GlobalStar Travel Management and CCRA Travel Solutions Unveils “HotelStar” online booking portal During 2011 GBTA Convention
Denver - Colorado, USA. GlobalStar Travel Management
and CCRA Travel Solutions officially unveiled GlobalStar's new, branded hotel online
booking portal, "HotelStar," during the Global Business Travel Association
Convention 2011, marking the next milestone in the two companies' business
relationship. GlobalStar partners will now benefit from CCRA's extensive hotel
inventory, featuring competitive, real-time rates and availability at over
160,000 hotels worldwide - the most comprehensive inventory of hotel product
outside the GDS.
From 01 July 2011,
GlobalStar appointed CCRA as their preferred GDS Corporate Hotel Program supplier
for its global partner network as well as for the development of the HotelStar
product. CCRA's Negotiated Hotel Rate Program has already become the preferred
GDS hotel program for GlobalStar partners - linking thousands of office locations across the globe to
the CCRA negotiated rate in the GDS.
Since that time, CCRA
has worked closely with GlobalStar on the development of GlobalStar's proprietary
hotel on-line booking portal, branded as "HotelStar," which will provide
GlobalStar partners in over 80 countries with access, to CCRA's extensive hotel
product including all GDS content.
"CCRA's combined offering of extensive hotel
inventory of real time availability and rates along with their proprietary
reservation technology, make them the ideal hotel distribution partner for our
global network," said Steve Hartwell, GlobalStar President. "We are very
pleased to introduce our HotelStar booking portal to our GlobalStar partners to
compliment the GDS. Our partners now have the ability to choose between five
rate categories at an incredible selection of over 160,000 hotels worldwide -
as well as the option to book CCRA's negotiated hotel rates offered through the
GDS and direct access
to blocked space at over 60,000 hotels through CCRA's Safety Netâ program."
Added Dic
Marxen, President and CEO of CCRA, "We are delighted to continue building our
relationship with GlobalStar Travel Management, which is a leading player in
the global travel arena. One
of the reasons that GlobalStar chose to partner with CCRA was the depth of both
its technology products and expertise. Year over year, CCRA continues to
reinvest in its technology and enjoys sharing the results with its
partners. HotelStar, being developed for GlobalStar, is a prime example
of this commitment."
Concluded Mai Meyaart, CCRA Vice President of
Hotel Partner Solutions, "CCRA and GlobalStar have both recognized the
importance of introducing HotelStar during this year's GBTA. As the industry moves full-swing into RFP
season, hotel chains and management companies, as well as individual hotels,
have many distribution and marketing programs to choose from. The CCRA GlobalStar preferred relationship
delivers thousands of new agencies from around the world directly to our
program partners."
About
GlobalStar Travel Management:
GlobalStar Travel Management is a worldwide
travel management company owned and managed by local entrepreneurs. Over 80
market leading enterprises, representing over US$13 billion in sales, combine
their local expertise, strength and commitment to deliver cohesive,
multinational solutions through an innovative technology platform. For more
information www.globalstartravel.com
About CCRA Travel Solutions:
CCRA is a network of
integrated travel solutions ideally positioned to meet the challenges of, and
to realize the opportunities from, a global travel market.
Based in Ft. Worth,
Texas, CCRA Travel Solutions includes: CCRA 24/7 Call Center Solutions, the
country's oldest emergency call center numbering over 50 of the top 100 US
travel agencies as clients; CCRA Hotel Partner Solutions with over 32,000
hotels enrolled in the 2011 negotiated rate program; CCRA Travel Agent
Solutions representing the travel agent industry to travel suppliers around the
globe; CCRA Global Network linking international agencies and suppliers and
CCRAtravel.com the industries premiere hotel booking portal for non-GDS agents
with real-time rates and availability at over 160,000 hotels worldwide. CCRA
offers a variety of marketing opportunities to suppliers interested in reaching
the professional travel planner. www.ccra.com
