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4Oceans and CCRA Sign Reservations Deal

Hotel Booking 4oceans has signed an agreement to store CCRA (Computerised Corporate Rate Association) negotiated rates on its web-based reservations platform.

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Travel Agency Under the terms of the deal, 4oceans will process bookings for nearly 15,000 Hotels from the 30,000 travel agents who currently participate in the CCRA programme.

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Flight Booking The partnership will benefit smaller and independent agents, as it will give them access to CCRA`s consortia of preferred rates on a single platform without the need to spend money on new hardware or telecommunication links.

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Travel Agent The original CCRA rates were previously only available on the GDS, and agents had to search for negotiated rates separately and compare prices and conditions manually to find the best deal for their client. This new platform will not only provide preferred rates, but also other discounted rates and offers from CCRA hotels around the world; many not even available in the GDS.

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Hotel Chicago CCRA is a preferred rate hotel programme, offering a selection of discounted hotel rates worldwide, all guaranteed with last room availability.

Online Booking This deal is a big coup for 4oceans and demonstrates that we can provide a consortia with sophisticated inventory management tools alongside a web-booking facility," said David Yates, Managing Director of 4oceans.

Travel Health Insurance "It`s important that agents and hoteliers not only receive the best possible financial deal from their distribution system but get the best possible technology as well," added Peter Thornton, Business Development Manger of 4oceans.

Hotel Reservation Commenting on the newly signed agreement, Frances Kiradjian, CCRA Executive Vice President, added: "We are delighted to secure this partnership with 4oceans, which will be a valuable long term venture to drive business to both parties. Giving our agencies around the world access to our negotiated rates as well as several other discounted rate categories via the internet is in line with our vision to keep travel agencies strong and even stronger in 2003 and beyond!"

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