Travel + Leisure Launches New Booking Platform for Travel Advisor Community
~ Travel + Leisure GO for Professionals Offers Custom Itineraries, Customizable Commission Scales and Access to the Most Trusted Brand in Travel~
ORLANDO, Fla. (October 31, 2022) – Travel + Leisure Co. (NYSE: TNL), the world’s leading membership and leisure travel company, today announced the formation of a new booking platform, extending the Travel + Leisure GO brand to the travel advisor community and beyond the popular direct-to-consumer subscription travel club by the same name. Accessible through VAX VacationAccess, Travel + Leisure GO for Professionals turns the aspirational pages from the iconic magazine into bookable experiences, offering advisors editor-curated itineraries, branded marketing opportunities, customizable commission rates and the potential to turn the world’s most influential travel brand into a powerful sales channel.
"The launch of Travel + Leisure GO for Professionals is the next step in our vision to connect the magazine to every touchpoint along the travel journey – from inspiration to planning to booking,” said Fiona Downing, Chief Membership Officer, Panorama and Travel + Leisure Clubs. “Now, we’re giving advisors the opportunity to leverage the trust, authority and accessibility of the Travel + Leisure brand to their client base.”
Powered by Trisept/Solutions and negotiated supplier agreements, Travel + Leisure GO for Professionals offers a seamless, user-friendly booking process and platform that gives advisors access to itineraries inspired by editorial content, as well itineraries that feature hotels on the brand’s World’s Best Awards list. Updated regularly based on editorial content and top travel trends, current itineraries available for booking include an opportunity to celebrate Fashion Week in Paris, Milan or New York; handpicked moments in Mexico, Travel + Leisure’s Destination of the Year; and experiences in top cities around the world from Amsterdam, London and San Francisco. Air, hotel, activities, car rentals and bundled packages are also available to advisors to create customizable travel experiences to meet their clients’ needs. Giving advisors the power to create their own sales and negotiation tactics, Travel + Leisure GO for Professionals allows users to set their own commission rates, payable on hotel, car rental and activity bookings through the portal.
“We’re creating a path for advisors to seamlessly turn their clients’ inspiration from reading the magazine into trusted travel experiences – it’s a true differentiator in the industry,” said Downing.
Travel advisors interested in gaining access to Travel + Leisure GO for Professionals can register with VAX VacationAccess by contacting goexperts@travelandleisure.com.
About Travel + Leisure Co.
Travel + Leisure Co. is the world’s leading membership and leisure travel company, with nearly 20 travel brands across its resort, travel club, and lifestyle portfolio. The company provides outstanding vacation experiences and travel inspiration to millions of owners, members, and subscribers every year through its products and services: Wyndham Destinations, the largest vacation ownership company with more than 245 vacation club resort locations across the globe, and the world’s foremost membership travel business that includes the largest vacation exchange company and subscription travel brands, featuring top travel content and travel services including the brand’s eponymous travel club. We put the world on vacation. Learn more at travelandleisureco.com.
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Released October 31, 2022