Egencia, Amadeus team up to sell baggage to business travellers
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Egencia, the business travel arm of Expedia, has joined forces with Amadeus to launch a new service enabling its corporate clients to book extra baggage.
Using Amadeus Web Services, Egencia is now enabling business travellers to incorporate extra baggage charges within their flight bookings. The service applies to more than 10 airlines, including Air France.
“At Egencia, we work hard at putting everything business travellers need in one place to help make their experience better. Letting travellers and our travel agents book extra baggage along with the rest of the trip does just that. This is good for our travellers, it’s good for our agents, and it’s good for our airline partners,” said Igor Marchal, Egencia’s director of supply development.
The Egencia move follows a similar initiative by Expedia, which started offering Amadeus Airline Fare Families to its leisure travellers.
“In 2015, we saw online travel agencies and airlines embrace merchandising in a big way, and we think travel management companies will join in on the action in 2016. Seats and bags are just the beginning. New ways to book a flight, including rich content, are just around the corner,” said Pedro Espin, Amadeus’ associate director for merchandising & personalisation.
Amadeus revealed that it experienced a near 100% increase in the sale of airline ancillary services by travel agencies (including OTAs) in 2015.
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