Luxury Escapes launches new industry booking portal for Aussie agents

Luxury Escapes launches new industry booking portal for Aussie agents
Edited by Travel Weekly


    Luxury Escapes, today announced the launch of a new industry booking portal for use by tens of thousands of travel agents around Australia.

    The launch comes in response to ongoing industry demand and will be to the benefit of millions of Australians, now able to book exclusive Luxury Escapes travel deals via their travel agent of choice.

    Agents will be able to access commissionable rates for Luxury Escapes’ world beating Limited Time Exclusive offers.

    Agents have been purchasing Luxury Escapes limited-time packages and selling to customers for zero commission, in response to huge demand, Luxury Escapes is now joining forces with agents to allow them to receive commission on products being sold.

    This represents an incredible opportunity for agents to access not only Luxury Escapes’ world-beating hotel products but also its bespoke tour and cruise products.

    Luxury Escapes also works directly with tour operators and DMCs to allow for some of the best tour rates globally.

    Luxury Escapes’ Agent Hub is planned for launch in March 2024 and offers Australian travel agents the ability to book Luxury Escapes deals for their clients and customers.

    “We’ve always loved the trade and the ability to work with literally thousands of agents across Australia at scale is hugely exciting for us.,” co-founder & CEO, Luxury Escapes, Adam Schwab, said.

    “The launch of our new industry portal allows us to give access to agents to our very best product and importantly, pay agents for the incredible work they do helping customers every single day”.

    Chris Brandon, senior manager of agency distribution at Luxury Escapes said the company has long seen huge demand from travel agents wanting to book our packages and are thrilled to now be able to offer industry access to the Luxury Escapes platform and product.

    “We appreciate many Australian consumers have existing travel agent relationships and look forward to offering our amazing deals to a wider audience by way of travel agents across the country.”

    Agents can register their interest and be among the first hear more about accessing Luxury Escapes’ exclusive offers and worldwide inventory via the Agent Hub HERE.

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