Instant benefits to agencies
Innstant Travel comes with a host of advantages including increased online sales, unit cost of sale reduction, cloud-based solutions, and a customisable UI platform.
With offices and teams in India, Europe, the Middle East, USA, South America, Australia and China, Innstant Travel aims to equip travel agencies with one of the largest inventories of unique accommodation products. The company boasts a portfolio of more than 300,000 properties worldwide including hotels, apartments, holiday homes and villas, and offers direct reach into major international hotel chains such as Hilton, IHG, Wyndham, Best Western, Iberostar, Universal, Riu Hotels, etc., and a large number of independent hotels.
Elaborating on the services, Gagan Kakkar, Country Head, India, Innstant Travel, says, “In addition to providing for all accommodation requirements, Innstant Travel is able to offer several transfer and car hire options, event and attraction tickets for city tours, music concerts, theatre, international sporting events and shows. Service is also very important to us and that’s why we operate local and international 24x7 support team via phone, email and live chat.” The company provides travel inventory and XML solutions of its globally contracted rates to retailers and tour operators in travel industry.
Among the new launches this year, ‘ Book Flexible’ is a hotel cancellation protection that allows customers to cancel a non-refundable reservation up to 24 hours before check-in and receive an 80 per cent refund. Kakkar says, “This ‘ Book Flexible’ cancellation protection enables agents to offer maximum value and flexibility to customers without the risk of lost revenue due to cancellation.”
Alongside, the Innstant Travel Smart Agent price drop notification tool has been designed to help travel agents to increase profits, drive sales and improve customer retention while the newly designed Innstant Dashboard offers travel agents a user-friendly and intuitive interface. “We are also pleased to announce that the Innstant Cruise feature is due to launch in the coming months,” adds Kakkar.
The Innstant Cruise feature is due to launch in the coming months and new innovative dynamic package booking tool