Travel Industry Discounts

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IHG Hotel Group – Travel Industry Discounts on 5,000 global hotels

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Deal At A Glance

Link:  IHG Agent Website
Details: Once registered there is a separate Travel Industry part of the website where you can easily check available industry rates
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: Travel Industry Only rates – proof of employment (business card, or letter on your company letterhead) required.
Potential savings: 50%
Ease of use: Once you’ve gone through the process of registering it’s very simple.

 

Further Information

The IHG (Intercontinental Hotel Group) have close to 5,000 hotels in more than 100 countries, given they also offer generous discounts to those of us employed in the travel industry they are one of the hotel groups you need to check out before booking any trip.

Their brands include: Candlewood Suites, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Holiday Inn Express, Hotel Indigo, InterContinental, Staybridge Suites with a couple of luxury hotel brands in the pipeline.

Most importantly to us – they have excellent availability of travel industry discounts. As you expect though, they do have strict requirements – and require you to pre-register, and provide proof of ID at check-in.

One of the most important things to note is that IHG Industry Rates can be cancelled without penalty as long as it is cancelled by 6pm on the day of arrival – giving you greater flexibility to pre-book a couple of weekend breaks when you spot good rates. You even get IHG Reward Club Points (in almost all other situations you will never get loyalty points for industry rates).

The only thing to note is that you need to book at least 24 hours in advance. When you register you are asked for “IATA, CLIA, TIDS, TRUE, OSSN or similar number” – which implies that your ATOL or ABTA number can be used.

Rates are a ‘minimum of 35% off’ – but we’ve found plenty of hotels offering 50% discounts.

Deal Recap

Link:  IHG Agent Website
Details: Once registered there is a separate Travel Industry part of the website where you can easily check available industry rates
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: Travel Industry Only rates – proof of employment (business card, or letter on your company letterhead) required.
Potential savings: 50%
Ease of use: Once you’ve gone through the process of registering it’s very simple.

Thai Airways Industry Fares 2018

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Thai Airways have released their 2018 Industry Fares to a wide range of destinations in Thailand and Asia. Fares start at £404 per person including all taxes, and you can take upto 3 companions! It’s easy to check availability before you travel (longhaul in W Class).

Thailand has a wide range of hotels offering industry discounts as well – we’ll be covering these over the weeks to come.

Needless to say that Thai Airways are a fantastic airlines – offering genuine hospitality from the moment you step on board (this is the voice of experience rather than a PR release!). We strongly recommend you try and book onto their once daily A380 departure – or if it returns to the LHR route – their brand spanking new A350.

Rumours of a launch from Manchester have been spreading for a while, so fingers crossed for this – and of course a few industry fares and FAM trips to promote the routes!

Link: Further Details Thai Airways Industry Fares
Details: Cannot book more than 30 days in advance of travel – use your GDS to check availability (longhaul in W Class)
Book By: 30 NOV 18 – for travel 09 APR 18 – 12 JUL 18 / 13 AUG 18 – 07 DEC 18
Eligibility:  Proof of employment in UK Travel Industry Required at time of booking – not valid for airline staff
Ease Of Use: Straightforward

New Travelodge offer: Winter rooms for £29 or less

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OK, we’ve highlighted that Travelodge do not offer Travel Industry Discounts before.

But, they are well worth keeping an eye on, especially when they launch offers as they can still be considerably cheaper than staff offers at other hotel brands!

And indeed they have just launched a new batch of £29 rooms (700,000 to be precise) – so get booking! This includes London – central London hotels from £34.

Link: Travelodge New Winter Rooms for £29 Offer
Details: No special code required
Book By: 31.03.2018 – for travel 02.12.2017 – 31.03.2018, but of course, first come, first served
Eligibility:  Available for everyone
Ease Of Use: Straightforward

 

 

Accor Hotels – Up To 30% Off For Travel Industry Employees

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The Deal At A Glance

Link: Accor Hotels
Details: Once you have all necessary codes, just scroll down to ‘Pro Solutions’ then ‘Travel Professionals’. From here, you can make your booking and take advantage of the savings.
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: You will need to have a valid IATA/TIDS/CLIA/TRUE/RT code
Ease Of Use: Once you’ve got everything in place, it’s very straightforward.

 

Further Details

With 4,100 hotels spanning 91 countries and five continents, Accor’s Hotel ranges offer a vast array of standards and styles. In short, there is an Accor Hotel to suit every type of trip and purpose for travel.

The sheer volume of hotels and range of options mean that the travel industry discounts available are hugely beneficial to people in our trade.

We have found that savings of around 30% are possible and there seems to be a far greater availability of discounted rooms than is the case with other leading chains.

It is even possible to get discounted rates on family-friendly European hotels where you can get a family of four in the same room (anyone who has tried finding a family friendly hotel in Rome will understand why this is important!). The Suite Novotel and Adagio ranges are the ones to look out for if searching for these family deals.

