easyJet holidays will launch a new travel trade portal with 3000 trade partners by early September.
Following the creation of the new portal, customers will be able to book with an independent travel agent, and not just through the easyJet holidays website.
Some of the partners include Hays Travel, Hays Independence Group, Travel Counsellors, The Travel Network Group, Advantage Travel Group, Mid Counties Cooperative Travel and Protected Trust Services.
Launched in November last year, easyJet has been committed to working with the travel trade since the beginning. Though the initial launch date was impacted by the pandemic, the difficult environment of the travel industry has made this move more welcome for those struggling financially.
The trade portal will be available to signed up trade partners, alongside FAQs and materials on its full range of holidays.
Garry Wilson, CEO, easyJet holidays, said: ?It has always been important to us, to work with the trade and it is something we have been absolutely committed to, even though we have had a couple of unfortunate setbacks. We recognise the fantastic job they do and know that they will be able to attract different types of customers to consider and choose an easyJet holiday. For the launch, we will have materials in more than 1800 shop windows in various regions across the UK. We think that now more than ever customers will be looking to their trusted travel agents to help with holiday bookings. We look forward to welcoming all of our partners on board and working together to make this a great success.?
Si Morris-Green, head of distribution, easyJet holidays added: ?It is really exciting to be launching something new with a fantastic range of trade partners. We have worked really hard to bring this to life and we think everyone we are working with, represents the full breadth and depth of the trade sector, which covers high street and homeworkers too. We have put a lot in to our communications and invested a lot of time in our agents through webinars and a series of successful agent partner days this year. We want to continue this ongoing support with a new dedicated trade team.?
John and Irene Hays, co-owners of the UK?s largest independent travel agency, said: ?We are absolutely delighted to be one of the first trade partners for easyJet holidays? travel trade launch. This is good news for our customers, who will have even more choice now. It is great to see the commitment from easyJet holidays to the independent travel trade and the high street. It is an incredible opportunity and we really look forward to working closely with easyJet and helping people book their dream holidays once more.?
The travel company will be promoting the trade launch across social media, customer emails, shop windows and partner websites.
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