a la vez, destacamos el repunte de destinos como Turquía que ha crecido alrededor de un 40% gracias a esa fuerza de contratación”.“Después de un año de la consolidación de los equipos de ventas, que se encuentra estructurado de una manera eficiente y pensando en el cliente, quiero felicitar a todo el equipo que hecho posible y ha trabajado duro para lograr que Bedsonline siga siendo el proveedor global de alojamiento y servicios de viaje complementarios para agentes de viajes líder de la industria”.La plataforma Bedsonline ofrece a las agencias de viaje de todo el mundo los siguientes beneficios:&nbsp;Cartera de productos variada y competitiva: más de 180.000 hoteles disponibles a nivel mundial (90.000 de ellos contratados directamente, lo que permite que sea contenido único y con precios competitivos), 24.000 rutas de traslados y 18.000 actividades, además de 140.000 vehículos de alquiler disponibles —todo ello gracias a un equipo de más de 1.000 personas encargadas de contratar en todo el mundo.Tecnología potente y fácil de usar: el mejor motor de búsqueda diseñado específicamente para satisfacer las necesidades de las agencias de viajes. Permite a los usuarios filtrar y comparar resultados de una manera flexible y práctica, incluyendo funciones intuitivas de correo electrónico y PDF —el 70% de los clientes menciona que la plataforma es uno de los factores principales a la hora de escoger Bedsonline. El grupo matriz de Bedsonline es el único distribuidor que opera su propio centro de datos de código abierto basado en la nube y gestiona hasta 1.500 millones de búsquedas al día.Conocimiento local combinado con una oferta global: equipos de ventas locales en cada mercado con un profundo conocimiento tanto a nivel local como de la industria, y con el objetivo de atender todas las necesidades de sus clientes.Sobre Bedsonline&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bedsonline es el proveedor líder mundial de alojamiento y productos de viaje complementarios que atiende exclusivamente a agentes de viajes. A través de su plataforma online, distribuye alojamiento, excursiones, tiques y traslados a más de 50.000 agencias de viajes respaldadas por equipos de ventas locales en más de 30 países que cubren más de 100 mercados en todo el mundo.La compañía ofrece una amplia cartera de más de 180.000 hoteles, 24.000 rutas de traslados y 18.000 actividades en 185 países de destino en todo el mundo, lo que garantiza una alta disponibilidad, precios competitivos y ofertas únicas. Esta cartera está respaldada por un servicio local personalizado y un potente e intuitivo motor de reservas que convierte a Bedsonline en el socio de facto para muchas agencias de viajes en todo el mundo.En los últimos años, Bedsonline ha centrado su estrategia en la expansión a nuevos mercados en Europa, América y Asia, como Alemania, República Checa, México, Estados Unidos, Colombia, China, Japón y Filipinas. Esta visión estratégica ha llevado a la compañía a ocupar una posición de liderazgo en su segmento.Bedsonline forma parte de Hotelbeds, el banco de camas líder mundial y proveedor de servicios para empresas turísticas en todo el mundo, con sede en Palma, España.Media Relations &amp; Corporate AffairsAntonia Aguilóa.aguilo@hotelbeds.com&nbsp;[1] Los datos que se mencionan en la nota de prensa hacen referencia a las reservas medidas por roomnights del año fiscal 2019, que empieza el 1 de octubre de 2018 y finaliza el 30 de septiembre de 2019.

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Bedsonline: tras un año de su consolidación


	Key-note addresses from Amazon Web Services (AWS) confirmed. Plus, sessions with industry analysts from Skift, Phocuswright, and Web in Travel (WIT).
	‘SHIFTING FUTURES’ theme to explore future-proofing technology, consumer trends, payments and data strategies – whilst tackling the complexity of distribution.
	Around 300 participants from leading tour operators, airlines, loyalty and points redemption schemes to attend from across Asia-Pacific and Middle East.


Shanghai, 19th September 2019.&nbsp;Hotelbeds,&nbsp;the world’s leading bedbank, has confirmed details of speakers participating at the MarketHub Asia event that will take place form 22nd – 25th October in Bali, Indonesia.

