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Dusit Hotels – Travel Industry Discounts

November 5, 2018 By Anna Leave a Comment

The Deal At A Glance

Link: Dusit Hotels
Details: Enter code “promoindust” into Corporate/Promotion Code box
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: For Travel Agents – and staff ID is required upon check-in for verification
Potential Savings: Up to 50%
Ease of use: Very simple with excellent availability

Further Information

Originally a Thai focussed chain, Dusit Hotels have slowly extended their reach further afield into a range of business and leisure hotels throughout Asia and the Middle East as well as the Maldives.

Their original Bangkok Hotel, the Dusit Thani, has a great location in central Bangkok next to Lumpini Park, and it’s worth checking out their 4* brand (Royal Princess) and the boutique styled d2 hotels for great value.

Most importantly to us, they offer a 50% discount on their properties for those in the travel industry, on what are already great valued luxury hotels.

A quick check on availability finds a wide range of dates for the Dusit Thani at 50% off (coming in about £50). It is worth noting that the rates exclude taxes, another tip is to look for Club Room upgrades as these give some great deals on breakfast.

As for the Maldives, they offer 50% off Beach Villas and Water Villas with Pools throughout most dates (even Christmas & New Year) – but this is an uber-luxury resort – with prices ranging upwards of $500 and going into four-figures in peak season. You should take into account that the Industry rates are Room Only – so food & drink will also need to be budgeted for.

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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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Anantara Hotels – Travel Industry Discount Information

November 1, 2018 By Anna Leave a Comment

The Deal At A Glance

Link: Anantara Hotels
Details: Enter ‘TIR’ in the Promotion Code Box
Book By: Ongoing
Eligibility: Valid for travel agents or airline employees. ID can and will be requested at check-in.
Ease Of Use: Very easy, how every Travel Industry Rate should be!

Further Details

We love Anantara Hotels, whether you chose a villa or suite and in any location, the feel is always luxurious and relaxed.

Anantara (and it’s other brands including Avani) have a number of hotels in Thailand – from all Pool Villa Anantara Rasananda on Koh Phangan to great family accommodation at the Anantara Baan Rajprasong in Bangkok. They also have fantastic hotels in other countries – from Bali to Mozambique!

What we also love is how easy it is to take advantage of their generous offers available to travel industry employees.

You simply go to their site, search for a location and dates and then apply the code in the promotions box. Job done.

We recommend having two tabs open, put the promotion code in one and then do the exact same search only without the code, this is the easiest way to get a sense of how much you are saving. It is not uncommon to find savings of well beyond 30%.

Please let us know how you get on with this discount in the comments section of this page – what’s your favourite Anantara getaway?

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

October 20, 2018 By Anna Leave a Comment

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.

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Last minute industry offers for the 5* Datai, Langkawi!

September 23, 2015 By Anna Leave a Comment

We’ve been alerted to a last minute travel industry offer at the very 5* Langkawi in Datai!

For this offer at this stunning property on one of Malaysia’s most incredible beaches, contact the hotel direct for bookings, but please note that Travel Industry ID will need to be provided at check-in.

As a comparison, the best available rate booking direct is MYR 1050 including taxes.

We are pleased to announce on behalf of The Datai in Langkawi their revised industry rates.

The offer is open to all travel and airline staff and can be used for both business and personal breaks.

Prices start from MYR 780 Nett in a Deluxe Room and MYR 1200 Nett in a Superior Villa.

Rates include the following:

Daily Signature Breakfast
Guided morning or evening nature walks led by our Resident Naturalist
15% discount off spa treatments (excluding packages)
Complimentary use of non-motorized water sports equipment
Welcome beverage and cold towel upon arrival and in-room welcome amenity
Complimentary Wi-Fi

Terms and Conditions

Rates are per room per night and valid until 31^st October 2015.

Valid for travel industry personnel only and valid company ID to be presented upon check-in.

Not valid in conjunction with any other promotions, groups and existing bookings.

Rates quoted are non-commissionable.

For more information or reservations please contact +60 4 9500 500, [email protected] or visit www.thedatai.com.

The Elysian Bali – Fancy a private pool villa in uber-trendy Seminyak?

October 6, 2014 By Anna Leave a Comment

One of Bali’s top all-private pool villa hotels, The Elysian has launched an agent rate of US$195 (+ tax) for travel from now until 26^th December (yes Christmas is currently available!).

