Bed bank Hotelbeds is planning to add an additional 10,000 directly contracted hotels to its platform over the next three years.
The B2B provider said the exclusive deals would benefit its 60,000-plus travel intermediaries globally.
News of the expansion plans follows Tourico Holidays and GTA joining Hotelbeds.
To source the additional properties, Hotelbeds is looking to take on an additional 200 new members of staff to boost its contracting and yield teams over the next few months.
Director of sales and sourcing Sam Turner said: "Already we have over 170,000 hotels globally, a great many of which are directly contracted, making us the B2B leader by a considerable margin – but we’re committed to growing that further and today’s news is proof of that commitment.
"Between our existing Hotelbeds brand and Tourico Holidays together with GTA, both of whom have just joined us, we already have the best sourcing professionals in the industry. So in order to fill these profiles we’re thinking outside of the box, including considering dynamic business people from outside the travel sector who we can quickly convert into talent."
