PREFERRED HOTEL PROGRAM OVERVIEW

PREFERRED HOTEL PROGRAM
               OVERVIEW

TRAVELSAVERS

   Who is TRAVELSAVERS?
Established in 1970, TRAVELSAVERS is a leading international travel marketing organization and travel
advisor community with more than 2,700 independently owned travel agency locations in 33 countries.
The buying power of our network’s $22 billion in annual sales enables our agencies to provide their clients
with inspirational travel experiences around the world at the best value.

  Why You Should Join TRAVELSAVERS
With more than 50 years of proven success in both business and leisure travel sales, TRAVELSAVERS
members book more than 23 million room nights worth $3.89 billion in annual revenue.

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        RAVELSAVERS continuously promotes the importance of its Preferred Hotel Program to more
       than 25,000 front-line advisors worldwide.

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        our hotel will be available to our member agencies to book via all GDSs, and through the
       online booking tool, tripXpress, to reach advisors annually.

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        RAVELSAVERS agencies, with a booking mix of 67% discretionary and 33% corporate
       negotiated, have individual reported ARC sales that range from $7.3 million to more than $429
       million. TRAVELSAVERS agencies far exceed the industry average of $2.2 million per agency.

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        RAVELSAVERS collects hotels’ groups and meetings profile in the hotel RFP. Hotel
       participation ensures that this information will be readily available to Acclaim Meetings,
       a company that delivers complete meeting planning services, and to TRAVELSAVERS
       agency members to utilize in preparing RFPs for client proposals and bids for groups and
       meetings business.

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        RAVELSAVERS online booking tool, tripXpress, is available to all agency members for
       both corporate and leisure travel. tripXpress displays the TRAVELSAVERS Preferred Hotel
       Program rate codes as preferred rates. tripXpress has become a crucial booking tool,
       especially for our home-based NEST advisors.

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        RAVELSAVERS offers comprehensive, award-winning hotel marketing opportunities, for both
       hotel chain and property level distribution to our global network of agencies.

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MEMBER PROFILE

                         Hotel Program Spend
 2,700+
                   Corporate    33%
 Agency                                                        25,000+ Expert Travel Advisors
                Discretionary   67%
Locations

 I ncludes Agencies From:

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        orth America Corporate & Leisure Agencies
  United States: Kintetsu International Express, Corporate Travel Management, CTI Travel,
  Anthony Travel Inc., Central Travel, Travel Café, Stovroff & Taylor Travel, MSW Travel Group,
  Illinois International Travel Ltd., Travel Management Partners, ITT Business Travel Solutions,
  Metropolitan Travel, Travelers Service Company, Boscovs, ctms Ltd./Payless Travel, Options
  Travel Services; Canada: TTI, YYZ, CTMS, Adventure House Travel, TravelPath, A.Nash
  Travel, Bains Travel, Kintetsu Canada, Peerless Travel; Mexico: Viajes Premier, Viajes Olincatl,
  International Travel Group, Viajes Polanco, Viajes Mundomex, Viajes Alimay, Prego Viajes,
  Viajes Fama, Estampas Turisticas, Viatoris, Turismo Travel, Operadora Turistica de Puebla.

    I nternational Corporate & Leisure Agencies
  EUROPE// United Kingdom: Grosvenor Travel Management, Ontro Travel; Scotland: EQ
  Travel Management; Republic of Ireland: Independent Travel Consultants, Ltd., JustSplit.com,
  MD Travel, Travelagent.ie and Form Travel; France: KTS France; Germany: Image Tours; Italy:
  Frigerio Viaggi S.R.L.; MIDDLE EAST // Israel: Utravel; Kuwait: Badur Travel; Oman: KTS –
  Kurban Tours; United Arab Emirates: Kurban Travel; ASIA // China: China Travel Service
  Shanghai; Lebanon: KTS – Kurban Tours; Macau: Macau Express Travel. Malaysia: Discover
  Orient Holidays; Singapore: Sing Express Travel Pte Ltd OCEANIA // New Zealand: China
  Travel Service; SOUTH AMERICA // Brazil: Globalis; Columbia: Cali Tours

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DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS

Global Distribution Systems (GDSs)
   ookable in all four GDSs: Amadeus, Travelport Apollo/Galileo, Sabre and Travelport
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  Worldspan.

tripXpress
     nline booking tool for corporate and leisure travel that includes the TRAVELSAVERS
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    Preferred Hotel Program.
    This web-based booking tool allows our TRAVELSAVERS and NEST (Network of
    Entrepreneurs Selling Travel) home-based advisors to book your hotel.
    This tool is also available to all TRAVELSAVERS front-line advisors.

