With information on supplier hygiene and safety processes
expected to be in high demand as travel begins to re-emerge from its
Covid-19-induced hibernation, UK-based travel management company Reed &
Mackay is adding airline and hotel safety data to its online booking tool.
The new feed 每 which also is available to corporate travellers
booking via the TMC's agents 每 includes information on airline safety
procedures for more than 100 carriers, powered by ATPCO Routehappy, as well as
data on hotel cleanliness measures. Meanwhile, hotel health and safety
information will be based on the Safe Stay standards developed by the American
Hotel & Lodging Association, with properties that have adopted those
protocols indicated as such in the booking tool.
In preparation for the newfound emphasis on hygiene in the
post-Covid corporate travel ecosystem, several TMCs recently have integrated
supplier cleanliness data into their proprietary booking tools, including
Corporate Travel Management, Serko and TripActions. Like Reed & Mackay,
those TMCs have sourced such content through ATPCO, which in April rolled out ten
new health and hygiene-related standards to its universal product attributes,
covering cabin-cleaning procedures, health-screening measures, food and beverage
hygiene measures and booking flexibility.