AMERICAN Express Global Business Travel (GBT) has today announced a significant expansion of its accommodation offering, boosting inventory available through its existing partnership with Booking.com.
The move gives companies and business travellers access to more than two million properties worldwide, available through GBT’s online booking tool (OBT).
Options include major chain hotels, independent properties, extended stay options and non-traditional lodging, while GBT said its relationships with major groups and third party travel partners provided clients access to loyalty member rates and additional rate discounts across a range of inventory sources.
“With the expansion of the accommodation program, they can now also access special Booking.com discounts at thousands of properties worldwide,” the firm said, including Booking.com “Genius” rates which offer savings of at least 10% on every booking.
Amex GBT Vice President of Global Supplier Relations Wesley Bergstrom said “we are determined to give clients and travellers access to the widest range of accommodation choices, with a vast range of properties and property types, all bookable through OBTs”.
Bergstrom said the expansion meant business travellers now had no reason to search for accommodation anywhere else.
“They can find everything they want in one place, and confirm their accommodation and transportation in a single booking.
“It means more choice and convenience for the traveller; more value and improved compliance for the client,” he said.
Source: traveldaily