Fastjet partners with hotel booking engine

FASTJET has announced
a pan-African hotel
partnership with Venere.
com, a member of Expedia
Inc.
Fastjet customers will
be able to access and
purchase rooms from
Venere.com’s inventory
of hotels via the airline's
booking channels.
The Venere feature
will initially launch as a
‘co-brand’ product, available
via fastjet’s website but will
later be fully integrated into
the booking process.
This will allow passengers
to add accommodation
to flight bookings.
Ellis Cain-Jones, head
of commercial at fastjet,
said: “Accommodation
is a natural add-on for
both our leisure and
business customers and
this partnership offers an
extensive choice of hotels
across the continent.
“We are particularly
happy that Venere.com has
accommodated our mid-term
multi-channel requirements,
enabling fastjet passengers
without Internet access to
book through our 24-hour
call centre following the
launch.”