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CCRA
Announces the Launch of Their Brand
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New
Booking Platform, TripSet.com
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The brand-new booking platform comes
as the next iteration of the
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longstanding hotel booking powerhouse
CCRATravel.com
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Fort
Worth, TX – October 2018 / Newsmaker Alert / CCRA
Travel Commerce Network (CCRA) announces the launch of its newest offering,
TripSet.com. The brand-new booking
engine comes as a replacement for its flagship CCRATravel.com, used by
more than 25,000 travel agents since 2006 to book millions of commissionable
hotel room nights.
Since
April of 2006, accredited travel agencies have earned more than $8 million
in commissions, making it one of the industry standards for hotel inventory.
“We’ve
been in development for more than a year, and we think we’ve invested our
resources in something that not only meets the needs of today’s travel
agent but anticipates what they’ll need next. The search interface, booking
process, and reporting are all light years ahead of where we were, and
we can’t wait for our agency customers to get in there and start using
it,” said CCRA’s President and CEO, Dic
Marxen.
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Agents
who want to register for the platform must hold their own ARC/IATA/CLIA/TRUE
in their agency’s name in order to qualify. Once an agency applies and
is approved, their IC’s can sign up and will be activated upon approval
from the travel agency owner.
Some
of the top features requested by agents who participated in CCRA’s beta
program include a search by map feature, a contextual search function,
saved searches for easy re-use, and more. CCRA unveiled the platform to
an audience of over 600 agents via webinar with Travel Weekly yesterday,
leading to an immediate flood of new sign ups.
CCRA
plans on issuing comprehensive search and booking reporting to the industry
to help better predict trending, traffic, and destination focus after several
months of bookings are compiled. These reports will be published on their
website and available to anyone interested in knowing more about agency
booking trends.
TripSet
is also carrying over its popular group booking tool powered by Meetings.com.
In
addition to the hotel offerings, CCRA is already scheduling its next roll
out toward the end of the year, which will include rental car options as
well as air.
Agents
with active bookings in CCRATravel.com
will still be able to access and service their bookings until the very
last one is traveled. CCRA will cease booking activity on CCRATravel.com
on November 1st of this year. Accounts on CCRATravel.com
will not be transferred, agents are being asked to sign up with fresh credentials,
allowing more flexibility for usernames, passwords, and more.
Registration
is free for all accredited travel agencies at TripSet.com.
About
CCRA
Based
in Ft. Worth, Texas, CCRA Travel Commerce
Network is a global hub for travel technology, marketing, accreditation
and education. For over forty years, CCRA has connected travel professionals
and suppliers with the products and services they need to drive revenue,
relationships and brand recognition in the travel marketplace. From the
TRUE accreditation and coding system to hotels, air, call center services
and more, CCRA is truly where the travel industry connects. For more information,
visit www.CCRA.com.
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Contact:
Maggie
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President, Marketing
CCRA
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