BELLEVUE, Washington, May 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Expedia(R) Affiliate Network (EAN), an Expedia, Inc. division dedicated to private label partnerships, announced a partnership today with South African Airways (SAA), the leading airline carrier in Africa serving 20 destinations across the continent. SAA, Africa’s most awarded airline, chose EAN for the breadth of inventory and great hotel rates offered at each of the 35 destinations that it serves.
“We are very pleased to be working with Expedia as our new hotel service provider,” said Marc Cavaliere, Vice President of Global Sales Development for SAA. “We selected EAN because they allow us to offer our customers a tremendously robust inventory of hotel properties worldwide at very attractive rates.”
“We’re excited at the opportunity to work with SAA,” said Sean McDonald, Vice President of Sales for EAN EMEA. “Not only are we able to offer their customers great rates at more than 135,000 properties worldwide, but in partnering with SAA, we can provide complete travel solutions to their patrons, simplifying the shopping and booking experience to one seamless transaction for both air and hotel.”
The new offering will be built using EAN’s flexible hotel API and leverage the Datalex Travel Distribution Platform to create a tailored, easy-to-use solution for SAA customers. South African Airways customers will be able to book hotels through the SAA website later this year.