Your One Bed Private Pool Villa

Set in Seminyak (home of most of Bali’s trendiest bars and restaurants) the Elysian is only a short walk from Seminyak beach (a great place to learn to surf), and a wonderful luxurious base to explore the rest of Bali.

Seminyak Beach – a wonderful sunset spot

Current consumer rates are US$406.56 (including tax) so US$235.95 (including tax) is a wonderful saving.

Have a look at Trip Advisor to see how highly rated the Elysian is: www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotels-g469404-Seminyak_Bali-Hotels.html

Link: www.theelysian.com
Details: E-mail the hotel at [email protected] directly quoting TE-IN (say you came from T.I Discounts)
Book by: Travel by 26^th December 2014
Eligibility: Available to ‘Industry Travel Friends’ – a copy of your staff ID, like a business card should be attached to the booking (to be made from your work e-mail address).
Ease of use: Could not be easier!

Malaysia Airlines Industry Fares

September 21, 2014 By Anna Leave a Comment

We all need to show a bit of love to Malaysia Airlines – quite simply one of the best airlines you can fly with for service and smiles, but they have faced obvious recent setbacks. With British Airways also recently announcing daily flights to Kuala Lumpur, there will be challenges ahead, but MH remains one of our favourite airlines to fly in the meantime, and we encourage you to take advantage of these great fares!

They have recently announced Industry Fares for travel until 28th May 2015 (excluding peak seasons like Christmas & Easter) to Asia, Australia & New Zealand with fares starting from £378 to Kuala Lumpur and £645 to Sydney (both including tax).

These flights have to be booked directly with Malaysia Airlines so will be carefully vetted, but there is a wide range of eligibility:

“All travel agents (IATA/ATOL), Hoteliers, Tourism Board who have 12 months service, their spouse or companion (maximum 3) and children. Eligible staff are only those in permanent employment with a minimum of 12 months service. Employee and companion must travel together on all sectors. “

You should also note that it is valid on days 1, 2, 3, 4 only LHR-KUL-LHR, and not on MH 2. You can check availability in your GDS first as this books into O Class, and this MUST be booked by 30 Sep 2014.

We’re aware that amazing industry flight deals may attract attention from those not valid to book, so please note you will need to book this using your work e-mail, and ID will be checked upon boarding (and you could be denied boarding if you fail to show it).

With this in mind and to prevent abuse of the offer, for further details simply e-mail us at [email protected] from your work e-mail address and we will forward further details on how you can book directly with the airline.

Oberoi’s Bali & Lombok

September 20, 2014 By Anna Leave a Comment

Although primarily renowned for their luxury hotels in India, the 5* hotel chain Oberoi Hotels have two little gems in Bali & Lombok. They are currently offering a Travel Trade Special Rate for these two properties for Indonesia’s low season (November through March). Although low season does coincide with the ‘rains’ – these predominantly fall in January & February – but even then at a fraction of what you might find in other monsoon hit areas of Asia. November is especially is a lovely time to hit these islands in Indonesia’s ‘Ring of Fire’.

We especially recommend the gorgeous resort of the Oberoi Lombok, sat as on it’s own private beach overlooking the Gili Islands (perfect for combining with some snorkelling or even recovering from a full moon party on Gili Trawangan!).

At first glance the rates do not look too special – a flat US$250, with consumer rates on their website around US$315 after tax – but most direct bookings do not include a lavish breakfast which will put you back another US$20 each. The two day maximum stay seems rather ungenerous, but both Bali & Lombok are made for exploring!

However, these are undoubtably wonderful 5* hotels that will be the highlight of your stay. Also Upgrades to Higher Room Categories are offered subject to availability at check-in – and in the low season you’d be unlucky to not get an upgrade.

Look at combining with the Alila Ubud on Bali (trade rates through Design Hotels: http://www.tidiscounts.com/2014/09/03/design-hotels/ or the Novotel Lombok on the beautiful untouched south coast of Bali (via Accor: http://www.tidiscounts.com/2014/09/12/accor-hotels/)

Link: http://www.oberoihotels.com/
Details: US$250 prpn Oberoi Bali (Luxury Lanai Garden View) or Oberoi Lombok (Luxury Pavilion Garden View) including all taxes and breakfast.
Book by: No book by date, but valid for stays 01 Nov – 20 Dec 2014 & 10 Jan – 31 Mar 2015)
Eligibility: Available to Travel Agents Only – ID Required upon check-in
Ease Of Use: Easy – e-mail their Director of Sales Sukesi Windyarini on [email protected] to book.