▪ Wasabi-s will exclusively distribute the complementary services offered by under its Beyond The Bed product line, comprising 18,000 activities, 25,000 transfers, and car rentals.
▪ This agreement will benefit the 1,500 travel agencies in Spain and Portugal which currently work with Wasabi-s.
Hotelbeds, the world's leading bed inventory provider, has entered into a partnership agreement with Beroni, a technology partner specializing in travel agencies, to offer its entire Beyond The Bed product line through Wasabi-s, Beroni's online booking engine.
With the signing of this agreement, Wasabi-s is expanding its offerings in activities, transfers, and car rentals; it will exclusively distribute the entire Beyond The Bed product line—comprising 18,000 activities—with which it is currently already working — across more than 680 destinations in over 130 countries. Added to this are Beyond The Bed’s 25,000 transfers across more than 700 destinations and 130 countries, as well as car rentals, with over 500 providers and 30,000 pickup locations in more than 170 countries.
The 1,500 travel agencies in Spain and Portugal that use Wasabi-s will be able to take advantage of the wide range of travel products offered by Hotelbeds, for both the leisure and business travel segments, thereby enhancing the travel agency’s competitiveness and enabling it to offer travelers a much more personalized solution. Of particular note is the availability of domestic travel products, with more than 1,700 activities in Spain, 250 in Portugal, and 600 in France.
Wasabi-s is a web platform developed by Beroni in 2007 as a tool for travel agents, enabling them to book hotel, air, and rail services, as well as flight-and-hotel packages, insurance, and tours. Wasabi-s is currently available through three channels: Suite—a tool for travel agents; Web—B2C online sales to end-users; and Corporate—a self-booking tool for corporate travelers.
Javier Arevalo, Managing Director of Beyond The Bed at Hotelbeds, commented on the agreement: “We are delighted with this agreement with Beroni and with the fact that Wasabi-s, the web platform developed by Beroni, will exclusively distribute our extensive Beyond The Bed product to its more than 1,500 travel agencies in Spain and Portugal.”
Josep Bellés, CEO of Beroni, adds: “This partnership comes at the perfect time, as we can now offer all travel agencies using Wasabi-s the full range of activities, tours, and excursions for the domestic and local markets—a segment that is becoming increasingly important for both post-COVID travelers and travel agencies alike. By selling these types of services, agencies can provide added value to their customers and boost the profitability of each sale.”
About Hotelbeds
Hotelbeds is the world's leading bed inventory platform.
The company's proprietary technology helps boost the global distribution of suppliers' products through an intuitive and advanced technology platform capable of increasing the reach, profits, and profitability of both suppliers and sellers.
Operating under the Hotelbeds brand in the wholesale channel, and the Bedsonline brand in the travel agency channel, the company connects approximately 60,000 travel intermediaries in more than 140 source markets worldwide with travel suppliers in 185 countries, representing more than 170,000 hotels, 24,000 transfer routes, and 18,000 activities.
In September 2016, Hotelbeds became an independent company owned by Cinven and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). In June 2017, Tourico Holidays joined Hotelbeds, and in October, GTA also became part of the company.
Hotelbeds is headquartered in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
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About Beroni
Since its founding in 1987, Beroni has been a technology partner specializing in travel agencies. It develops software and complementary services for the tourism sector, specifically for outbound travel agencies (both leisure and business travel), wholesale agencies, inbound agencies, and professional conference organizers (PCOs).
1,500 travel agencies and more than 14,000 users currently use its front-office and back-office software solutions. Focused on the domestic market, the company expanded into the Portuguese market in 2018 by signing a commercial agreement with one of Portugal’s leading travel management groups.
We provide customized web solutions for corporate projects, online sales, and comprehensive product distribution management—whether for our own products or through XML integrations with tourism suppliers.
