Bedsonline confirms sales team in Pacific

– Peter Jones to be the Bedsonline Regional Sales Manager for Pacific.

– News follows recent announcement of Bedsonline consolidation, with sister brand TravelCube’s customers migrating onto Bedsonline’s class-leading booking platform used exclusively by travel agents.

– Inclusion of GTA’s retail product portfolio significantly enlarges range of exclusively contracted content available to travel agents only – increasing hotels from 55,000 to 170,000.

Bedsonline, the global provider of accommodation and complementary travel services designed exclusively for travel agents, has today announced the management structure for the Pacific market.

Peter Jones has been appointed as the Bedsonline Regional Sales Manager for the Pacific market. Peter will be responsible for providing Bedsonline’s clients – made up solely of travel agents – across Australia & New Zealand with an enlarged product portfolio, enhanced Bedsonline platform, and improved customer experience.

In this role Peter will be based in Sydney, Australia and will lead a team of 18 people.

Previously Peter was the Head of Sales Europe for Beyond the Bed, based in Palma de Mallorca office – supporting wholesale & retail travel agent customers across Europe to take advantage of Hotelbeds’ extensive range of activities, tours, tickets and transfers. Before this Peter worked for Bedsonline in a leadership role for 7 years as Regional Manager, since the brand’s launch in 2008 in the UK & Irish markets.

Additionally, the roles reporting to Peter have been confirmed, with Shari Rokosuka taking the role of Area Sales Manager to support Peter in managing the Key Account Managers and Sales Executives across the region. Prior to this appointment Shari had been part of the TravelCube team for 12 years.

This news follows the recent announcement that Bedsonline celebrated its 15th anniversary in Spain, the company’s founding source market, with a private event attended by over 300 travel agents. Additionally, Bedsonline sales teams in Pacific will be kicking off a campaign to introduce customers – both existing Bedsonline customers and those moving over from TravelCube – to this newly revised offering, including sales meetings, presentations, webinars and various events held in local markets, details of which will be published soon.

James Phillips, Regional Sales Director, AMPAC at Bedsonline,

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