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Amadeus announced it has selected CCRA Travel Solutions as its hotel content provider for Amadeus Vacation Link, the one-stop booking portal that enables leisure travel agents in the U.S. and Canada to book high-profit, commissionable vacation travel.
“Agents tell us that they need relevant and comprehensive content to best serve their clients, and that continues to be our focus at Amadeus. As one of the travel industry’s leading providers of hotel content with a long history of innovation and service, working with CCRA will deliver great enhancements to our Amadeus Vacation Link customers,” said Tom Cates, Chief Commercial Officer, Amadeus North America.
The Amadeus agreement with CCRA will help ensure that Amadeus Vacation Link users have the widest choice of lodging options delivered via an efficient and intuitive platform in combination with a compelling commercial program.
“With this new agreement, Amadeus Vacation Link agents can access and book all five rate categories available on CCRATravel.com at over 160,000 hotels – all in a single, integrated search without leaving the Vacation Link site,” said Mai Meyaart, Vice President and Managing Director of CCRA.
Hotel content for Amadeus Vacation Link will be provided through CCRA’s proprietary hotel booking portal, CCRAtravel.com. CCRA works with a variety of vendors to provide agents with the most comprehensive rate options in the industry.
Agents who book hotels through Vacation Link will also qualify for COMMISSION/Express, CCRA’s weekly commission reconciliation and payment program.
Said Dic Marxen, President and CEO of CCRA, “We are delighted to have been chosen by Amadeus to complement their Vacation Link platform with our hotel content. We are honored that an industry leader like Amadeus has recognized the value we can bring to their clients. CCRA is a committed partner to the professional travel agent, and this new relationship reaffirms that commitment.”
CCRAtravel.com was developed in 2005 as an alternative booking tool for travel agents without access to the GDS. It currently offers agents a choice of up to five rate categories from a single search. Rate options include net rates that agents can mark up; online rates; CCRA-negotiated rates; a wide range of GDS-available rates; and a new, 15% enhanced commission rate.
Amadeus Vacation Link is a single point-of-sale, agent portal for booking cruises, vacation packages, tours, as well as consolidator airfares, activities and entertainment. Amadeus premiered Vacation Link in April 2009 and currently has 2,500 agent users. All features of Amadeus Vacation Link are available free to travel professionals in North America regardless of their GDS affiliation.
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