Key-note addresses will be provided by leading companies in the travel space, including Shaun Ray from Amazon Web Services (AWS).&nbsp;

Industry insight will also be provided by speakers from some of the travel industry’s top sources of news and analysis: Seth Borko from Skift, Martin Kelly from Phocuswright, and Siew Hoon from Web in Travel (Web).

The key-note speeches and panel sessions will be focused on the MarketHub ‘SHIFTING FUTURES’ theme, exploring how the travel sector should react to changes and shifts in the industry in terms of key topics such as technology, the complexity of distribution, shifting consumer trends, payments and data.

Further speakers for the event will be confirmed in due course.

Carlos Muñoz, Bedbank Managing Director at Hotelbeds, commented:&nbsp;“We’re honored to have guest speakers from some of the leading providers of services to our sector alongside sessions from some of the industry’s leading analysts, providing invaluable insights into the future of our sector.

“Our success in the market has been driven&nbsp;by&nbsp;the strong relationships with our partners that are defined by co-creation and collaboration – and that´s why we&nbsp;want to host this event and together explore the ‘SHIFTING FUTURES’ theme, discussing the hot topics that are impacting on the future of the travel industry.”

MarketHub Asia is an invitation-only, three-day event attended by around 300 of the most important Hotelbeds partners from all the key source markets of Asia-Pacific and Middle East. Attendees this year are expected to include senior executives and decision makers from tour operators, airlines, and loyalty and reward points schemes.

As a key and regular industry fixture since 2009, the MarketHubs are one of the leading events for bringing the travel industry together, with nine previous events in the Americas, five in Europe, and one in Asia.

For more information about the MarketHub Asia event, including on how to sponsor the event, please visit&nbsp;https://themarkethub.com/asia/. &nbsp;

&nbsp;

About Hotelbeds 

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading bedbank.

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 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 and employs around 5,000 employees across over 60 offices globally.

Follow us:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

&nbsp;

Hotelbeds Media contact

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Wei Wang whitney.wang@hotelbeds.com


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Guest speakers confirmed for MarketHub Asia


	Selina will gain access to Hotelbeds’ network of 60,000 B2B travel buyers, including retail travel agents, airlines, loyalty programs and tour operators.
	Hotelbeds obtains access to Selina’s 52 locations in Latin America and Europe – by 2023, Selina plans to expand to a total of 400 locations throughout Europe, the United States, Latin America, and Asia.
	This offer covers the wholesale and retail distribution of Selina hotels through both the Hotelbeds and Bedsonline brands.
	The Hotelbeds B2B channel brings high-value international guests who book in advance, cancel less, stay longer in destination, return more often, and spend more at the hotel.


Orlando, FL, - Palma, 12 September 2019. Hotelbeds, the world's leading bedbank, has today announced a strategic alliance with Selina, one of the fastest growing hotel brands in the world.

This strategic agreement will give Selina access to Hotelbeds’ large high-value distribution network made up of more than 60,000 travel agents, airlines, tour operators and loyalty programs in more than 140 source markets worldwide.

At the same time, Hotelbeds customers will have, from now on, access to the Selina hotel portfolio, consisting of more than 52 properties located mainly in Latin America, but also located across Europe, with properties in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Greece, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

The hotel chain plans to open more than 35 locations in 2019, including upcoming openings in the United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, Greece, Germany, Chile, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. By 2023 Selina expects to have more than 130,000 beds in more than 400 locations around the world, all of which Hotelbeds will also have access to.

As part of this agreement Selina will distribute its hotel rooms through the two distribution channels of Hotelbeds, all under the same contract: the wholesale channel that operates under the name 'Hotelbeds', and the retail channel, which operates under the name 'Bedsonline’ and focused solely on travel advisors.

Hotelbeds provides its hotel partners with additional reservations through its network of international B2B travel buyers who bring high-value guests who normally book further in advance, cancel less, stay longer, spend more at the hotel and come back more often.

Felipe Muñoz, Global Head of Sales for Selina, commented: “This alliance is very important for Selina as thanks to Hotelbeds we can have access to one of the largest B2B distribution networks, including both wholesale and retail, in the world – and through this we can make our innovative concept known to more people.”

Matias Elisavetsky, Regional Director of Sourcing for Hotelbeds in Americas, commented: “Selina is one of the fastest growing hotel chains in Latin America, with plans to further expand its reach and become known not only in Latin America, but also the United States, Asia, and Europe. This is why we feel very privileged to work with them. Selina represents a new offer for our more than 60,000 travel buyers, made up of retail travel agents, airlines, loyalty programs and tour operators, which means that our distribution channel adapts perfectly to their needs.

