American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) has expanded its online accommodation programme to give companies and their travellers access to more than 2 million properties worldwide through its existing relationship with Booking.com.

Using their online booking tool (OBT), GBT clients and travellers can select from a range of accommodation options, including major chain hotels, independent properties, non-traditional lodging and extended-stay options, alongside transportation.

GBT¡¯s relationships with hotel chains and third-party travel partners gives clients access to loyalty member rates and additional discounts at properties around the world, according to the TMC. With the expansion of the company¡¯s partnership with Booking.com, businesses also now have access to the site¡¯s Genius rates, which offer savings of at least 10 per cent on every booking. Properties offering these discounts will appear on OBTs as ¡°Genius Business¡±.

Wesley Bergstrom, GBT vice president of global supplier relations, said: ¡°We are determined to give clients and travellers access to the widest range of accommodation choices, with a vast range of properties and property types, all bookable through OBTs. Travellers have no reason to search for accommodation anywhere else: they can find everything they want in one place and confirm their accommodation and transportation all in a single booking. It means more choice and convenience for the traveller, more value and improved compliance for the client.¡±

Clients and their travellers can also access the wider range of accommodation inventory by calling their GBT counsellor.

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