Launched by Travel Designer Group in 2007, RezLive.com is a leading travel portal for guests’ accommodation, sightseeing and transfer services to 25000+ travel partners all across the globe.
Equipped with 20+ years of experience, 32 offices worldwide, a multilingual team of over 200, and a passion for curating only the best and refined for their clientele, RezLive.com has already made its move on the travel industry as India’s, as well as Asia’s leading travel B2B company.
In colloquy with PEAKLIFE, we ask Jaal Shah, Managing Director, RezLive more on the portal, their journey, and where they’re headed:
1). What makes RezLive.com different than other B2B travel portals?
RezLive.com is an award-winning B2B global reservation system offering accommodation, sightseeing and transfer services launched by Travel Designer Group. The system facilitates travel partners to find and book Hotels, Apartments, Sightseeings, and Transfers under one window interface. The company has been consistently providing the best and biggest inventory to the travel partners, by contracting with hotel chains and hotels across the globe and also by sourcing them through multiple suppliers.
We have in-depth experience in the global market and have developed a rich knowledge base that our partners benefit from. Employing our expertise, we tremendously reduce operational complications and investment requirements at our partner’s end and freeing them to concentrate more on delivering excellent services to customers. We are constantly working towards improving the whole travel ecosystem quality by technology innovations and building a huge resource pool.
2). What according to you is an important part of Business traveling and how does RezLive.com takes care of it.
The most important part of travel business is to deliver the best possible solutions to the client which suits their budget perfectly. By providing support on various operational aspects, Rezlive.com capacitates travel agents/facilitators to focus completely on fulfilling the customer’s needs and deliver the best possible solutions.
We provide access to one of the largest inventory for traveling needs. RezLive.com has access to over 250,000+ hotel and apartment rooms worldwide, more than 45,000+ sightseeing attractions and private transfer in over 900 cities. We are well known for our innovations, global reach, reputation, trustworthiness, competitiveness, advanced technology, and booking interface – RezLive.com connects travel wholesalers, online travel agents, tour operators and DMC’s to the vast portfolio of global travel content. This also ensures that we extend competitive rates in the market.
We simplify operational excellence and reduce investment requirements in technology for our partners to increase their business profitability. All these put together to take the load off our partners and they are able to dedicate their energies on servicing the client which is the key aspect in the business.
3). Tell us about the new launch- Affiliate.Travel.
FWe believe that Affiliate.Travel will be a game changer to revolutionize India’s corporate travel by empowering travel agencies and professionals managing business travel with their own booking engines without investing in technology.
As per a KPMG report, India’s business travel market is expected to reach over US$ 93 billion by 2030. Indian travel agencies and tour operators are gearing up to capitalize on the potential growth opportunities in this segment. Affiliate. Travel will help the Indian travel and tourism industry to create new success avenues with the rise of business travel in the country. Affiliate. Travel allows travel agents to distribute their own booking platform to their corporate clients for managing reservations. This booking platform is powered by RezLive.com’s robust booking engine providing access to a huge inventory pool of over 250,000+ hotels, 45000+ sightseeing options, and 5000+ transfer options. The booking tool is packaged with the innovative features of RezLive.com, complete with a payment gateway for seamless payment collection from corporate clients.
4.) Are there any expansion plans in India?
We launched Rezlive.com in 2007 and it was one of the first online reservation platforms of India. Fortunately today, we are a global brand with business in more than 60 countries. Our continuous efforts on the ground and our focus on creating value for travel agents have helped us build a sustainable business model in the midst of the digital revolution.
In early 2020, we will be launching our new redesigned booking platform with which we intend to take the booking experience to a higher level and strengthen our position as one of the most innovative reservation platforms. We are also constantly evolving our product, adding new inventories through our direct contracting efforts to better our offerings. On the distribution front, we have established ourselves as a leading player in the Middle East, South East Asia, and South Asia. We are looking forward to further strengthen our position in these markets and also expanding to many other regions across the globe.
5). What according to you is the future of online travel industry in India?
India is a very dynamic space for the travel industry. India’s outbound tourism market is expected to exceed US$ 45 Billion by 2025. Because of numerous unique experiences, it has to offer, India is getting a lot of attention in the global travel industry. It has captured only a small part of its potential in travel experiences so far. But, with the rapid adoption of technology and infrastructure developments that are progressing the future of the travel industry in the country is quite bright. And, there is no doubt that this increased business would be dominated by online
6). Tell us about the other ventures from Travel Designer Group.
We started in 1999 as a tour operator for short-haul destinations. Over the years, we have grown into a major travel brand in the B2B segment. Rezlive.com is the flagship brand that gives us reach to over 25000 travel agents across the globe. To support Rezlive, we launched many other brands focussing on destination management – Designer Voyages, our DMC in UAE and Rezlive Thailand, our DMC in Thailand provides end-to-end packages for two of the most popular destinations from India. Further, we have Designer Indya, our Indian DMC showcasing all popular destinations of India to global audience.
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