A GLOBAL B2B online
booking operator has set up
representation locally after
identifying South Africa as a
potential market for growth.
RezLive is an Indian-based
company that has been in
operation for 19 years. Its
online reservations system,
offered exclusively to travel
agents and tour operators,
offers a portfolio of
250 000 hotels and
apartments worldwide,
45 000 attractions in 500
cities and 5 000 transfer
options in over 900 cities.
Sunitha Ganesh, ex-sales
manager at Jet Airways, has
been appointed business
development manager in SA
for the operator. RezLive offers
XML linkage to agent websites
and also has a point-based
rewards system where agents
can redeem the points they
earn from booking. These
can be redeemed against
purchases from retailers
including Woolworths and
Takealot, and travel packages.
“I have started directing
almost all of my business to
them,” said Wasim Dawood,
director of Travel 54, an SWG
agency, who described the
operator as top of market. “I
find that they are well priced,
particularly in the Dubai and
Turkey markets, and their
operations team have always
gone out of their way to assist
me when contacted.
