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	‘The Compass’ is a tool that harnesses Bedsonline’s live data intelligence to help travel agents identify the top trending destinations and the most attractive offers available.
	The platform equips agencies with powerful marketing capabilities that enable an agent to easily select the top offers in a trending destination and automatically create personalised marketing materials to target their customers via email or WhatsApp.


Palma, Spain,&nbsp;6 August 2020 – &nbsp;Bedsonline, the leading global provider of accommodation and complementary travel products exclusively for travel agents,&nbsp;has today announced the launch of The Compass, a new online tool to support travel agency recovery efforts.

In response to the current volatility in the marketplace, the platform has been designed to harness Bedsonline’s live data intelligence to provide travel agents with insights on the top current trending destinations in their source market as well as providing data on changes in the trends versus previous weeks; average booking lead times; and a selection of the top properties available, featuring the very best rates and conditions.

In addition, The Compass also equips Bedsonline users with powerful marketing capabilities that enable an agent to automatically create personalised, branded promotional campaigns with their own selection of hotels that they can then directly target to their customers via email, WhatsApp or other channels.

Travel agent partners can access The Compass at no additional cost simply by logging-in at bedsonline.com – with no need for registration.

Gareth Matthews, Marketing Director at Bedsonline commented: “The demand for travel is beginning to return, although of course there is still significant disruption and volatility that is regularly changing the status quo regarding the most popular source / destination corridors. As a leader in our sector we have access to a wealth of live booking data that we wanted to put at the full disposal of our valued customers.

“We´ve spent the lock-down period preparing The Compass – amongst other new tools and initiatives – to give our Bedsonline travel agent partners a powerful new platform to help them understand the market trends, access a curated set of top products in trending destinations, and provide them with powerful yet user friendly tools to help them market directly to the final consumer.”

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About Bedsonline

Bedsonline&nbsp;is the leading global provider of accommodation and complementary travel products exclusively catering to travel agents. Through its online platform, it distributes accommodation, excursions, tickets and transfers to more than 50,000 travel agencies backed by local sales teams in over 30 countries covering over 100 markets globally.

The company offers an extensive portfolio of over 180,000 hotels, 25,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities in 185 destination countries worldwide, guaranteeing high availability, competitive prices and unique offers. This portfolio is backed by personalized local service and a powerful yet intuitive booking engine making Bedsonline the defacto partner for many travel agencies around the world.&nbsp;

Bedsonline has focused its strategy in recent years on the expansion of new markets in Europe, America and Asia, such as Germany, the Czech Republic, Mexico, the United States, Colombia, China, Japan and the Philippines. This strategic vision has led the company to occupy a leadership position in its segment.

Bedsonline is part of Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank and business-to-business provider of services to the travel industry globally, headquartered in Palma, Spain.

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Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Roman Townsend

r.townsend@hotelbeds.com

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 Bedsonline launches platform to equip travel agencies with live destination trends and powerful marketing capabilities


	Servantrip’s travel trade buyers gain access to Hotelbeds’ Beyond The Bed portfolio of 18,000 activities, 25,000 transfer routes and 500+ car rental providers.
	Servantrip will access the portfolio via Hotelbeds’ ancillary API solution.
	Beyond The Bed’s ancillary partners will benefit from real-time bookings from Servantrip’s 7,100 B2B partners around the world, including TUI, BCD Travel, FCM Travel Solutions, Globalia Corporate Travel, Halcón Viajes, Uniglobe and Airmet.


Palma, Spain,&nbsp;30 July 2020&nbsp;–&nbsp; Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today announced a global strategic partnership with Servantrip, a B2B platform that consolidates airport transfers, door-to-door drivers and activities in more than 170 countries.

The partnership will provide Servantrip with full access to Hotelbeds’ Beyond The Bed portfolio via the API solutions offered by Hotelbeds, including:


	Activities including tours, tickets and attractions with over 18,000 activities in 690 destinations. Servantrip will have access to this via API connectivity from July 2020.
	Transfers via Holidays Taxi Group (HTG), the worldwide transport service that is part of Hotelbeds, offering airport to city and resort transfers in 21,000+ destinations in over 150 countries worldwide.
	Additionally, from August 2020 Servantrip will connect to Hotelbeds’ transfer portfolio, which has over 25,000 transfer routes in over 120 countries. &nbsp;
	Car hire products from 500 car rental suppliers through Hotelbeds’ B2B car rental brand CARNECT. Servantrip will go live with this product from April 2021.


