CCRA Travel Solutions Reports A 48% Annual Increase in Hotel Room Nights Booked Through CCRATravel.com
Travel Agents Are Putting More Heads in Hotel Beds and Earning Higher Commissions, Through CCRA's Enhanced Hotel Booking Portal
FORT WORTH, TX, November 18, 2010
CCRA Travel Solutions - a leading provider of business-related solutions for the travel professional - is pleased to report a 48% yr/yr increase in hotel room nights booked through the CCRATravel.com agent portal through August 2010. During the same period, GDS hotel reservations went up just over 26%, according to the August 2010 issue of The Pegasus View. CCRA attributes the increase in portal hotel bookings to the introduction of two new, travel agent programs that were made available to registered agents at the end of 2009: CCRA Cash Rewards and the popular 15% COMMISSION/ Express enhanced rate program."CCRA Travel Solutions is delighted to report that travel agent hotel bookings are on the rise," said Peter Pincus, President of CCRA's Global Network Division, "The steady increase in hotel room nights booked through our portal over the past year coupled with the rise of GDS hotel reservations overall, suggests that more consumers are now seeking the services of travel professionals for booking their hotel and lodging accommodations. Now is the perfect time for agents to benefit from CCRATravel.com's enhanced portal offerings and hotel booking incentives, as well as to provide clients with some of the best real-time rates available."
CCRA continues to receive a tremendous response from travel professionals who are taking advantage of the new COMMISSION/Express enhanced rate category offered through CCRATravel.com, which enables agents to earn 15% commission on inventory at tens of thousands of hotels worldwide. Registered agents have already earned over $250,000 dollars in commissions from this new 15% rate program alone, and CCRA is now reconciling and issuing commission payments on a weekly basis so travel agent partners can earn more money, faster.
CCRA also reports that over 9,000 travel agents are currently enrolled in their CCRACa$hRewards incentive program, which pays agents an additional dollar for every consumed hotel room night booked through CCRAtravel.com.
CCRA's COMMISSION/Express and Cash Rewards Program are available to all certified travel agents (who have valid travel ID's, such as TRUE, IATA, CLIA or TIDS) who register on CCRATravel.com. Registering for CCRA's travel agent portal is FREE - and provides real-time discounted rates and booking options for tens of thousands of hotels worldwide. Additionally, many CCRA travel suppliers provide agents with preferred rates and exclusive promotions that are only available for bookings made on CCRAtravel.com. For more information or to register, agents can visit http://www.CCRAtravel.com and click "REGISTER."
ABOUT CCRA TRAVEL SOLUTIONS
CCRA Travel Solutions is a leading travel industry consortium providing business related solutions for the professional travel agent and industry supplier. CCRA provides a viable alternative for agencies, which do not have access to the GDS, through CCRATravel.com.
CCRATravel.com is a unique hotel booking portal that offers agents real-time availability for up to five different rate categories on a single search at over 160,000 hotels worldwide. Agents can choose the best option for each client from GDS rates, Promotional rates, Internet rates, Net rates and the new 15% Enhanced Commission rate category. An additional feature allows agents to set their own commission by adding their own mark-up to Net rates.
CCRA also reconciles and pays commissions on a weekly basis for transactions made through CCRATravel.com. Agents who book net and enhanced commission rates are paid within 10 days of booking. Commissions due on consumed transactions are paid within 10 days of receipt of those commissions by CCRA Travel solutions.
For more information on CCRA Travel Solutions, visit http://www.CCRA.com.
CCRATravel.com is a unique hotel booking portal that offers agents real-time availability for up to five different rate categories on a single search at over 160,000 hotels worldwide. Agents can choose the best option for each client from GDS rates, Promotional rates, Internet rates, Net rates and the new 15% Enhanced Commission rate category. An additional feature allows agents to set their own commission by adding their own mark-up to Net rates.