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holiday autos and holiday hotels are offering agents the chance to earn an extra 5% commission for any car rental and hotel booking on the back of a British Airways flight. Agents can claim top-up commission of 2% for every vehicle booked and 2% for every room reservation. An extra 3% commission is paid if the agent sells both in association with one BA flight booking.
Sales Director Ian Coyle said: “Agents have supported Holiday Autos' business for the past 16 years and we want to give some of that back. Offering top-up commission payments illustrates our on-going commitment to the trade as a primary distribution channel. With an average rental booking valued at £200 and an average hotel booking at £300, agents can potentially earn an extra £25 by selling our products as ‘add-ons' to a BA flight on top of their usual highly competitive earnings.”
The sales incentive runs from today to December 15 and is valid for all new pick-ups and check-ins during these dates. For details of how to claim email salessupport@holidayautos.co.uk
For media information contact Claire Williams at Holiday Autos
Tel: 01276 413929 or email clairewilliams@holidayautos.co.uk
About Holiday Autos
Holiday Autos is the world's largest leisure car rental broker. Founded in 1987, the innovative company revolutionised the car rental industry by introducing fully inclusive rental prices, and, a few years later, was among the first to enmbrace e-commerce by developing the website as a key distribution channel. Today more than 40% of business is transacted on-line.
The Holiday Autos Group operates through a mix of corporate offices, joint ventures and sales agents in 40 countries worldwide. In 2002 the group turnover was £ 154million.
In March 2003 Holiday Autos was bought by lastminute.com for £ 40 million. Company founder Clive Jacobs retains the position of chief executive and has joined the board of lastminute.com as vice chairman.
About lastminute.com
lastminute.com is Europe 's leading online provider of travel and leisure solutions. Based on the idea of matching supply and demand, it offers consumers last minute opportunities to acquire airline tickets, hotel rooms, package holidays, car hire, entertainment tickets, restaurant reservations and home delivery, speciality services, gifts and auctions.
Operating across multiple markets, lastminute.com has established approximately 15,300 supplier relationships and over 7.5 million subscribers to its weekly news letter.
lastminute.com also owns and operates online brands holidayautos.com, travelprice.com, degriftour.com, travelselect.com, travel4less.co.uk and eXhilaration.co.uk and has a stake in LCC24.com, the online vehicle for Lufthansa City Center , in Germany .
More information available at www.lastminute.com/ir
