13 Sept. 2011

XL Travel chooses Gateway 2 Travel for hotel bookings

Gateway South Africa has signed an agreement with the XL Travel Group, one of South Africa's leading travel consortiums. All XL Travel agencies that reside under the XL Group will have access to the Gateway 2 Travel to compare the rates of more than 20 hotel vendors and to book from among 150.000 accommodations worldwide. The hotel booking engine is integrated directly in the XL Travel intranet.

Gateway – Facilitator of Travel Solutions

Gateway is an international provider of innovative solutions for the travel industry. With head quarters in Europe and subsidiaries in Bangkok, Hong Kong and Cape Town, Gateway facilitates booking engines for hotels, flights, dynamic packaging, transfers and rental cars to thousands of international travel agents and tour operators. Gateway South Africa, member of ASATA, has a sales office in Cape Town and provides the possibility to book hotels in ZAR, via a local connection to the Standard Bank.

“XL Travel is the beating heart of the travel business in South Africa. We are convinced that our hotel booking engine can take their business to the next level,” says Rob van Kesteren, Sales Manager of Gateway South Africa.

XL Travel – Strong in Corporate and Leisure Travel

“The advantage of the Gateway 2 Travel is that it combines the hotel rates of several suppliers in one system. Since those rates are all guaranteed in Rand, we no longer have exchange rate issues. We are looking forward to a successful collaboration,” adds Rod Rutter, Chief Operating Officer of XL Travel Head Office.

The XL Travel Group is positioned as one of South Africa's leading travel consortiums, grouping 110 IATA agencies.