Meanwhile Beyond The Bed’s ancillary supplier partners benefit from strengthened distribution through the Servantrip platform that will power real-time bookings from the 7,100 travel agencies and OTAs across 97 countries that use Servantrip.

In addition the Servantrip platform allows users to make several bookings in the same reservation, thus increasing cross-selling opportunities for Beyond the Bed partners.

Javier Arévalo, Managing Director of the Beyond The Bed portfolio at Hotelbeds said: “We are very pleased to announce this partnership with Servantrip as it is one of the leading B2B distribution platforms consolidating airport transfers, door-to-door drivers and other activities. We have been working hard over the last few years to offer our ancillary partners access to an even wider distribution network and Servantrip, with its own proprietary technology solution, will provide real-time bookings from more than 7,100 travel trade customers. This partnership works as the perfect win-win, with Hotelbeds working as the ancillary product specialist and Servantrip as the technology partner."

José Manuel Núñez, Managing Director at Servantrip added: “We are dedicated to giving our B2B clients the widest possible portfolio of ancillary solutions under the best possible terms and conditions. The high-quality products available from Hotelbeds’ Beyond The Bed portfolio – over 18,000 activities, 25,000 transfer routes and 500 car rental providers worldwide – fulfills our commitment and additionally its cloud-based technology matches our need for a simple, no-fuss solution.”

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.

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About Servantrip

Servantrip is a global B2B consolidator - a “one-stop shop” solution for airport and door to door transfer services, hourly drivers and tours &amp; activities, with the largest coverage worldwide.

Servantrip is leading and supporting tech transformation regarding services at destination in the B2B sector, being able through one-APi-only integration to deploy full inventory in 170+ countries comparing the best offer to book among different main suppliers. Indeed, it´s latest generation platform has been integrated into AMADEUS.

The use of state-of-the-art technologies such as artificial intelligence and other solutions aimed at personalizing and improving sales, allows Servantrip to offer no only&nbsp;a powerful booking platform but a better user experience by allowing partners to search, compare, check availability and prices in real-time, obtaining immediate confirmation for the entire product portfolio.

The company is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

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Twitter: @servantrip

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Hotelbeds media contact

Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló

a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com


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Hotelbeds strengthens distribution reach  for ancillary partners via Servantrip agreement


	Hotelbeds provides Louvre Hotels with access to world’s largest distribution network of travel trade buyers, including 60,000+ tour operators, points redemption schemes, airlines and travel agents.
	Louvre’s 1,500 hotels in 54 countries, representing 100,000 rooms will be available in Hotelbeds’ wholesale and retail distribution channels.
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Palma, Spain,&nbsp; 14&nbsp; July 2020 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has entered into a strategic partnership with Louvre Hotels Group, a major player in the global hospitality industry.

This agreement will further strengthen Louvre’s distribution reach via Hotelbeds’ network of over 60,000 travel trade buyers in 140 source markets, including airlines, points redemption schemes, retail travel agents and tour operators.

At the same time, Hotelbeds’ customers will gain access to preferential rates and availability from across Louvre Hotels Group’s portfolio of over 1,500 hotels in 54 countries worldwide, representing over 100,000 available rooms.

Hotelbeds’ travel trade buying partners will have access to the complete portfolio of six Louvre brands ranging from one to five stars properties, including: Première Classe, Campanile, Kyriad, Kyriad Direct, Tulip Inn, Golden Tulip and Royal Tulip.

Meanwhile Hotelbeds’ portfolio of 60,000 travel buyers will offer Louvre Hotels Group a wider international reach and incremental bookings from end customers whose average profile means they typically book further in advance, pay more per room, stay for longer, have lower cancellation rates and spend more on property.&nbsp;

As part of this agreement, Louvre Hotels Group will distribute its hotel rooms through Hotelbeds’ two main sales channels: wholesale sales under the 'Hotelbeds' brand, and retail sales via the Bedsonline brand, that caters to retail travel agents.

Mark Redmond, Head of Global Chains at Hotelbeds commented: “We are delighted to sign a preferred partnership with Louvre Hotels Group, a major player in the global hospitality industry with a great portfolio that includes 1,500 hotels in 54 countries – and over 100,000 rooms available. They have a full hotel offering, spanning one to five star properties, with well known brands such as Première Classe, Kyriad, Campanile, Tulip Inn, Golden Tulip, and Royal Tulip. Now, as the current restrictions on travel begin to ease I am certain that our 60,000 travel trade clients will be very excited to gain access to special rates and availability across Louvre’s full portfolio.”