“Selinas currently has 52 properties throughout Latin America and Europe, but by 2023 it plans to add around 130,000 rooms, by then we hope to continue to help them ensure incremental and higher value bookings for all their properties."

Sobre Selina

Selina is one of the fastest growing hotel brands in the world, which combines beautifully designed accommodation with coworking activities, recreation, wellness and local experiences. Tailored for today's nomadic traveler, Selina provides guests with a global infrastructure to travel and work smoothly abroad. Founded in 2015 in Latin America, each Selina property is designed in collaboration with local artists and trendsetters, bringing existing buildings to life in interesting places around the world, from urban cities, beaches and remote forests. Selina currently operates 52 locations in Latin America and Europe. The company plans to expand rapidly in Europe and the United States, aiming to open 400 locations and 130,000 beds by 2023.

For more information about Selina, visit www.selina.com or visit @selina on Instagram or @selinathenomad on Facebook.

Hotelbeds

Hotelbeds is the world’s leading business-to-business Bedbank.

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 – w 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 programs 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 and employs around 5,000 employees across over 60 offices globally.

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Selina

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Hotelbeds and Selina sign strategic distribution agreement


	Due to unprecedented demand from its customer base, MarketHub events from 2020 will now be held annually in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
	Additionally, Hotelbeds to launch hotelier focused events in 2020, based on the successful MarketHub format.
	Decision follows the high return of investment that Hotelbeds has experienced from its own large-scale events vs traditional industry tradeshows.&nbsp;


Palma, Spain 10th September 2019.&nbsp;Hotelbeds,&nbsp;the world’s leading bedbank, has today confirmed its plans to expand its successful MarketHub formula.

From 2020 the MarketHub events – typically attended by up to 600 participants from leading tour operators, airlines, loyalty and points redemption schemes – will now be taking place on an annual basis in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

MarketHubs are an invitation-only, three-day event&nbsp;that bring together the key decision makers of the top travel distribution players in a dynamic environment of presentations, networking and entertainment. These events have become a regular milestone in the calendar of Hotelbeds’ clients since their launch in 2009.

Additionally for 2020, Hotelbeds will hold hotelier focused events based on the successful MarketHub format. In the meantime, Hotelbeds will also be increasing the frequency of its regular series of smaller-scale events for its partners in destinations around the world.

Carlos Muñoz, Managing Director at Hotelbeds, comments: “Our MarketHub events for clients, and our hotelier events, have both proven incredibly popular. At these events we are able to spend quality time with our clients and hotel partners and discuss in detail all the ways we can grow our mutual business together. 

“Our experience confirms that these events drive a much greater return vs. traditional tradeshow investment and as a result, we have decided to refocus our resources in this direction. 

“Nonetheless we´ll still be attending industry events as delegates to walk the floor, speaking from the podium at conferences and tradeshows, and we’ll be taking a stand at ATM Dubai later this year too, so we look forward to welcoming many of you to our booth.”&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

To learn more about MarketHub events please visit: https://themarkethub.com/europe/home

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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 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 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 and employs around 5,000 employees across over 60 offices globally.

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PR, Media &amp; Corporate Affairs Director.

rtownsend@hotelbeds.com

+34 619 988 580

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Hotelbeds expands successful MarketHub events  formula globally for 2020


	Role created to further strengthen Hotelbeds' position as the world's leading bedbank, allowing the company to place a greater focus on the strategic Chinese market.
	Forrest joins the company from Expedia, where he held the position of Director of Market Management for Mainland China.
	China is already Hotelbeds' fourth biggest source market globally.


Palma, 6th September 2019&nbsp;–&nbsp;Hotelbeds, the world's leading bedbank, has announced today the appointment of Forrest Zhang as Managing Director for China.

Forrest joins Hotelbeds in a newly created role becoming directly responsible for all the company's activities which are focused on the Chinese market, reporting directly to Carlos Muñoz, Managing Director at Hotelbeds.

The recruitment of Forrest will allow Hotelbeds to further strengthen its position as the world's leading bedbank, placing a strategic focus on this key market which is already its fourth biggest source market globally.

