Expedia Offers US Travel Agents Access to Global Inventory
Expedia Launches Industry-First Travel Agent Affiliate Program
BELLEVUE, WA – May 5, 2010 – Expedia today announced the launch of an industry-first Travel Agent Affiliate Program (TAAP), through which travel agents in the United States can access Expedia’s global inventory and earn commissions on hotels, dynamic packages, and activities. Expedia is the only full-service online travel provider to offer such extensive inventory to travel agents.
“Expedia is committed to providing the most comprehensive, efficient and flexible service to our customers and partners. Our Travel Agent Affiliate Program has been extremely successful in Europe and Asia and we are very excited to bring it to the travel agent community in our largest market,” said Tim MacDonald, Senior Vice President and GM Expedia.com, Expedia.com. “We recognize that offline agents are a critical part of the travel landscape and TAAP provides the perfect way for Expedia to work with this community.”
Getting started is simple. To become a member of the program, travel agents can register online at Expedia.com by clicking on the travel agent access link in the footer of the site. As a TAAP member, agents will have direct access to Expedia’s global inventory and use the familiar Expedia platform to check the availability of hotel rooms, flights, packages and more to make and confirm bookings in real time. Affiliates will benefit from the same fast and simple site functionality that Expedia customers experience, enabling them to research, plan and book the best possible trips for their clients, while earning commissions for doing so.
Expedia is waiving the one-time membership fee for all agents who sign up by June 30, 2010. Agents who sign up before that date will have a chance to earn an enhanced commission on tailored reservations departing until August 30, 2010. Beginning July 2010, agents who join the program can do so for a one-time membership fee of $50.
Expedia’s Travel Agent Affiliate Program was first launched in Italy in 2002 and has since expanded to the UK, France, Germany, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The program currently has more than 8,000 members worldwide.
For more information, please visit: www.expediaaccess.com/us or call the line dedicated to travel agents: 914 630 8905
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