Travelport has announced a new agreement with On the Beach, one of the UK’s leading online travel agencies.
The agreement is the first time On the Beach has signed a partnership with a GDS.
Carrying more than 900,000 passengers every year, On the Beach creates tailored holiday itineraries to popular beach destinations around the world.
The partnership with Travelport allows the online agent to break into new hotel and flight options outside their current destination profile.
“Travelport’s uAPI technology allows us to tap-in to new flight and hotel content to build on our traditional beach travel product, and significantly grow our scheduled air offerings”, Andy Tilby-Baxter, head of supply, On the Beach, explained.
“It opens up a whole new area for us to grow, and provides our customers with even more options to create exciting travel experiences.”
I believe this is a fantastic opportunity for On the Beach, they have proved to be very successful since forming in 1995. They state that unlike other travel agents they do not sell package holidays, they allow their customers to choose any flight or hotel singly or together to suit your requirements. They pride themselves on offering value for money flights and hotels to the worlds most popular beach holiday destinations, providing consumers with a huge selection of travel products, from 50 million available flight seats and more than 30,000 hotels around the world, insurance and in-resort transfer partners.
Have to agree, this is a good opportunity and a smart move by On the Beach. They provide a fantastic service with many holiday options to choose from. Their partnership with GDS is surely to provide a better experience for the customer when buying from On the Beach.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you both, I think it is good to have something sifferent in the market, people will love to have their own choice instead of the usual package holidays. They have so much to offer aswell, but at the same keeping it easy for customers. I would definitely be looking at On the Beach in the future!
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