Havas, AirPlus: MagicStay weaves its web in business travel

MagicStay took advantage of the IFTM Top Resa to make two high-profile partnerships official. The flat booking platform has joined forces with business travel agency Havas Voyages and payment solutions specialist AirPlus.
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MagicStay signed an agreement with AirPlus during the IFTM Top Resa trade fair

The start-up is becoming institutionalised, the alternative is becoming the norm: for a long time classified in the category of new entrants on the business travel market, MagicStay is gradually changing dimension, thanks to partnerships that are strengthening its position and consolidating its legitimacy. In just two days, at the IFTM Top Resa held at Porte de Versailles, the hosting platform stood out with two major agreements.

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Michel Dinh, Managing Director of Havas Voyages, and Valéry Linÿer co-founder and CEO of MagicEvent

The first, signed on 26 September, takes the form of a distribution agreement with Havas Voyages. " The Magic Stay offer will complement the Havas Voyages hotel offering of more than 600,000 accommodation unitsIt will be available in real time on all Havas Voyages booking solutions, both business and leisure: TravelSolutions, TravelMaker, TravelAssistant, etc. "says the travel agency.

win over customers looking for an end-to-end solution for booking alternative accommodation

The second partnership, which was also made official on the MagicStay stand, enables customers ofAirPlus to book their accommodation using their accommodation card. Julie Troussicot, Managing Director of AirPlus France, comments " an important step in the ongoing expansion of AirPlus acceptance ". " This represents an opportunity to win over customers who have been looking for an end-to-end solution for booking alternative accommodation for several years. "adds Julie Troussicot. These two agreements should help to evangelise the business travel market, while reassuring companies with distribution and payment methods that improve the centralisation and monitoring of expenditure.

MagicStay had already made a name for itself at the beginning of September by signing an agreement with Société Générale, giving all the banking group's employees access to the Weezard Apartment Booking Tool solution when they travel on business.