Forrest joins Hotelbeds from Expedia, where he held the position of Director of Market Management, Mainland China. He brings with him a huge experience in both general management, sales leadership and market development in different industries across mainland China, including hotels, serviced apartments, vacation rental acquisitions and account management. He was responsible for managing relationships with Expedia's extensive hotel portfolio, including global accounts, local chains and independent hotels on property level.

Carlos Muñoz, Managing Director,&nbsp;Hotelbeds, said, “It’s a real pleasure for me to confirm the appointment of Forrest Zhang as Managing Director for China. This decision comes after we identified new opportunities to further strengthen our position as the world’s leading bedbank, by powering our focus on developing the key strategic Chinese market under one single lead.

“China is, in fact, our fourth biggest source market globally. As part of our &nbsp;strong commitment to investing in this region, to exploring the huge opportunities it can offer and to further developing our business there, we felt it was necessary to create a newly dedicated role to answer the specific and high demanding needs of this market.”

Forrest Zhang, Managing Director China, Hotelbeds, said, “It’s a real honour to be joining Hotelbeds at this key stage of the business. My deep understanding of the Chinese hospitality market will contribute to boost Hotelbeds’ presence in China.

“Together with my team, I hope to help hoteliers to increase their RevPAR in the region whilst at the same time to offer our B2B travel buying clients the best and most exclusive deals available.”

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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 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 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 and employs around 5,000 employees across over 60 offices globally.

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Twitter: @Hotelbeds

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Instagram: @hotelbeds_official

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PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Wei Wang whitney.wang@hotelbeds.com


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Forrest Zhang joins Hotelbeds as Managing Director for China


	Hotelbeds to provide Luxair Luxembourg Airlines – the regional airline offering service to most of Europe’s largest cities, business centers and international hubs – with a comprehensive dynamic packaging solution for its City Break Product and hotel only service.
	Partnership gives access to 180,000 unique hotels, in addition to the tours and activities inventory of Hotebeds’ Beyond the Bed product portfolio.
	Luxair joins the +40 airlines that partner with Hotelbeds for accommodation solutions, delivering more value to hoteliers with access to hard-to-reach and non-domestic high-value bookings.



Palma, 3rd September 2019. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has announced today a partnership with Luxair Luxembourg Airlines, the flag carrier of Luxembourg that carries almost 2 million passengers every year.

As part of the deal, Hotelbeds will deliver to Luxair its proprietary dynamic packaging platform for Luxair City Break product, providing a curated accommodation inventory of +7,000 hotels across Luxair’s twenty European destinations, and will act as merchant providing fulfilling services to the final Luxair customer.

To complement the Luxair City Break Dynamic Packaging offering, this agreement will also include a standalone hotel-only white-label platform operating as a tab on the home page of Luxair – plus cross-sell via other touchpoints such as email confirmation, manage by booking page, and more.

As a result of this agreement Luxair will gain a wider international reach from Hotelbeds’ network of hotels in over 185 countries with over 180,000 unique hotels, 24,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities – all sourced by a team of over 1,100 contracting professionals located in the most popular destinations around the world.

This deals adds to the over 40 airlines that currently partner with Hotelbeds, reinforcing its position as an ideal strategic partner for airlines to fulfil their non-air ancillary revenues strategy and for hoteliers to optimize their distribution, accessing hard-to-reach and non-domestic travellers that typically book further in advance, cancel less, spend more in destination, stay longer, and return more often.

Jon French, Head of Strategic Partnerships EMEA and APAC at Hotelbeds, commented: “Luxair prides itself upon providing maximum quality travel at affordable prices to its leisure customers, and we are absolutely delighted to partner with such a prestigious flag carrier as Luxair. We look forward to providing Luxair’s almost 2 million annual passengers with just the kind of curated, exclusive and best-priced hotels they deserve as well as ancillary extras such as tours and activities to complete their experience – all within a seamless booking environment.

