SIX CONTINENTS HOTELS DOUBLE UP ON COMMISSION

20% commission for IATA affiliated travel agents worldwide taking bookings for hotels and resorts in Middle East and Africa

Six Continents Hotels, the world’s most global hotel company, has aggressively entered the November/December holiday period this year by doubling commissions paid to travel agents who take bookings for the group’s 119 Middle East and African hotels and resorts.

The offer of 20% commission applies to bookings by International Air Transport Association (IATA) affiliated travel agents worldwide, for stays at any Six Continents Hotels Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts or Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts, in the Middle East and Africa. The increased commission is payable for bookings made and used during the three-month period, October 14 to January 15, 2002. The offer applies to commissionable rates only.

“The new commission structure called, “Twenty Twenty”, is the latest in many additions and incentives offered during 19 years of industry service through our Travel Agent Commission Program (TACP) SM”, said Denis Johnson, Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Six Continents Hotels, Middle East and Africa.

Commissions paid to eligible travel agents for reservations at more than 3,000 Six Continents Hotels resorts and hotels in over 95 countries are paid out in the local currency of each country where agents operate, as a special service.