Hendersonville, TN – June 03, 2015 – InnLink Central Reservation Services and Expedia, Inc., have signed a corporate agreement that will provide significant benefits to their joint customers. The agreement includes integration of the onboarding process for new Expedia® hotel clients through InnLink, which greatly simplifies the process for hotels and allows for faster activation. The initial roll out will be for Hotel Collect, the Expedia program where a guest pays the hotel at the time of stay. No base inventory is required for participants, which allows hotels to use last room availability for all their InnLink services. Once a new hotel is displaying on Expedia, hotels can work with an Expedia Market Manager to upgrade to Expedia® Traveler Preference™ (ETP). The InnLink corporate agreement is an excellent opportunity for InnLink hotels that have not been listed on Expedia previously to expand their visibility and reservations through Expedia programs. With over 100 InnLink customers already participating, the corporate agreement has been well received.
“InnLink is a great partner to work with. They were one of the first partners on the Expedia Quick Connect® (EQC) connectivity through service providers and have increased their property participation over the past two years,” said Abhijit Pal, VP, Global Partner Group, Expedia, Inc. “This agreement provides InnLink properties with faster direct implementation on Expedia, Inc.’s platforms so they can begin receiving reservations more quickly. The Expedia Market Management team is available to assist properties once they are on board to upgrade their participation to ETP and gain access to packages and additional distribution reach.”
“We’re excited about the opportunity to create value for our customers through our partnership with Expedia,” stated Marie Ainsworth, Director, Product Management, InnLink. “Improving the hotels’ onboarding process to drive cost-effective reservations quickly is part of our corporate mission, and the Expedia, Inc. corporate agreement allows us to meet that mission for our hotels.”
