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No.1 Traveller & TUI Specialist Holidays Group join forces AIRPORT LOUNGE operator No.1 Traveller has extended its partnership with TUI Specialist Holidays Group. All Sovereign holidaymakers will receive access to any lounge in the No.1 collection, located at Heathrow,
Gatwick, Birmingham and Edinburgh, as well as partner facilities including the three Manchester Escape lounges and Gordon Ramsay Plane Food located at Heathrow Terminal 5. The operator and other Specialist
Holidays Group brands such as Meon Villas, Thomson Tailormade and Jetsave will run a series of bespoke promotions across the year on other services including VIP Departure and Arrival and Champagne experiences.
Holiday Extras teams up with Flexible Autos HOLIDAY EXTRAS has teamed up with Flexible Autos to provide TUI travel agents with the ability to book car hire through their existing booking platform. The new arrangement delivers a simpler and improved booking portal which is now live to give TUI customers a choice of 17,000 locations and 88 countries to arrange holiday car hire. James Lewis, head of partnerships for the travel add-on provider, said: “We expect that our partnership will increase agent confidence when selling car hire to their customers. We also plan to grow and strengthen our car hire offering and welcome any
enquiries from other interested travel companies who are looking to add extra value for themselves and for their customers by making travel easy with this car hire product and booking system.” Sue Dixon, group managing director for Flexible Autos, said: “We are delighted to have been asked to partner with Holiday Extras and be able to offer our vast range of cars and destinations to TUI travel agents. We are 100% trade only so TUI staff can sell our product with great confidence, safe in the knowledge that their customers will not find a cheaper price if they booked direct. “I am particularly excited that this
announcement comes shortly after the launch of our innovative, fully inclusive Premium Package which is currently available in eight locations Alicante, Malaga, Valencia, Mallorca, Ibiza, Canaries, Portugal and Italy. “The all-inclusive product features no deposit at the time of booking, zero excess plus additional benefits depending on location such as a free additional driver, complimentary child seats and our ‘full to full’ fuel policy. Customers wishing to upgrade their car rental to the Premium Package can do so from £35 which means increased commission for agents too.” For enquires email sales@holidayextras.com
APH survey unveils pet-friendly airlines
GAME, SET, MATCH… roomsXML.com has introduced a new feature that displays the room type exactly as per the hotel's own room names. From a travel agent's perspective the new feature removes the guess work whilst booking a room. Pictured promoting the new feature at ATM 2015 in Dubai are, from the left: Harshwardhan Sarang, Yusuf Diwan, Ruchir Bang and Diptiman Dewan, all from roomsXML.com
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A SURVEY from HomeAway has found that one in four dog and cat owners (26%) in Europe will base their holiday locations on whether it allows them to bring their pets. With many holidaymakers looking to take their pet abroad this summer, Airport Parking and Hotels (APH) has created a comprehensive guide highlighting the different rules and regulations across major airlines for travelling with ‘man’s best friend’. The research compares the different dog breeds accepted on flights, the cost of flying abroad with a dog, as well as the pet weight and crate stipulations across 20 major airlines including Air Canada, Alitalia, Japan Airlines and Singapore Airlines. The cost of transporting animals was found to differ greatly between airlines and, out of the 20 airlines researched, only Virgin Atlantic offers a dedicated Flying Paws Scheme where passengers can collect Flying Club Miles on behalf of their dog. For details see www.aph.com/travellingwithpets
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