UK-based budget hotel chain Travelodge is expanding its access to travel management companies via an integration with travel technology platform Katanox.
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With the integration, which includes Travelodge's booking, back-end payment and connectivity functions, Travelodge will have the ability to connect with "many more TMCs" and to display a wider variety of room and rates with visuals and descriptions, the companies said in a statement.?
TMCs will also have the ability to make changes to bookings, including dates, through the integration.
Travelodge has a portfolio of 600 hotels with a total of 47,000 rooms across the UK, Ireland and Spain.
"Our partnership with Katanox means we can significantly extend our reach to more TMCs and provide our business customers with an even better experience and greater choice of options," said Travelodge¡¯s sales director Nick Jacobs.
"By using Katanox¡¯s technology, we can ensure that TMCs see the latest and most up-to-date content on our hotels and have a smoother and easier user experience, making us even more competitive in the market."
Navan is the first TMC to use the Katanox integration to access Travelodge content. Michael Riegel, Navan¡¯s CEO for Europe, Middle East and Africa, said it was "another important step" in "giving customers complete access to inventory, no matter where it comes from¡±.