ETG targets SME agents

EXPRESS Travel Group’s new “Express Corporate” offering

(TD breaking news Fri) will offer the group’s members the ability to expand their reach into the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) market across Australia, according to the organisation’s Executive GM, Ari Magoutis.

Unveiling the solution at the ETGX conference in Bangkok, Magoutis said Express Corporate had been developed following feedback from members who “play heavily in the SME space”.

Express Corporate will be available to agents across all three of the group’s brands Select Travel, Independent Travel Group and italktravel & cruise - who have a minimum of 70% of volume going to SME clients.

Benefits will include tailored airfares offers, corporate booking tool technology, mid-office tools, and dedicated training and resources via the Express Academy portal.

Participants will be part of a network of like-minded members, able to pitch for business “with confidence they are part of a billion dollar group with over 30 years’ experience in travel,” Magoutis said.

He also unveiled a range of other initiatives, including the new italktravel & cruise @ home business model (TD Fri) and a WeChat-based mini-app to help drive business into Select Travel Group member stores.

Sister company Creative Cruising is also set to roll out white-label websites for agents to capture a share of the online cruise market - more in Cruise Weekly today.