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Radisson Hotels (including Park Plaza & Park Inn) Travel Industry Discounts

November 5, 2018 By Anna Leave a Comment

Deal At A Glance

Link UK, Europe & Rest of World Hotels: Radisson, Park Plaza & Park Inn Hotels
Link USA & Americas Hotels: Radisson, Park Plaza & Park Inn Hotels
Details: Simply enter TVLAGENT in the Promotional Code Box
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: Very strictly Travel Industry only rates – You will be required to present ID at check-in
Flexibility: Card details required, free cancellation 24-48 hours prior to arrival (depending on destination)
Ease of use: Exceptionally easy to use

Updated information for 2022

It is clear that the parent group (Carlson Rezidor) are now pushing their main brand – Radisson, and their sub-brands including Radisson Blu, Radisson Red, Radisson Individuals, however for those of us in the UK we will still be familiar with Park Plaza and Park Inn hotels (less so their final brand Country Inn). However, the Travel Industry Code searches all brands making searches simple, and the savings remain excellent at times.

Discounts are particularly strong in cities where the Radisson operates most hotels – such as in London.

Further details

This is our type of deal – generous and easy to use, savings of 50% are not uncommon.

You may not know Carlson Rezidor – but their brands have over 1,300 hotels in 70 countries (making it the 10^th biggest hotel group).

This group includes Radisson – largely luxury city based hotels in the US, Radisson Blu – the Radisson hotels based in Europe, Asia and Africa and Blu Edwardian Hotels which are 14 luxury hotels in the UK.

The mid range Park Plaza & Park Inn have hotels throughout the world – and frequently have agent rates for as little as £27.50 a night.

If you join their loyalty scheme Look to Book you can also earn award nights on most of their agent rates.

Most importantly – searching for agent rates is simple, with flexible searches and excellent availability. We just did a quick check for discounts in London in two month’s time and found savings at every hotel, with most in the 30 to 40% range.

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Marriott Hotels – Travel Industry Agent Discounts

November 5, 2018 By Anna Leave a Comment

Deal At A Glance

Link: www.marriott.co.uk
Details: Enter code ‘’TVL’ under ‘Corporate/promotional code’
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: Available to active travel agents, wholesale/tour operators, incentive company, commercial airline (an airline that is in the business of transporting passengers, not packages), and Hertz employees. Staff ID will be checked – check your ‘Rate Rules’ for appropriate ID.
Potential savings: Up to 50%
Ease of use: Very simple

Further Information

The Marriott group is a global brand with more than 500 hotels (50 of which are in the UK) and locations as varied as Aruba, Armenia, Vietnam and Virgin Islands.

Marriott is also renowned for its agent friendly approach to agent rates, with generally great availability, and a simple to use agent discount search.

Discounts offered vary from 15%-50%. We ran numerous searches on the site and found good availability and many discounts approaching that magical 50% figure. Popular locations at busy times are unlikely to get that level of discount, but 20 to 30% is still common.

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Starwood Hotels – Travel Industry Discount Rates

November 1, 2018 By Anna 2 Comments

Deal At A Glance

Link: www.spg.com/pro to join
Details: You must join, log-in, complete the first learning module, then find the ‘PROLEARNING’ link at the bottom, then you will find the ‘Book Starpro Rates link’ – or if you are logged in – just click here
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: Must present proper identification as detailed above when booking and upon check-in
Potential savings: 40% is common
Ease of use: Fairly straightforward once you have registered and jumped through the initial hoops and know where to find the link…
Note: There is a separate ‘Travel Professional Rate’, however this serves up smaller discounts as outlined below.

Further Information

One of our most requested hotel chains is Starwood – perhaps not by name, but by one of the myriad of largely luxury brands they own.

You’ll probably know their brands – Sheraton, Westin, The Luxury Collection, the luxury boutique W Hotels brand, St. Regis, Le Méridien and an upcoming range of mid-priced properties such as Aloft, Four Points by Sheraton and the first environmentally friendly chain – Element by Westin.

With 25% of the 1,200 hotels under the Starwood brand being in the United States, they are a great place to explore Travel Industry rates – which fortunately are relative straightforward to find – once you’ve signed up.

Starwood operates a SPG Pro Programme where you are expected to join Starwoods Frequent Traveller Programme. You also (as per most US Centric Programmes) expected to enter an IATA/TIDS/ARC/TRUE/CLIA number. With the majority of these being irrelevant to us in the UK – enter your IATA, or some people have entered that of their Consolidators if they do not have their own. Always carry ID on check-in (business cards / letter of employment on headed notepaper).

After signing up – head to the Pro Learning Section where you must pass the straightforward Loyalty and Brands section – this is essential to get access to StarPro rates.

And it’s well worth it. For example – we found the W Hotel in Leicester Square at a 40% saving.

It should also be mentioned that Starwood also offers a secondary ‘Travel Professional Rate’, but this was vastly inferior in price and availability compared to the Star Pro rates in every case we examined – so we recommend you spend a bit more time going through the Starwood training programme to access the better rates.

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NH Hotels – Travel Industry Discounts in Spain, Italy and more

November 1, 2018 By Anna Leave a Comment

Deal At A Glance

Link: http://www.nh-hotels.com/travel-agents/signup
Details: Dedicated Travel Industry Page allowing straightforward online booking of Industry Rates. However you much register in advance.
Book by: Ongoing.
Eligibility: This rate can only be booked by Travel Industry Employees and identification will be checked.
Potential savings: 40% is common
Ease Of Use: Straightforward once registered.

Further Information

NH Hotels are one of the world’s largest hotel chains with 363 hotels worldwide – predominantly in the Americas and Europe. Most are 3* & 4* Urban hotels.

The majority of the hotels are in Spain, Italy & Germany, with some interesting properties in Argentina and Mexico.

However they are also worth checking out for their single property countries – with the NH London Kensington and Jolly Madison Towers in New York, and the stand out NH Lord Charles in the wine country just outside Cape Town.

To take advantage of travel industry savings you register in advance – but once you approved, the travel agents section of their website makes booking very simple. Discounts of 40% are common – and they handily place the agent rate against normal rates so you can see you are making a genuine saving.

It’s worth registering in advance even if you do not have a trip planned as it can take up to seven days to be approved.