Spanish group Meliá Hotels International is expanding its B2B solutions. The hotelier already offers, through its Meliá PRO, dedicated offers for businesses and event organisers. With the launch of "Meliá PRO Business Traveller: Benefits & Rewards", the group has chosen to address business travellers directly.
So, in addition to special corporate rates, this new programme adds 10 advantagesThese range from booking services with B2B specialists to paperless check-in, priority reception and express check-out on the day of departure, all of which can be accompanied by a takeaway breakfast for travellers with breakfast-inclusive fares. For early morning departures, business travellers can take advantage of a coffee and tea station.
Among the other services offered during their stay, the "Meliá PRO Business Traveller: Benefits & Rewards" programme includes a free bottle of water, a vertical steam iron in the room on request, as well as the following guarantees access to a workspace and premium Wi-Fi. The programme also includes discounts at the hotel's restaurants and with room service.
In addition, while Meliá Hotels International's B2B programme offers travellers up to an extra 20 % off their leisure stays if they use their company code, the new programme also enables them to earn MeliáRewards points to use on their holidays.
The timing of this launch, in the middle of the new academic year, is by no means insignificant. We expect a boom in business travel in the last quarter of the yearsaid Francisca Mérida, Senior Director of Corporate Sales Strategy. During this crucial recovery period, our aim is toimproving the experience of business travellers with a programme tailored to their needs and travel experience. "This programme is offered in 76 Melia Group hotels around the world, in 45 major cities such as Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Shanghai and New York.
