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Hyatt Hotels – Travel Industry Agent Discounts Now updated for 2020

January 1, 2020 By Anna 2 Comments

Deal At A Glance

Link: Hyatt Hotels Travel Agents Page
Details: Simply Click on the big yellow Book Here Button and search!
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: Very strictly Travel Industry only rates – You will be required to present ID
Potential savings: 50% is possible, though we rarely managed to find this level of discount. Between 10 and 30% more typical.
Ease of use: Now more straightforward than ever!

2020 Update

Previously Hyatt required registration to their Travel Agents section, but they have now simplified access to Travel Agents rates making it straightforward to search and book your industry rate. We do of course emphasise that these are agent only rates – please take ID for when you check-in.

Further Information

Predominantly an American chain, Hyatt operate more than 600 hotels in over 50 countries mostly Hyatt branding (Park Hyatt, Grand Hyatt) with their boutique brand Andaz hotels being the noticeable exception.

Travel industry discounts are available and so Hyatt should be one of the brands you check out for any trip to the United States.

A quick check for a random Saturday night revealed that many properties in New York were 10-20% lower than the best rate available rate direct.

Although these are not the largest of savings it is worth noting that the rates were consistently available, this a welcome change from other groups where his discounts are advertised yet they are often only available on quiet days.

Leisure hotels (like the Grand Hyatt Bali) were typically 30% off, so do have a play around. Also note that rates are offered in US$ and typically exclude local taxes and service charges.

Deal Recap

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.

Deal Recap

Las Vegas – Travel Industry Discounts, Caesars Palace and more

November 1, 2018 By Anna Leave a Comment

Deal At A Glance

Link: http://www.caesarstravelagents.com/register
Details: Simply click on your preferred property and search your dates.
Book by: Ongoing
Eligibility: Not specified – but assume available to Travel Agents Only – ID Required upon check-in
Potential Savings: Generous, but in Vegas you never know what deal you might have got on the day… Are you a gambler?!
Ease Of Use: Very simple, just click on your preferred hotel

Further Information

Las Vegas will always remain an enigma for those in the travel industry – after all for many of us it can make up a sizeable proportion of our business, yet working out the cheapest rate can be near-on impossible. For many properties, if you sell the resort, contact your rep in the first instance as many hotels will happily comp a night or two.

If you’re in a part of the trade who doesn’t sell Las Vegas it can be harder. Consumer rates can be fantastic at times, extortionate at others.

We’ve managed to secure excellent deals rocking up to the hotel on the day with vouchers, or negotiating with the front desk, however you should be aware that a convention or big event can see room prices vary wildly (from US$32 to US$540 in the same week for dates we checked).

Fittingly, it feels like a gamble. With the deal we outline below, savings are possible but that isn’t to say you wouldn’t have got a better deal by simply turning up and bartering with the front desk…

What these deals do offer is assurance – you’ll know you’ve got a hotel room at a great rate even if there was a slim chance further savings might have been available (you might also have found yourself having to pay a fortune).

We see this range of discounts as a research tool. Register as detailed below and then check for prices, but also check out other Vegas hotels to see how the prices compare.

Deal Recap

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.

Deal Recap

OMNI Hotels – Travel Industry Discounts in United States

November 1, 2018 By Anna Leave a Comment

Deal At A Glance:

Details: Sadly, no current deals. We will update this page and and when OMNI relaunch a travel industry reduced rate service.

Further Information:

We are hopeful OMNI Hotels we bring back their popular travel industry discount rates, not least because generous discounts were available at their luxury hotels.

Not sure who OMNI are? They are a large luxury hotel brand based in the U.S.

In fact of their 60 hotels – only 4 are not U.S based – 1 in Quebec, 1 in Ontario, and what may be of interest – 2 in Cancun. The hotels are largely Southern focussed – as they are based out of Texas.

Rather than mundane business hotels, OMNI have a focus on ‘themes’, these including Golf, Beach, Spa, Ski and Tennis – so make for great destination hotels.

Deal Recap

Details: Sadly, no current deals. We will update this page and and when OMNI relaunch a travel industry reduced rate service.

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.