Pathway GDS is to bring thousands of villas, condos, chalets and apartments to hundreds of travel businesses who are members of The Travel Network Group
(TRAVPR.COM) UNITED KINGDON - October 3rd, 2014 - The Travel Network Group brings holiday rentals to its members in partnership with Pathway GDS
Members of The Travel Network Group who use the Group's Honeycomb system will soon have access to thousands of villas, apartments, condos and chalets through a new partnership with holiday rental XML specialist Pathway GDS.
Over 450 of the Group's 800+ members - including TTA Worldchoice and ITE - currently use the Honeycomb dynamic packaging platform, with new members being added all the time.
Commenting on the forthcoming launch, Martin Andrew, Group Commercial Director, The Travel Network Group, said: "Bringing quality holiday rental product into The Travel Network Group is an exciting development for our members. Villas, apartments and rentals, are a fast growing part of the travel industry and this partnership will enable our members to sell more product to more customer segments.
"This partnership with Pathway GDS is a perfect example of how we are constantly looking at innovative ways we can add further value to our members - initiatives that will help them drive incremental revenues and thereby further build their businesses."
Adam Walsh, Interhome's commercial manager for the UK & Ireland, one of the Pathway GDS suppliers selected by The Travel Network Group, also sees this as an important step change for the travel trade.
"Developing significant partnerships with key distribution networks is important to Interhome. We know that the member agents of the TTA, Worldchoice and ITE are interacting daily with customers for whom a villa, cottage or chalet would be the ideal product. Interhome is therefore looking forward to working closely with this high quality network of agents and helping them grow their sales."
Joining Interhome for the launch onto the network will be Florida specialists Goodlife Florida Villas & Ocean Florida along with Villa Select and the global portfolio of RCI, the holiday rental arm of Wyndham Worldwide.
James Marchant, managing director of Pathway GDS said of the partnership: "Building good quality relationships between supplier and distributor partners is at the heart of what we do, and the connection of Pathway GDS into The Travel Network Group enables us to do just that. We now have a group of the holiday rental industry's leading suppliers who are able to do business with the largest independent travel network in Europe. The scope for incremental bed nights through a network of this size is significant and we're looking forward to helping all our partners increase their sales."
Notes for Editors & Contacts:
The Travel Network Group is the largest independent travel network in Europe providing a range of membership propositions, products and services that enable new or existing travel businesses to operate within the travel sector.
With over 800 members, it provides competitive commercial terms, marketing support, and ATOL protection solutions, and at the same time, allows members the freedom to operate and drive their business as they choose. Its network provides an effective distribution channel for suppliers operating in the travel market, and it currently works with over 200 business partners. Its key differentiator is the unique way in which it supports the needs of its diverse membership, at the same time allowing members the freedom to operate and drive their business as they choose.
Contact: Alexis Coles Barrasso
alexis.coles-barrasso@thetravelnetworkgroup.co.uk | 07801 458054
Pathway GDS
Pathway GDS is a B2B platform that connects suppliers of holiday rental / vacation rental inventory with distribution partners including travel agents, travel agent consortia, OTAs, tour operators and meta-search sites. Distribution partners can access suppliers to Pathway GDS via a flexible & high-speed XML API. Over 300k properties / units are available in locations around the world at all price points.
MediaEnquiries@pathwaygds.com | +44(0) 203 5821 821
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