Travel management company services provider ABC Global Services has acquired CCRA, which provides TMCs with call center services as well as negotiated hotel rates and airline programs, the companies announced. Together, they offer combined corporate and leisure opportunities for their hotel and other supplier partners, they said.
For 2021, ABC and CCRA, also known as the Travel Commerce Network, will offer all existing and new hotel partners reduced participation fees, marketing inclusions, package discounts and increased distribution opportunities in an effort to help the industry recover from the effects of Covid-19, the companies said in a statement.
Some of the companies' combined services include a global hotel program that includes more than 50,000 hotels offering discounts, amenities, deals and commission specials; an air program that offers discounts and commissions on more than 40 international airlines; HotelConnex, a division that enables TMCs to offer clients competitive hotel consulting and sourcing services; and event and meeting planning logistics.
Terms of the deal were undisclosed; both companies are privately held.