“This partnership will allow us to further develop our capabilities specifically for airlines, while reinforcing our commitment to our hotel partners of&nbsp;delivering a distribution route to high-value travellers that are non-domestic and typically cancel less, book further in advance, spend more in destination and come back more often.&nbsp;”&nbsp;

Laurent Jossart, Executive Vice-President Airline, from Luxair added: “We’ve become the natural choice for travellers from the Greater Region who need fast access to other European locations, and creating a state of the art, fully immersive travel brand experience for our loyal customers forms part of our core strategy. So Hotelbeds seemed the natural partner to take this forward given both its impressive range of directly contracted hotels as well as its tours and activities inventory; additionally the important ability to deliver a cloud-based technological solution with minimal fuss played a big part.

“Moreover, by becoming part of the Hotelbeds community of airlines, we will be in a position to exchange best practices, and access new developments to continue to enhance our value proposition and adapt to the changing environment. By offering our loyal customers flexibility and choice we will now be able to increase customer satisfaction as well as lift both revenues and margins.”

About Luxair

LuxairGroup is a key player and major employer in the economy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the surrounding Greater Region. LuxairGroup is the umbrella entity for four major activities linked to the fast-paced domain of air transport. The company employs about 2,800 people working in a multicultural and dynamic environment, constantly putting their skills and know-how at the service of customers in order satisfy the high expectations of today's sophisticated clientele who wants the best at all time and every time.

Luxair Luxembourg Airlines is the flagship activity of LuxairGroup and doubtlessly the one best known to the general public. It defines itself as a regional airline offering fast air service to most of Europe’s largest cities, business centers and international hubs. Luxair prides itself upon providing maximum flexibility to its business clients and quality travel at affordable prices to its leisure customers.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

The tour operator LuxairTours is growing steadily with about 650,000&nbsp;passengers per year, and is well-established in Luxembourg and the surrounding Greater Region.

LuxairTours offers a wide range of package deals and thematic holidays: beach &amp; sun, cultural tours and complete discovery trips, tailored to suit a wide variety of vacation desires and all budgets. LuxairTours strives to provide quality travel and services both onboard its aircraft and on-location at the chosen vacation site.

Thanks to the dynamic development of LuxairCARGO, developing as of 1970 in the air freight handling activity, Luxembourg airport is one of the busiest European airports in volume of air freight. With a World-Class latest technology terminal and outstanding air and motorway links, our Cargocenter is one of the largest freight distribution centers in Europe. LuxairCARGO handles every kind of merchandise with ease and efficiency such as high-tech products, perishables (food &amp; flowers), livestock and consumer goods.

LuxairServices provides various services to LuxairGroup’s entities as well as to other airlines operating at Luxembourg's Findel Airport. LuxairServices takes care of Passenger Assistance and all tasks relating to fast and efficient servicing of landed aircraft, so they can be on their way as soon as possible. It also manages the activity and maintenance of the airport’s service vehicles. LuxairServices’ Catering division is responsible for preparing appetizing inflight meals and loading them on-time in the best freshness conditions. They also provide on-demand meals for companies.

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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 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 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 and employs around 5,000 employees across over 60 offices globally.

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Twitter: @Hotelbeds

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Anna Monreal amonreal@hotelbeds.com


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Luxair signs a partnership with Hotelbeds 


	Estela García asume el cargo de Regional Sales Manager para México y Latinoamérica dentro de Bedsonline.&nbsp;
	Nombramiento anunciado previo al evento premier para agentes de viaje en todo México, Embajadores, con sede en Los Cabos del 5 al 8 de septiembre.
	La cartera de productos Bedsonline, disponible solo para agentes de viajes, aumenta significativamente el número de hoteles disponibles a 180.000


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Orlando, 2 de septiembre de 2019. – Bedsonline, el proveedor global líder de acomodación y productos complementarios exclusivo para agencias de viajes, ha anunciado el nombramiento de Estela García como la nueva líder en ventas para Bedsonline en México y América Latina.

Como Regional Sales Manager para México y Latinoamérica, Estela será la encargada de apoyar a los agentes de viajes contratando con Bedsonline en la región con el mejor producto y servicio al cliente disponibles en la industria.

Anteriormente, Estela ocupó diferentes roles dentro de Tourico Holidays – empresa adquirida por el propietario de Bedsonline – desde el 2015 y ocupó el rol de Regional Contracting Manager para México y el Caribe hasta el 2018. Luego, Estela pasa a ser la Regional Contracting Manager para todas las Americas en HotelsPro, para finalmente unirse a Bedsonline en el año actual y asumir el cargo de Regional Manager para México y Latinoamérica.

