AITO welcomes 10 new partners
AITO has welcomed 10 new travel businesses into the fold.
The newly signed up members include three specialist tour operators, one individual specialist travel agency, a 50-strong home-working group of travel agents and five business partners.
New Specialist Tour Operator Members:
Magari Tours – incorporating Success Tours (group tours by coach or air to Europe and beyond) and Success Retreats (yoga and pilates retreats) – offers holidays to Italy, with escorted tours with small group sizes.
AmaWaterways offers river cruise experiences on custom-designed ships sailing on scenic rivers and beyond.
Indus Experiences & Soul of India offers tailor-made tours to India, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.
New Specialist Travel Agents:
Berry Travel is a luxury travel agent offering tailor-made holidays with a smaller footprint. The company offers a range of bespoke travel experiences.
Inspire Travel is a home networking group with a team of 50 independent homeworkers and two retail branches.
Lisa Henning, Managing Director, Inspire Travel, said: “Inspire is delighted to join AITO. Our new partnership will bring a plethora of benefits to our homeworkers, who will now enjoy access to a vast portfolio of niche tour operators.
New Business Partners:
WebBeds is a global B2B marketplace providing powerful distribution solutions that make selling and buying hotel and ground travel services easier.
Smart Currency Group provide tailored currency services for the travel industry.
Expedia TAAP travel affiliate programme which connects travel agents to the extensive product offerings of the Expedia Group.
Spark Travel is an travel management system designed specifically for tour operators, with a new version available specifically designed for independent agents and DMCs.
Felloh is a financial administration platform that helps businesses streamline their operations by eliminating manual processes and matching customer payments to bookings.
By 2030, AITO aims to reach 150 tour operator members.
Martyn Sumners, Executive Director, AITO, said: “We are thrilled to welcome such a vibrant group of members into the AITO family. Their expertise align perfectly with AITO’s values.”
“With many more members set to join, we are well on our way to achieving our 2030 growth target.”
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