Aggregator targets travel agents

BOOKING.COM has announced
the piloting of Booking.com
for Travel Agents.
 The platform aims to offer
easy-to-use tools that allow
travel agents to make and
manage accommodation
bookings.
Agents will also be able to
access customised reports
about their earnings and
individual client bookings.
Rather than booking through
Booking.com, agents told
TNW that they often use the
website to compare the prices
of aggregators.
“We try not to book on
[Booking.com], because on
Expedia we earn commission.
Booking.com doesn’t give
us commission,” says Irene
Ferreira, corporate travel
director of Reynolds
Travel Centre.
Kerri Rogers, business
manager of Rennies Travel
Dimension Data, says she
would be interested in using
the new platform as long
as it was safe to perform
payments.
Booking.com says that
agents who participate in the
programme will benefit from
a competitive revenue share
agreement.