El nombramiento de Estela coincide con Bedsonline celebrando su nueva edición de Embajadores, el evento anual líder para agentes de viajes en México, donde Estela asistirá y que tendrá inicio el jueves 5 de septiembre al domingo 8 del mismo, con sede en Los Cabos.

Durante los tres días del evento, alrededor de 250 agentes, 25 patrocinadores, profesionales y personas influyentes de toda la industria se reunirán para discutir temas de interés dentro del espacio turístico bajo el lema Tu Entrada al Futuro de los Viajes.

Esta noticia sigue al reciente anuncio en donde Bedsonline consolidó su cartera de productos minoristas y oferta mundial bajo la renovada marca y plataforma, estableciéndose como el proveedor líder mundial en alojamiento y servicios complementarios diseñados exclusivamente para el uso de agentes de viajes con una cartera de producto que supera los 180.000 hoteles contratados a nivel mundial, de los cuales la mayoría manejan acuerdos de exclusividad.

James Phillips, Regional Sales Director, AMPAC para Bedsonline, comentó: “Me complace darle la bienvenida a Estela como nuestra nueva Regional Sales Manager para México y Latinoamérica. Me siento muy satisfecho de ver que esta región será dirigida por alguien como ella, para continuar ofreciendo el mejor servicio y producto disponible a nuestros agentes de viajes en la región.” 

“Como parte de nuestra nueva propuesta de valor, nos hemos dedicado a mejorar continuamente la experiencia del cliente. Para poder alcanzar nuestros cometidos, es indispensable contar con un equipo fuerte y con un excelente conocimiento local, por lo que tengo la certeza de que Estela se desenvolverá de una manera ejemplar y que, sin lugar a duda, es la persona más capacitada para ejecutar nuestra visión en el mercado.” 

Estela García, Regional Sales Manager, México y Latinoamérica para Bedsonline, comentó: “Estoy muy agradecida de tomar las riendas de este rol tan indispensable para nuestra marca Bedsonline. Definitivamente, nuestro equipo en México y Latinoamérica está compuesto por profesionales extraordinarios y me enorgullece formar parte de este.” 

“Nos encontramos en estos momentos trabajando arduamente para ofrecerles a nuestros agentes de viajes una cartera de producto altamente competitiva, para esto, trabajamos en conjunto de nuestro departamento de contratación, encargado de llevar las relaciones con socios hoteleros, para asegurar productos con tarifas competitivas y condiciones preferentes; como también, nuestra nueva y mejorada plataforma, y la expansión de la misma.”

Tras la consolidación de la cartera y oferta hacía finales de 2018, Bedsonline ahora ofrece a las agencias de viajes a nivel mundial los siguientes beneficios:


	Cartera de productos variado y competitivo: más de 180.000 hoteles disponibles a nivel mundial (90.000 de ellos contratados directamente, lo que permite que sea contenido único y con precios competitivos), 24.000 rutas de traslados y 18.000 actividades, además de 140.000 vehículos de alquiler disponibles —todo ello gracias a un equipo de más de 1.000 personas encargadas de contratar en todo el mundo.
	Tecnología potente y de fácil uso: el mejor motor de búsqueda diseñado específicamente para satisfacer las necesidades de las agencias de viajes. Permite a los usuarios filtrar y comparar resultados de una manera flexible y práctica, incluyendo funciones intuitivas de correo electrónico y PDF —el 70% de los clientes menciona que la plataforma es uno de los factores principales a la hora de escoger Bedsonline. El grupo matriz de Bedsonline es el único distribuidor que opera su propio centro de datos de código abierto basado en la nube y gestiona hasta 1.500 millones de búsquedas al día.
	Conocimiento local combinado con una oferta global: equipos de ventas locales en cada mercado con un profundo conocimiento tanto a nivel local como de la industria, y con el objetivo de atender todas las necesidades de sus clientes


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Sobre Bedsonline&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 

Bedsonline es el proveedor global líder de acomodación y productos complementarios exclusivo para agencias de viajes. A través de su plataforma online distribuye su producto acomodación, excursiones, tickets y traslados- entre una cartera de clientes compuesta por más de 50.000 agencias de viajes con equipos de ventas en más de 30 países y que cubren más de 100 mercados en todo el mundo.

