AccorHotels has launched a new group online booking tool, Leisure Online, for partners in the tourism industry including travel agencies, tour operators, event organisers and professional meeting planners. This digital solution provides travel professionals with real time availability for leisure group bookings of 15 to 60 people (from eight to 30 rooms) at over 750 hotels and resorts worldwide.
Leisure Online, designed like a booking engine for the general public, allows bookers to consult single, double and twin room availability in real time, receive automatic access to the best available rate with an option to instantly confirm. Accessed via http://www.accorhotels.com/tourism, the Leisure Online booking tool also enables online users to pre-book directly in the hotel’s system, including additional services such as restaurant bookings and porterage.
Simon McGrath, chief operating officer, AccorHotels, said, “The leisure group market is essential for AccorHotels in Australia. The number of room nights generated by leisure groups in 2015 increased by 12.2 per cent and between 2014 and 2015 revenue generated by this market via our 33 international sales offices increased by 9.4 per cent.”