Olivier Daurat, VP Sales and Distribution at Louvre Hotels Group, added: “This alliance is very important for us as thanks to Hotelbeds we can have access to one of the largest travel trade distribution networks available, including both wholesale and retail buyers. We look forward to working with Hotelbeds to grow our overall bookings together and more importantly to generate incremental, high-value reservations once travel demand picks back up again.”

Louvre Hotels Group is owned by Jin Jiang International Holdings Co. Ltd., one of China’s leading travel and tourism conglomerates and the second largest hotel group in the world.

Moreover, since the outbreak of the pandemic, Louvre Hotels Group has launched the “Clean &amp; Safe” reassurance program and implemented preventive measures through its Charter of Commitment for its 1,500 hotels around the world. The group has put in place a specific training program for all staff to ensure full compliance with the recommendations of the World Health Organization, the Government, and Regional Health Agencies. As clients’ well-being and safety are Louvre’s top priorities, the group’s safety procedures are bring overseen by two health and safety protection experts, Mérieux Nutrisciences in France and NSF International worldwide.

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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&nbsp;About Louvre Hotels Group

Louvre Hotels Group is a major player in the worldwide hotel sector, currently boasting over 1,500 hotels in 54 countries. They feature a comprehensive 1- to 5-star hotel offer including the iconic Louvre Hotels Group brands: Royal Tulip, Golden Tulip, Campanile, Tulip Residences, Kyriad, Kyriad Direct, Tulip Inn and Première Classe; the 5 brands of the Sarovar network in India, the Hôtels and Préférence group, the TemptingPlaces brand as well as the Chinese brand Metropolo. The Group also has a distribution agreement with the Barrière Group.

Louvre Hotels Group is a subsidiary of Jin Jiang International Holdings Co., Ltd., the world’s second largest hotel group

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LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1198746/

Instagram @Louvrehotels_group

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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 new strategic partnership  with Louvre Hotels Group 


	Hotelbeds announces the successful upgrade of its entire Contact Centre telephony infrastructure.
	Migration onto a cloud-based solution provided by Vonage unifies Hotelbeds Contact Centre onto one platform.
	Clients are already benefiting from improved call response times, automated integration with Hotelbeds’ CRM system and cost savings via new local rate calls.


Palma, 30th June 2020. Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has announced today that is has successfully completed the upgrade of the entire telephony infrastructure that supports its Contact Centre.

The upgrade began late last year and has involved migrating all existing services onto a new cloud-based Salesforce contact centre solution provided by Vonage (previously known as New Voice Media).

As a result of this Holtebeds’ Contact Centre – which provides customer support for both the Hotelbeds and Bedsonline brands, plus the Beyond the Bed portfolio – will now operate on a single platform and will offer customers:


	Greater call stability
	Improved audio quality
	Almost complete elimination of dropped calls
	Full integration with Hotelbeds’ CRM system, enabling the client’s details to automatically appear to the agent when receiving a call
	Improved call answer times and call answer rates
	Cost savings for clients via offering local rate telephone numbers.&nbsp;


Marc Albert, Global Operations Director at Hotelbeds, commented: “Whilst the migration onto the Vonage platform had been scheduled for some time, clearly this couldn’t have come at a more important moment due to the unexpected challenges of COVID-19.

“Therefore I’m very proud to confirm that the improved response times, CRM integration and overall improved call quality introduced by this upgrade has meant that we have been able to maintain our high-standard of customer service, despite seeing very significant spikes in volumes of calls during recent months.

“On behalf of all my senior colleagues I would like to congratulate all those involved in this successful migration and thank them for their hard work. This is yet another great example to our partners of how we are #WithYouAllTheWay!”

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.

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Follow us on:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds-group

Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

Instagram: @Hotelbeds_official

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Hotelbeds Media contacts

Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Clara Truyols

clatruyols@hotelbeds.com


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Hotelbeds enhances client experience through upgraded Contact Centre 


	Launch of chatbot feature called ‘Bedsy’ for Hotelbeds and Bedsonline clients will reduce waiting times by automatically responding to our clients’ most common requests.
	Bedsy complements and enhances Hotelbeds’ Livechat service, launched earlier this year, that enables clients to directly speak with the Contact Centre via the web.
	Both Bedsy and Livechat are part of the recently launched ‘SelfSeT’ self-service toolkit from Hotelbeds that will see further initiatives scheduled for release this year.