La compañía destaca por su extenso portfolio –más de 180.000 hoteles, 24.000 rutas de traslados y 18.000 actividades– para ofrecer un servicio personalizado local a través de una herramienta de reserva online intuitiva y fácil de usar. De esta manera, Bedsonline garantiza una alta disponibilidad, precios competitivos y una elevada satisfacción de sus clientes.

Bedsonline ha centrado su estrategia en los últimos años en la expansión por nuevos mercados de Europa, América y Asia, como Alemania, República Checa, México, Estados Unidos, Colombia, China, Japón y Filipinas. Esta visión estratégica ha llevado a la compañía a ocupar una posición de ventaja en la industria.

Bedsonline forma parte de Hotelbeds, el banco de camas B2B líder mundial que provee servicios a la industria de viajes en todo el mundo, con sede en Palma de Mallorca.

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Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Alicia Orta Stanford

alicia.ortastanford@hotelbeds.com

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Bedsonline fortalece su presencia en América Latina con la incorporación de su nueva líder en ventas 


	Side Crown Hotels gains access to world’s largest distribution of B2B travel trade buyers, with 60,000+ tour operators, points redemption schemes, airlines, and retail travel agents.
	The hotel will also benefit from incremental non-domestic bookings from high-value guests that pay higher rates, stay longer, cancel less, and spend more in destination.
	Over 3,200 beds will be available in both wholesale and retail distribution channels via Hotelbeds and Bedsonline platforms.


Palma, Spain, 20th August 2019. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, today has announced a new long-term strategic partnership with Side Crown Hotels, the Turkish hotel group.

Building on over 8 years of working together, the recently renewed partnership takes the form of a preferred agreement that will provide Hotelbeds with exclusive access to Side Crown Hotels’ portfolio of more than 1,440 rooms and 3,200 beds across four hotels in Antalya, Turkey.

This partnership extension will provide Side Crown Hotels with distribution access to more than 60,000 travel buying B2B intermediaries around the world that use the Hotelbeds platform, including tour operators, airlines, points redemption programs, retail travel agents, and loyalty &amp; points redemption plans from more than 140 source markets.

As part of this new agreement Side Crown Hotels, who already has wide brand recognition and distribution in the German market,&nbsp;will now widen their reach to 140 source markets globally.

The agreement provides Side Crown Hotels with distribution via both the wholesale and retail distribution channels of Hotelbeds, which operate under the ‘Hotelbeds’ and ‘Bedsonline’ brand names respectively.

Side Crown Hotels’ properties are all 5-star, all-inclusive concept and family friendly.

Arzu Harley, Regional Manager of Hotelbeds, Turkey,&nbsp;comments: “We are very excited and pleased to confirm that a strategic partnership has now come into effect with our long-standing partner, Side Crown Hotels.

“Today’s news reflects our long-term commitment to Turkey, and demonstrates the confidence that Side Crown Hotels places in our business-to-business bedbank to access non-domestic bookings and incremental reservations from high-value guests that book via channels such as travel agents, tour operators, airlines and points redemption schemes – all of whom on average book further in advance, pay more, cancel less, stay longer, spend more in-destination, and come back more often.”

Mustafa Cura, Sales and Marketing Director at Side Crown Hotels, added: “We are very excited to extend our relationship with Hotelbeds. We still have ambitious plans to grow further and extend our reach to more international markets, and Hotelbeds is the right partner to do so. Today’s news forms part of a strategic plan and we look forward to working with Hotelbeds as we not only grow overall bookings together, but more importantly grow high-value bookings from guests that are more profitable.”

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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 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 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, airlines, 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 and employs around 5,000 employees across over 60 offices globally.

Follow us on:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

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About Side Crown

Cetin Construction Company has started business in 1990. Having built countless Hotels in the region in 2011 they have entered the market with their own built property Side Crown Palace.

In 2013 they added Side Crown Serenity followed by Side Crown Charm in 2015 and the final addition to the fast-growing chain was Side Crown Sunshine in 2018.

They supply a total of 1449 rooms and 3200 beds across 4 hotels in the most sought-after region of Mediterranean, Side, Antalya. All hotels are of 5-star quality, All Inclusive Concept and family friendly.

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Hotelbeds media contacts

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló · a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com


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