the agency group announced on Wednesday. The tool,
unveiled earlier this year by travel technology consultant Steve Reynolds, monitors hotel rates and automatically books hotels based on user-inputted criteria. Through the tool, Hickory agencies charge additional service fees for finding hotel savings, seek commissionable bookings at lower rates than net bookings and increase use of Hickory's preferred hotels and rates, according to HGP. Hickory is the first agency group to reach an agreement with TripBam.