Palma, Spain, &nbsp;25 June 2020 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today announced the launch of a chatbot feature called Bedsy that will be available to Hotelbeds and Bedsonline clients.

This news follows the successful launch of ‘Livechat’ at the beginning of the year. Livechat puts clients in direct contact with their local Contact Centre in a much faster way than before, creating a real-time, one-to-one relationship via a web chat function.

Bedsy is a chatbot that can provide the status of booking queries or provide a supplier confirmation number all in real time and whilst attending an unlimited number of customers simultaneously.

Bedsy can also point clients in the right direction for many other day-to-day booking requests and queries, such as how to send a special request to the hotel or provide links to access hotel information.

Both Livechat and Bedsy form part of ‘SelfSeT’, a newly launched self-service toolkit from Hotelbeds designed to help clients resolve their most common queries in the fastest and most convenient way possible.&nbsp;

The SelfSeT toolkit will provide new tools to help clients save time and effort when managing bookings with Livechat and Bedsy are the first tools available. Further planned launches will include a Reservations Help Desk, a Reservation Management Portal for API clients, an automated phone support platform, and a range of new functionalities and improvements to the booking engine.

Bedsy and Livechat are already available to more than 60,000 client partners Hotelbeds and Bedsonline are working with around the world – including travel agents, tour operators, airlines, and points redemption schemes – with the exception of Japan and China. By automatically responding to clients’ queries Bedsy is able to save valuable time for clients and maximise the efficiency of Hotelbeds’ Contact Centres.

Marc Albert, Global Operations Director at Hotelbeds, commented: “We listened to our clients and recognized that they wanted to reduce operational costs and boost efficiency, so we’ve created Bedsy to respond to those needs.

“Bedsy will maximise the efficiency of our customer care teams and save a lot of the time clients currently spend resolving their most common queries, not least as 35% of calls we receive are just to re-confirm hotel bookings.

“Equally Livechat means our Contact Centre agents are instantly accessible to our clients and thus can handle customers’ enquiries quicker.”

“Our main objective is to offer the best customer experience and we strongly feel that with the launch of Bedsy and Livechat – along with other SelfSeT tools in development – we are delivering the best possible customer care in our sector.”

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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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&nbsp;&nbsp; Twitter: @Hotelbeds

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Instagram: @hotelbeds_official

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Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Clara Truyols clatruyols@hotelbeds.com

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 Hotelbeds innovates customer service experience with chatbot launch


	Hotelbeds to distribute Radisson Hotel Group’s 1,100 hotels in operation in 120 countries to over 60,000 B2B travel buyers, including retail travel agents, airlines, loyalty programs and tour operators.


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Palma, Spain, &nbsp;23 &nbsp;June 2020 – Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has entered into a preferred partnership with Radisson Hotel Group, one of the world's largest hotel groups. &nbsp;

The collaboration was signed in April of this year and takes the form of a preferred agreement.&nbsp;

Through this agreement, Radisson Hotel Group will distribute via Hotelbeds’ network of more than 60,000 B2B travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airlines and loyalty programs across more than 140 source markets worldwide.

At the same time, Hotelbeds’ customers will gain access to preferential rates and availability across Radisson Hotel Group’s portfolio of over 1,100 hotels in more than 120 countries worldwide, representing seven brands including Radisson Collection, Radisson Blu, Radisson, Radisson RED, Park Plaza, Park Inn by Radisson and Country Inn &amp; Suites by Radisson.

Hotelbeds’ portfolio of 60,000 B2B travel buyers will offer Radisson Hotel Group 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 at the property. &nbsp;

Radisson Hotel Group will distribute its hotel rooms through Hotelbeds’ two main channels: the wholesale distribution channel that operates under the 'Hotelbeds' brand, and the retail channel, Bedsonline, that caters to retail travel agents.

Mark Redmond, Head of Global Chains at Hotelbeds commented: “Radisson Hotel Group is one of the world’s largest hotel groups and we are delighted to sign a preferred partnership with them. Once restrictions are removed and travel begins to start again, I am certain that our 60,000 B2B travel buying clients will be very excited about gaining access to special rates and availability for Radisson Hotel Group’s well-known brands such as Radisson Blu, Park Plaza or Park Inn by Radisson.”

