A few days after announcing the acquisition of Rydoo's Travel businessCDS Groupe is strengthening its position in its core business, corporate hotel reservations, by opening up to the content of Amadeus Value Hotels. The aggregator developed by Amadeus represents an offer of more than 500,000 establishments worldwide which travel agents will now be able to offer their customers at attractive prepaid rates.
" Taking advantage of our global footprint, we negotiate competitive ratesplus the guarantee of...
A few days after announcing the acquisition of Rydoo's Travel businessCDS Groupe is strengthening its position in its core business, corporate hotel reservations, by opening up to the content of Amadeus Value Hotels. The aggregator developed by Amadeus represents an offer of more than 500,000 establishments worldwide which travel agents will now be able to offer their customers at attractive prepaid rates.
" Taking advantage of our global footprint, we negotiate competitive ratesWe are very pleased to be able to offer these services to all agencies connected with CDS Groupe. We are delighted to be able to offer this service to all agencies connected to the CDS Group."said Bertrand Poey, Managing Director, France, Amadeus. At the same time, Ziad Minkara, Managing Director of CDS Groupe, stressed that the Amadeus Value Hotels offer was " expected by our agencies "It will now be available through various Self-Booking-Tools such as The Treep, KDS, Concur and Traveldoo.
This partnership gives CDS and its customer agencies access not only to this extensive content, but also and above all to a booking system that enables them to easily compare several hotel offers on a single screen. Using filters, travel agents will have access to relevant information on the services offered by the establishments in order to find the hotel best suited to their customers' needs. In addition, on-screen indicators highlight the most competitive room combinations and rates.
In addition to these selection functions, travel agents can also choose between different tariffs and payment options and have payment taken care of, all as part of a simplified billing and reconciliation process for agencies.
