Sol Melia’s Flight + Hotel Package Deals Launched for U.S. Travelers

Sol Melia’s Flight + Hotel Package Deals Launched for U.S. Travelers
By Isabel Watson

Sol Melia Hotels & Resorts, S.A. and ezRez Software, Inc., today announced the launch of Flight + Hotel package deals available for US travelers on www.solmelia.com and through dedicated Sol Melia reservation agents.  As part of the new functionality, travelers can also book car transfers and destination activities with their flight and hotel package.

Customers who book trips through Sol Melia will have access to hundreds of airlines, including American Airlines and Delta, as well as thousands of local destination activities in the many markets served by the hotel chain.

With over 300 hotels in 30 countries, Sol Melia is the largest resort hotel chain in the world.  Through the new technology partnership, flights and destination activities provided by ezRez can be packaged with any of the company’s hotel brands, including Gran Melia, Melia, ME by Melia, Paradisus Resorts, Innside by Melia, Tryp by Wyndham and Sol Hotels.

“A vast majority of our rooms sold through indirect channels are part of package deals, especially for our Caribbean, Central and South America destinations,” said Antonio Batanero, Senior Director of Distribution and ecommerce for Sol Melia in the Americas.  “By adding ezRez technology to our direct-to-consumer channels, Sol Melia’s most dedicated customers will now have expanded flight options plus the availability of finding all travel solutions at just one point.”

“As a global hotel chain with a large presence in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Sol Melia understands the complexity of managing operations across multiple countries with a single technology platform,” said John Swanciger, Chief Commercial Officer at ezRez.  “ezRez will allow Sol Melia to individualize their products for each market to provide unique customer offers without increasing operating complexity.”