Eric de Neef, EVP &amp; Global Chief Commercial Officer at Radisson Hotel Group, added: “Through the alliance with Hotelbeds we have access to a leading and strategically important B2B distribution network, including both wholesale and retail distribution worldwide through Bedsonline. As we start to re-boot, re-shape and re-boost the business after the peak of the crisis, we want to continuously extend our sales reach, and Hotelbeds is the right partner to achieve this. We look forward to working with Hotelbeds and to not only grow overall bookings together, but more importantly to grow incremental, high-value bookings.”

Both Radisson Hotel Group and Hotelbeds support and endorse the “Safe Travels” protocols of the World Travel &amp; Tourism Council (WTTC), that are aimed at helping restart the global tourism industry.

To reinforce the message of health and safety, Hotelbeds has recently launched “Safe2Stay”, a filter category that consolidates and displays in the booking process the hotel properties that are following the different COVID-19 health and safety protocols and certifications that travel industry companies, tourism boards and lobby groups have recently created.

This category covers the Radisson Hotels Safety Protocol, which is a program of in-depth cleanliness and disinfection procedures to further strengthen the hotels’ existing rigorous sanitation, cleanliness, and disinfection guidelines, in partnership with SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company.

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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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Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

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Hotelbeds Media Contact

PR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate Affairs

Antonia Aguiló – a.aguilo@hotelbeds.com

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About Hotel Radisson Group

Radisson Hotel Group is one of the world's largest hotel groups with seven distinctive hotel brands, and more than 1,400 hotels in operation and under development in 120 countries. Its signature service philosophy is Every Moment Matters.

Radisson Hotel Group portfolio includes Radisson Collection, Radisson Blu, Radisson, Radisson RED, Park Plaza, Park Inn by Radisson and Country Inn &amp; Suites by Radisson, brought together under one commercial umbrella brand Radisson Hotels.

Radisson Rewards is our global rewards program that delivers unique and personalized ways to create memorable moments that matter to our guests. Radisson Rewards offers exceptional loyalty benefits for our guests, meeting planners, travel agents and business partners.

Radisson Meetings places its guests and their needs at the heart of its offer and treats every meeting or event as more than just a date on the calendar. Radisson Meetings is built around three strong service commitments: Personal, Professional and Memorable, while delivering on the brilliant basics and our signature Yes I Can! service spirit and being uniquely 100% Carbon Neutral.

More than 100,000 team members work for Radisson Hotel Group and at the hotels licensed to operate in its systems.

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For more information, visit:

www.radissonhotels.com/corporate

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Hotelbeds signs preferred distribution agreement with Radisson Hotel Group


	Hotelbeds will add 10,000 more properties by the end of the year.
	Major source markets where domestic content will be significantly strengthened will initially include the USA, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, UK, UAE, Saudi Arabia, China, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand, with more to be added in the near future.
	The plan also focuses on sourcing hotels from secondary destinations, adding more property types, increasing the availability of refundable rates and actions to capture last minute booking demand.


Palma, Spain,&nbsp;18 June 2020&nbsp;–&nbsp; Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has today announced a plan that responds to the strong demand for domestic hotels from the world’s largest source markets following the aftermath of COVID-19.

As part of this drive, Hotelbeds plans to add an additional 10,000 new properties to its global portfolio of hotels by the end of the year.

Harnessing big data analytical capabilities, Hotelbeds has been able to closely compare the main corridors, lead time, and length of stay for each source market to more accurately predict the characteristics of the surge in demand for domestic stays.

As a first wave the initiative will be implemented in &nbsp;the USA, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, UK, UAE, Saudi Arabia, China, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand, with more countries to be included in the near future.

This strategy has been strongly supported by many of Hotelbeds’ 60,000 B2B travel buyers worldwide – including tour operators, airlines, points redemption schemes and retail travel agencies – who have also clearly signalled the increase in demand for domestic properties following the pandemic.

In addition to adding more domestic properties in the above-mentioned markets, Hotelbeds is already putting in place the following actions:


	
	Expanding its hotel portfolio in secondary destinations in order to cover new leisure destinations relevant for domestic travellers.
	
	
	Adding more property types, for example resorts and rural hotels.
	
	
	Increasing the availability of refundable rates to provide peace of mind for final customers.
	
