According to new from Expedia this morning, the world’s largest full service online travel site just released the Travel Agent Affiliate Program (TAAP). TAAP gives US travel agents access to Expedia’s global inventory and allows them to earn commissions on hotels, package travel deals , and more.
The news describes how TAAP features single sign-on (SSO), as well as special tools aimed at helping agency managers to build ability to build customized itineraries for their clients. TAAP also offers API integration for XML with some agencies. Linda Lossing, US head of Expedia’s Travel Agent Affiliate Program, offered this via the company’s press:
“TAAP demonstrates Expedia’s commitment to giving travel agents a competitive edge, letting them generate incremental revenue and expand their client base. This is the industry’s most efficient and comprehensive travel agent affiliate platform and we’re thrilled to make it available to travel agents nationwide.”
TAAP users get direct access to Expedia’s extensive inventory, from which they can utilize Expedia’s intuitive platform to research, plan and book end-to-end trips. Launched back in 2010 in the US, TAAP now operates in 40 plus countries.
For more information, please visit: http://www.expedia.com/TAAP or contact:
Linda Lossing, Expedia.com, (727) 940-7295, llossing@expedia.com, or Dayna Sason, HL Group (for Expedia), (646) 375-4018, dsason@hlgrp.com
