Expedia Affiliate Network (EAN) has announced a protracted partnership with Air Tahiti Nui (ATN), among the many South Pacific’s leading international airlines, which offers daily non-stop service from L. a. International Airport to Tahiti and Paris. The deal will see ATN use the most recent version of EAN’s hotel retailing platform, Chameleon®, to provide the very best range of accommodation to customers booking travel both inbound to and outbound from the Pacific islands.
The partnership builds at the existing relationship between EAN and ATN, and sees the airline expanding its hotel offering to all points of sale, with key markets including France, Japan, New Zealand and Australia, as well as the us and Canada.
As well as providing access to approximately 160,000 hotels worldwide, EAN’s Chameleon platform can assist ATN to provide an enhanced user experience, including targeted offers on hotel and flight purchases. For instance, from today until March 31st, ATN is offering a 10 percent discount across all hotel accommodation purchased through its websites. Visit Air Tahiti Nui websites for more details.
The partnership also allows travellers to learn from phone support for sales and inquiries, in addition to user-generated content from TripAdvisor, to be able to use others’ experiences to tell their booking decisions.
Etienne Howan, CEO of Air Tahiti Nui commented: “Our extended partnership with EAN considerably strengthens our distribution strategy, adding to our direct sales platform. We’re confident the deal may help us towards our goal of improving our customer support and making travel easier, as a way to entice more travellers from worldwide to enjoy Tahiti and the South Pacific.”
Christopher J. Williams, EAN VP and MD for APAC, said: “This is a hugely exciting deal for EAN, because it allows us to construct at the strength of our existing partnership with Air Tahiti Nui, and help them radically expand its accommodation offering. The APAC region remains to be one of the dynamic and innovative parts of the worldwide travel industry, and we’re delighted to join that.”