Agent Extranet Hotel Program Directory (For Advisor Use Only)
   hotel search tool for advisors.
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   rovides general information including hotel amenities, GDS property
  booking codes, and more.

Concur
   s a Concur reseller, TRAVELSAVERS’ agencies have access to the TRAVELSAVERS
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  Preferred Hotel Program rates, along with the agency’s corporate negotiated rates.

Groups & Meetings Program Database
  T  RAVELSAVERS provides the GBTA RFP fields we capture for your hotel’s groups,
  meetings and convention information into a database for Acclaim Meetings. Acclaim
  Meetings delivers complete meeting planning services.
  G roups and meeting information is also shared with TRAVELSAVERS member agencies to
   access when completing RFPs for their clients.

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PROGRAM PARTICIPATION & FEES

  OPTION 1: Preferred Program

USD $800, Includes:
     SA Preferred Rate Code – load all room rates in Amadeus, Apollo/Galileo, Sabre and
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    Worldspan
      S8 Promotional Rate Code load any restricted rates, such as pre-paid rates, minimum
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     room night required rates, etc., or any travel agent rates, FAMs or distressed inventory into
     this rate code for added exposure and production
      bility to load all room types in addition to the fields available on the RFP
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      ne rate audit to verify your rates are loaded in the GDS correctly1
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      istribution:
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     •	tripXpress – Online booking tool for TRAVELSAVERS and NEST members contains the
        TRAVELSAVERS Preferred Hotel Program rate codes, hotel photos, amenities and more
     •	Concur – TRAVELSAVERS’ supplier rates are loaded in Concur, an online booking tool
        (OBT) that contains the TRAVELSAVERS Preferred Hotel Program rates and corporate
        negotiated rates
     • Acclaim Meetings – Groups and meetings program database participation
     • Agent Extranet – Hotel will be listed in our online hotel directory
      arketing:
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     • Agent Extranet Hotel Program Directory (For Agency Use Only)

  OPTION 2: Preferred Enhanced Program

USD $999 (value USD $1,750), includes everything under the Preferred Program above, plus:
     5% discount off all TRAVELSAVERS hotel marketing opportunities for 20212
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      nhanced listing in tripXpress (hotel preference display)
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      otel Marketing – Advertise in Business Analyst Update Email to promote an advisor
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     incentive. You will receive one ad in one email send3.
     •	A weekly email, due date: 10 days prior to run date
     • Title and up to 50 words of text plus call to action
     • Can link to a URL or PDF
     • Please provide an offer or special that advisors can use

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         Rate audits are done in Q1 and only hotels not loaded correctly at that time will be notified
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         Only available for individual property advertising
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         Date is chosen based on availability at TRAVELSAVERS discretion. Must be used in the year of participation.

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SUBMISSION DATE

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    eptember 30, 2020

   FILE SUBMISSION

   Due Diligence by the hotelier is required to ensure all required data meets required GBTA file
   specs. Those files that render themselves incomplete will be returned for resubmission in an
   expedited fashion. TRAVELSAVERS will accept late submissions after the specified cut-off date
   for GDS viewership on a request basis.

   INVOICING

   TRAVELSAVERS will provide an invoice and a list of payment methods. A corresponding
   hotel list based on the electronic data submitted (RFP) will also be included. The said
   invoice is the responsibility of contractor and payable in one payment within 30 days of
   receipt of invoice.

     Billing Method
     One Master Invoice i.e., Central billing detailing each hotel and all fees; or
     Individual invoices per hotel

   OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Please make sure to review the Terms and Conditions, TRAVELSAVERS 2019 Top City Room
Night Production and 2021 TRAVELSAVERS Media Kit

   QUESTIONS?

    otel RFP Questions:
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     Trisha Hall, Senior Director, Hotel Programs
     +1 303 876 4141, thall@travelsavers.com

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