Hotel Program
Overview
TrAveLSAverS
who is TrAveLSAverS?
Established 50 years ago, TRAVELSAVERS is a leading international travel marketing organization and travel advisor community with more than 2,800 independently owned travel agency locations in 34 countries. The buying power of our network’s $22 billion in annual sales enables our agencies to provide their clients with inspirational travel experiences around the world at the best value.
why You Should Join TrAveLSAverS
With 50 years of proven success in both corporate and leisure travel sales, TRAVELSAVERS members produce billions in total travel sales annually. This includes millions of room-nights for hotels participating in the TRAVELSAVERS Preferred Hotel Program.
TRAVELSAVERS continuously promotes the importance of its Preferred Hotel Program to our more than 25,000 front-line agents worldwide.
Your hotel will be available to our member agencies to book via all GDSs, and through the online booking tool, tripXpress, to reach agents annually.
TRAVELSAVERS agencies, with a business mix of 55% Corporate and 45% Leisure, have individual reported ARC sales that range from $7.3 Million to more than $429 Million.
TRAVELSAVERS agencies far exceed the industry average of $2.2 Million per agency.
TRAVELSAVERS collects hotels’ groups and meetings profile in the hotel RFP. Hotel
participation ensures that this information will be readily available to Acclaim Meetings, an AMG company that delivers complete meeting planning services, and to TRAVELSAVERS agency members to utilize in preparing RFPs for client proposals and bids for Groups &
Meetings business.
TRAVELSAVERS online booking tool, tripXpress, is available to all agency members for both corporate and leisure travel. tripXpress displays the TRAVELSAVERS Preferred Hotel Program rate codes as preferred rates. tripXpress has become a crucial booking tool, especially for our home-based NEST agents.
TRAVELSAVERS offers comprehensive, award-winning hotel marketing opportunities, for both
hotel chain and property level distribution to our global network of agencies.
Corporate Leisure
55%
45%
25,000+ expert Travel Advisors 2,800
+Agency Locations
includes Agencies From:
North America Corporate & Leisure Agencies
United States: Kintetsu International Express, Corporate Travel Management, CTI Travel, Anthony Travel Inc., Central Travel, Travel Café, Stovroff & Taylor Travel, MSW Travel Group, Illinois International Travel Ltd., Travel Management Partners, ITT Business Travel Solutions, Metropolitan Travel, Travelers Service Company, Boscovs, ctms Ltd./Payless Travel, Options Travel Services; Canada: TTI, YYZ, CTMS, Adventure House Travel, TravelPath, A.Nash Travel, Bains Travel, Kintetsu Canada, Peerless Travel; Mexico: Viajes Premier, Viajes Olincatl, International Travel Group, Viajes Polanco, Viajes Mundomex, Viajes Alimay, Prego Viajes, Viajes Fama, Estampas Turisticas, Viatoris, Turismo Travel, Operadora Turistica de Puebla.
international Corporate & Leisure Agencies
EUROPE// United Kingdom: Grosvenor Travel Management, Ontro Travel; Scotland: EQ Travel Management; Republic of Ireland: Independent Travel Consultants, Ltd., JustSplit.com, MD Travel, Travelagent.ie and Form Travel; France: KTS France; Germany: Image Tours; Italy:
Frigerio Viaggi S.R.L.; MIDDLE EAST // Israel: Utravel; Kuwait: Badur Travel; Oman: KTS – Kurban Tours; United Arab Emirates: Kurban Travel; ASIA // China: China Travel Service Shanghai; Lebanon: KTS – Kurban Tours; Macau: Macau Express Travel. Malaysia: Discover Orient Holidays; Singapore: Sing Express Travel Pte Ltd OCEANIA // New Zealand: China Travel Service; SOUTH AMERICA // Brazil: Globalis; Columbia: Cali Tours
member prOFiLe
Global Distribution Systems (GDSs)
Bookable in all four GDSs: Amadeus, Travelport Apollo/Galileo, Sabre and Travelport Worldspan.
tripXpress
Online booking tool for corporate and leisure travel that includes the TRAVELSAVERS Preferred Hotel Program.
This web-based booking tool allows our NEST (membership of home-based agents a means to book your hotel through our on-line booking tool for corporate and leisure travel. This tool is also available to all TRAVELSAVERS front-line agents.
Agent Extranet Hotel Program Participation (For Agent Use Only) A destination-driven hotel search tool for agents.
Concur
TRAVELSAVERS’ supplier rates are loaded in Concur, an online booking tool (OBT) that contains the TRAVELSAVERS Preferred Hotel Program rates and corporate negotiated rates.
Acclaim Meetings
TRAVELSAVERS provides the GBTA RFP fields we capture for your hotel’s groups, meetings and convention information into a database for Acclaim Meetings. An AMG company, Acclaim Meetings delivers complete meeting planning services.
Groups & Meetings Program Database
Groups and meeting information is also shared with TRAVELSAVERS member agencies to access when completing RFPs for their clients.
DiSTribuTiON ChANNeLS AwArDS
Top Consortia — Rocky Mountaineer — 2018, 2019 Consortia of the Year — Travel Corporation — 2018
Travel Weekly Magellan Gold and Silver Awards for Direct Mail — Magazine, Web
Marketing/Advertising and Marketing Campaigns (2008 — 2017)
preferred program USD $800, Includes:
TSA Consortia Rate Code – load all room rates in Amadeus, Apollo/Galileo, Sabre and Worldspan
TS8 Promotional Rate Code – NEW for 2020 – load any restricted rates, such as pre- paid rates, minimum room night required rates, etc., or any travel agent rates, FAMs or distressed inventory into this rate code for added exposure and production
Ability to load all room types in addition to the three available on the RFP One rate audit to verify your rates are loaded in the GDS correctly
1Distribution:
• tripXpress – Online booking tool for corporate and leisure travel contains the
TRAVELSAVERS Preferred Hotel Program rate codes, hotel photos, amenities and more
• Concur – TRAVELSAVERS’ supplier rates are loaded in Concur, an online booking tool (OBT) that contains the TRAVELSAVERS Preferred Hotel Program rates and corporate negotiated rates
• Acclaim Meetings – Groups and meetings program database participation Marketing:
• Agent Extranet Hotel Program Directory (For Agency Use Only)
• Email info on travel advisor rates, FAMs and press releases in the Business Analyst Update
2preferred enhanced program
USD $999 (value USD $1,750), includes everything under the Preferred Program above, plus:
25% discount off all TRAVELSAVERS hotel marketing opportunities for 2020
3Enhanced listing in tripXpress (hotel preference display)
Hotel Marketing – Advertise in Supplier Scoop by TRAVELSAVERS to promote an advisor incentive. You will receive a Preferred Ad with Video Upgrade in one month’s issue
4.
• Provide a Logo, word count of up to 60 words, a pre-made property video, plus we will add the following standard call-to-action: Travel Advisor Booking Information: For GDS reservations use [Hotel Name]’s Chain Code [XX] and book using TRAVELSAVERS rate code TSA.
1 Rate audits are done in January and only hotels not loaded correctly at that time will be notified
2 Based on availability at TRAVELSAVERS discretion
3 Only available for individual property advertising
4 Month chosen is based on availability at TRAVELSAVERS discretion