	
	Reducing releases and minimum stay requirements in order to increase to the maximum availability and respond to the more last minute profile of domestic travellers.
	
	
	Launching local marketing campaigns targeted at B2B travel buyers in the selected source markets to promote domestic products at great rates this summer season.
	


León Herce, Global Sales Director at Hotelbeds, said: “Following client feedback, and thanks to our own data analytics capabilities, we have detected not only the overall surge in domestic demand, but the requirement for more product in secondary destinations, across all different property types.&nbsp;

&nbsp;“As you would expect, hoteliers in these destinations – many of them previously dependent on international markets that are unlikely to be travelling anytime soon – are very keen to capture the new domestic demand and we are working hard to sign them up fast.”

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.

&nbsp;

Follow us on:

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Twitter: @Hotelbeds

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Antonia Aguiló

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Hotelbeds responds to strong demand for domestic hotels in the world’s largest source markets

&nbsp;New redesigned API portal makes APItude even easier to use and more powerful for clients such as tour operators, airlines and points redemption schemes.APItude can now handle up to 14 billion searches a day during peak periods.New functionalities include a real-time dashboard, automated documentation, and faster integration with the Hotelbeds APIs via a simple four-step onboarding process.Palma, 16th June 2020 -&nbsp;Hotelbeds, the world’s leading bedbank, has launched today a new API portal for APItude.APItude is Hotelbeds’ API that allows travel trade buyers such as tour operators, airlines and points redemption schemes to directly integrate Hotelbeds’ 180,000 hotel properties and ancillary services into their platform.&nbsp;The new portal has been through beta testing with selected clients for the last two months and now is ready for launch, featuring a completely renewed design and new functionality.As a result, APItude is now even easier for clients to use, due to features such as:Real-time dashboard: clients will have full control and visibility over their current API status and usage in real time. There is also a new stats dashboard, providing near real-time insights of API usage, powered directly by Hotelbeds’ Business Intelligence data warehouse.Automated documentation:&nbsp; Hotelbeds has built modern, automated OpenAPI generated documentation to ensure the documentation always remains updated for our clients.Faster integration with the APIs: new integrations will go from testing to production in just a few days, with a simple, new four-step process. This turnaround time to execution makes APItude far more appealing.The audience for this new API Portal will no longer be just developers, but also members of the sourcing, product and sales management teams of Hotelbeds’ clients that are aiming to boost their commercial performance via APItude. In order to achieve the above, and in&nbsp; addition to today’s launch, by the end of 2020, the API Portal will feature an optimization centre providing tailored hotel recommendations based on current market data, &nbsp;which will enable the Hotelbeds’ clients to receive a competitive edge and to provide better product to the end customers.León Herce, Global Sales Director at Hotelbeds, said: “With the first signs of recovery in the market beginning to emerge it is even more essential to provide our clients with the best available tools &nbsp;by enhancing the developer experience and making the whole process even faster and more intuitive. We believe that this latest version of APItude does just that and I´d like to thank all the team for their hard work and commitment in delivering this on time to meet the very urgent needs of the market.”APItude is the fastest and lightest hotel distribution API in the market. It enhances the developer experience by making the integration process easier, faster, and more intuitive – allowing partners to develop their own travel website or mobile app using Hotelbeds’ product portfolio more easily than ever before.Forming part of Hotelbeds’ commitment to innovation, APItude was launched by Hotelbeds at World Travel Market (WTM) in 2015.To learn more about the new developer portal please visit https://developer.hotelbeds.com/About HotelbedsHotelbeds 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.&nbsp;Follow us on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotelbeds-groupTwitter: @HotelbedsFacebook: HotelbedsInstagram: @Hotelbeds_official&nbsp;Hotelbeds Media contactsMedia Relations &amp; Corporate AffairsClara Truyolsclatruyols@hotelbeds.com

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Hotelbeds continues to innovate with launch of API portal


	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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Follow us on:

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Twitter: @Hotelbeds

Facebook: Hotelbeds

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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.”&nbsp;About HotelbedsHotelbeds 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/hotelbedsTwitter: @HotelbedsFacebook: HotelbedsHotelbeds Media ContactPR, Media Relations &amp; Corporate AffairsWei Wang whitney.wang@hotelbeds.com&nbsp;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 PRpr@trip.comTel: (+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.

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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 – 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.

&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 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

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