[August 2019] Small Luxury Hotels of the World™ (SLH) is bolstering its ties with the travel trade through the development of a new travel agency programme aimed at gathering the very best travel agencies in the world. Hand-picked agencies have been invited to join SLH’s new exclusive travel community curated by a specialist global sales team to enjoy best available rates with the inclusion of special benefits and upgrades. A total of 360 prestigious travel agencies across the globe have so far adhered to the exclusive programme including 8 Continents Travel (China), RASK Travel (UK), Atelier Voyage (Germany), Smartflyer (Australia), Protravel International (USA) and Superviagem (Brazil).
Launched in July, the withIN programme is now bookable via the GDS and the SLH Voice reservations team, with a dedicated travel agent website expected to launch in Q1 2020. Affiliated travel agencies are granted commission levels at 10% on standard room types and 15% on suites (subject to a minimum of two nights). Travel agencies signed up to the programme are also able to secure highly attractive benefits for their customers including
- Room upgrade to next room category (subject to availability at the time of check-in)
- Early check-in/late check-out (subject to availability at the time of check-in)
- A credit worth minimum $50 per room, per stay to be spent on non-accommodation extras such as food & beverage and spa on property
- Complimentary WIFI
235 SLH hotels have so far confirmed their participation to the programme including brand new properties such as The Celino South Beach (Miami), Ovolo The Valley (Brisbane), The Merchant House (Bahrain), Finca Serena (Mallorca), Vintry & Mercer (London) and The Outpost Hotel Sentosa (Singapore).
Carsten Lima, Vice President of Sales for Small luxury Hotels of the World (EMEA), says “We strongly believe in investing in our partnership approach to working with the best travel agencies so our relationship with them continues to go from strength to strength. With the launch of withIN, we are making this partnership approach bigger and better, so that selected travel agencies working with us benefit from even more opportunities to promote and sell our participating SLH hotels regardless of luxury network affiliation”.
For further information about SLH’s Preferred Agency Programme, please contact: [email protected].