Registering for the discounts takes a little time – we talk you through the process below – but once that’s done the booking is straightforward.

Once registered, to book you simply head to the dedicated travel industry booking site where you can search and book against real-time availability

How To Register For Accor Hotel Discounts

To be eligible for discounted Accor Hotel rates you need a STAR (Special Travel Agency Rates) code, fortunately to get one you only need to fill out a simple form online.

You will need to enter either your IATA/TIDS or RT code. Of the abbreviations, if you only recognise ‘IATA’ and have your own – great. If you’re not IATA, you can apply for an ‘RT’ code – click on ‘Your Access Codes’ to download a straight-forward application form which have your contact details on.

Once you’ve received your RT code, you need a STAR code & contract… fortunately Accor now provide this for Independent Agencies:

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The Deal Recap

Link: Accor Hotels
Details: Once you have all necessary codes, just scroll down to ‘Pro Solutions’ then ‘Travel Professionals’. From here, you can make your booking and take advantage of the savings.Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: You will need to have a valid IATA/TIDS/CLIA/TRUE/RT code and also have proof of travel industry status at check in.
Ease Of Use: Once you’ve got everything in place, it’s very straightforward.

Hotel Du Vin Pre-Christmas Offers

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We will be covering Hotel Du Vin in length over the coming weeks with regards to Industry Discounts– however a quick offer has flashed up that we think would appeal to those of you planning a pre-Christmas getaway.

This extremely elegant English hotel group is offering a ‘Week before Christmas’ special – at £99 per room per night – including continental breakfast, and a 2 course celebration dinner. Those of you fortunate enough to have eaten at one of the Hotel Du Vin’s before will know they are renowned for their excellent food.

As for value? A quick check of the prices for the Wimbledon hotel on December 23rd shows how great this offer is – the next cheapest price is for a Room Only rate at £174.

Valid at the following Hotel Du Vin hotels: Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Harrogate, Henley, Newcastle, Poole, St Andrews, Tunbridge Wells, Wimbledon, Winchester & York

Link:  Hotel Du Vin ‘Week Before Christmas’
Details: Valid for stays at selected hotels from 20th-23rd December
Book by:  Book by 29th November
Eligibility: Excellent consumer offer so open to all
Ease of use: Very easy

Last Minute Offers – Accor hotels this weekend from £25

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Accor hotels (Mercure, Pullman, Ibis & Novotel) has been running secret ‘Happy Monday’ offers that actually run on Tuesdays as well, for offers at a variety of their hotels across the UK & Dublin for stays the same weekend (Friday, Saturday & Sundays) from £25 – £40 per room per night (room only).

Availability is exceptional – this Friday 25 hotels in London have offers – rising to 35 this Sunday night. On Saturday you can book a number of London Ibis Hotels (including the ones at Excel, Gatwick, Heathrow and Luton Airports) for £25. Other notable deals include the Mercure Brighton Seafront Hotel from £40 (notable as Brighton hotels often have a minimum stay – not so with this offer). You are supposed to be a subscriber to their newsletter, or a member of Le ClubAccor – which is worth joining anyway, but you can access the availability and book without this.

Link: Accor Happy Mondays
Details: Valid for stays this Friday, Saturday & Sunday only, for selected hotels in the UK & Dublin only.
Book by: Tuesday – or until available rooms run out!
Eligibility: Available for all
Ease of use: Very easy!

Limited time London Hotel Offers

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London is a difficult place to get really good hotels, but here are two great options.

Travelodge – 20% off London stays for bookings until 11th October
As it says in the headline! These are not exclusive for Travel Industry staff, but can often be the cheapest with locations throughout London.

Link: Travelodge Hotel London Sales
Details: Enter code LONDON20 for 20% off Flexi and Saver rates
Book by: 11th October for stays 01st November to 31st January.
Eligibility: No Industry Deals, so all rates available to everyone and anyone!
Ease of use: The code can only be used when checking out – so makes hunting for available hotels a little harder

New Hilton London Bankside
Hilton’s new London Bankside hotel opens October 12th – great location for the Tate Modern and Borough Market – and as a result has great Travel Agent availability. Normally Hilton availability is sketchy – or limited to Sundays only. The Bankside has great availability by comparison and is easily searched and booked, and on most days is 50% off (from £97 per room per night, but £125 is fairly typical).

Hilton London Bankside
Hilton London Bankside (copyright Hilton Hotels)

Travel Industry Rates are Room Only – so have a look at the Executive Rooms with Lounge Access as an upgrade that includes breakfast)

Link: http://www.hilton.com
Details: Enter ‘AL’ in the Promotion Code Box
Book By: Ongoing, but you can only book the rate within 90 days of arrival.
Eligibility: Valid for travel agents or airline employees. ID can be requested at check-in. In fact, it was requested for one of our stays.
Ease Of Use: Straightforward if you click ‘flexible dates’ as availability at some hotels can be minimal.