Posts by Arjen Lutgendorff

Face2Face Travel has recently arranged a tour operator license. “Over the past couple of years we realized more and more sales through self-assembled products. This was the reason I wanted to arrange the license. A tour operator license proved to be the right solution. It is the way of not being bound and forced to buy everything from the current suppliers”, said Takis Panagopoulos (director / owner Face2Face Travel) to TravelPro.

“All independent advisors with us have the freedom to make contracts with foreign suppliers, banks and beds dmc’s to sell it under our tour operator license. It increases our product offering, we can go much deeper in certain destinations. Our clients are not only interested in the big brand chains“, Panagopoulos sais. “As a retailer you have to deal with the requirements to deliver a product as it should be, and you will have to arrange it for yourself. You have responsibility towards the consumer.”

VuelandiaGlobal, most known as the platform for all hotel accommodations and beds banks, is immediately renamed VuelandiaHotels. VuelandiaGlobal also offers products such as VuelandiaFlights, VuelandiaCar and Vuelandia Travel Navigator.

“Many customers are very enthusiastic and the number of users is increasing. With our products we offer every entrepreneur in the travel industry a wide range of smart IT tools and products and a lot of possibilities of efficiency and margin”, thus Mikel van Nimwegen (director/owner).

By now Personal Touch Travel, Face2Face Travel, Gomundo, Bebsy, Otravo business, Yaxa Travel, Vakanties4all, Vakantienodig.nl, Ambiancetravel, VakantieXperts, Sambasso, Amondo, American Travel Guide and the Association of Small Scale Travel Organisations (VVKR) using VuelandiaHotels .

Van Nimwegen sees that users are satisfied with the fact that all hotel accommodations and 42 beds banks are vissable at a glance approaching in VuelandiaHotels. “You compare at once all the beds and sofas at the best availability. Another advantage is that you can set your own commission!”

The recently announced TradeYourTrip, a marketplace for selling package holidays, ensures divided opinions within the Dutch travel industry. TradeYourTrip CEO Mark van der Wal told TravelPro: “Through our marketplace travel agents may keep commission and even earn an additional success fee.”

“They can complain and resist, but they should also realize that this is going to happen and think of how they can be part of. I prefer to work together, as there are also opportunities for tour operators incurred in respect of our platform“, says Van der Wal, who is full of self-confidence TradeYourTrip will succeed.