Restel, one of the world's leading hotel reservation centers, integrated within the Tourism area of the Hotusa Group, has signed a strategic agreement with the travel connections marketplace TravelgateX to expand international distribution.
"The objective of this agreement is to expand the international distribution network, with Europe, USA, Latin America and Asia being key areas of action in the development of both businesses", commented Carlos Vizcarro, Partner Account Manager of Restel.
For her part, Anna Igual, Director of Growth at TravelgateX specified that "at the moment the volume of business of this agreement is unpredictable, but we hope that TravelgateX can add value from the technology we have as specialists in online connections".
For Partners interested in this agreement, the possibilities are: More than 200K hotels with more than 30K direct hoteliers, competitive rates, presence in more than 10,000 tourist destinations in more than 150 countries, 24/7 multilingual service. The company has advanced technology that guarantees access to its portfolio of hotels in high availability. It currently markets both through its own extranet to more than 25,000 travel agencies and through its API to more than 1,000 distributors: the main travel agencies and tour operators worldwide.
TravelgateX is the marketplace that connects the largest network of travel suppliers in the world. It has been operating since 2012 and already surpasses a record turnover of more than 3.2 billion euros per year in the travel industry. A booking every 8 seconds, more than 600 partners connected with 3,000 online connections, 3 billion daily requests and more than 9 million euros a day moving in the travel sector thanks to tourism connections.