Archive for December, 2009
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Dear all,
I am writing to you with some great news from Olympic Holidays!
As we approach peak travel season, Olympic Holidays would like to offer affiliates an additional 2% commission (total 5%) on all PACKAGE HOLIDAY transactions, made between 1st January and 31st January 2010- as a little incentive to drive those sales. 
Olympic Holidays are also running a great consumer offer in January - giving up to 17% off summer 2010 holidays, so there really is no reason why you shouldn’t give them a push this travel season.
To help with your activity, here’s a quick reminder who Olympic Holidays are, what they do and how best to promote their products.
About Olympic Holidays
Olympic Holidays are leading specialists to Cyprus & the Greek Islands. In recent years Turkey, Bulgaria, Tunisia, Spain, Portugal, The Red Sea, Goa & Gambia have been added as this tour operator has grown in stature among consumers. Even more recently, Croatia, Montenegro and Malta have been added to their portfolio of destinations - offering the same great value for money and service they are widely known for.
They are now recognised as one of the best known names in leisure travel. Flights & holidays can easily be booked on-line with an amazing range of 2-5 star hotels, villas & apartments available.
With over 40 year’s experience, Olympic Holidays is a name you can rely upon for the perfect escape. From the beginning, their success has been built on expertise and dedication in providing excellence in service and choice. Over the years millions of British holidaymakers have come to know they can trust Olympic Holidays to give them a quality holiday at a competitive price. For complete peace of mind they are licensed by the CAA and they hold an ATOL license that protects you financially and is your guarantee of security. They are also members of ABTA.
Noticeable trends in 2009 (predicted to continue into 2010)
Due to current economic climate, Olympic Holidays saw a considerable rise in the amount of bookings travelling to Turkey, Egypt and Croatia in 2009. These three destinations equated to over 20% of Olympic Holidays total online sales.
All Inclusive Bookings were also up by 35% yoy, which accounted for 40% of online sales
Holidays to Greece and the Islands remained the main bulk of Olympic Holiday’s sales, accounting for over 60% of total business in 2009.
So why promote Olympic Holidays
- Industry competitive commission rates of 3% package, 2% flight only and 7% hotel only (outside of incentive periods)
- Affiliate conversion rates of 1.6% (this is an average across all products).
- Average affiliate EPC of 60p.
- Average booking Value (Holidays) = £1000 giving you a potential earning value of £30 per booking.
- Full suite of landing pages, offer pages and hotel pages for you to deep link to.
- Inclusion in AF Travel Services - meaning that their results are present in holiday searches conducted through the AffiliateFuture package holiday search (log into your account to access the search box).
- Full suite of creative (17% off messages will be available shortly).
OK, that’s it for now. Don’t forget this incentive starts on 1st January and ends on the 31st January 2010. To take full advantage, we suggest you get those links up now so not to miss out.
If you would like any further information on Olympic Holidays, what they have to offer or would simply like to provide feedback - please feel to give me a shout Victoria.mcquillan@affiliatefuture.co.uk
Not signed up, click here
Thanks and Happy Promoting
AffiliateFuture and Olympic Holidays
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Dear All,
As we move into the final stretch of 2009, brace ourselves for the next batch of snow and hike up the heating (even more), we are all starting to think about that much needed break. And we are certainly not on our own…. Just in case you didn’t know… January and February are traditionally the two busiest months of the year for Travel - especially for the coming summer season.
Therefore, in anticipation of said peak season, we are writing to give you a heads up on what’s on offer as an On the Beach affiliate, consumer offers available to help convert your traffic and of course -the all important affiliate incentive….. Sorry, Incentives!!!!!
You will find the bulk of info in the AffiliateFuture interface as well as in the NEW travel resource centre, but just to give you a head start, here are a few tips to help you on your way…
About On the Beach
Founded in 1995 On the Beach is a leading player in online travel market carrying over 500,000 passengers every year to Spain, Balearics, Canaries, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, and The Caribbean (plus many more exciting destinations). The company provides customers with a huge selection of flights and over 30,000 hotels from which to choose and build their perfect beach holiday. www.onthebeach.co.uk is now recognised by Hitwise as one of the most popular sites in the UK, ranked #8 in the online travel agency category in terms of visits (June 2008). On the Beach is ABTA protected.
On the Beach do not sell “package holidays”, they allow customers to book individual components of their holiday, using the wide variety of suppliers they have on offer (including all the big names). These holidays are commonly known as “build your own” or “Tailor Made” holidays.
They also have a wide offering in the “city break” world, and excel in destinations such as Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Prague and Amsterdam. Again, due to ability to “build your own trip”, customers can select hotels from the cheapest suppliers, and choose from lo-cost and charter flight operators to obtain the best deal.
With their extremely competitive online discount, and price match guarantees - On the Beach are confident they will not be beaten on price.
Consumer Offers
- Low Deposits from £40pp
- Pay for your holiday bit by bit (pay in instalments any amount as long as balance is paid 13 weeks before departure)
- Free Child places on thousands of hotels
- Save up to 58% on high street prices
- Book by end of January and save up to 30% on the cost of the hotel
So why promote On the Beach
- Almost 50% of all stored searches are for All Inclusive properties.
- Egypt has been the top destination consistently for the past twelve months, followed by other non euro destinations such as Turkey. (a clear indication of the economic climate).
- Over 75% of “On the beach” bookings are for flight and hotel (dynamically packaged holiday)
- The average basket value is £1100 (with an average share basis of 2.4 passengers per booking).
- Average affiliate conversion =1.5 - 2%, with an average EPC of 0.70p.
- Over 30% of On The beach affiliate sales come through live feeds (search boxes / white labels etc)
- Average Lapse period (click to booking) = 3 days
- Peak months include - Jan, Feb, March, July, Aug and Sep.
- June and September are the two biggest months for Late Deal sales.
- 99% of On the Beach hotels offer free child places (excludes flights).
On The Beach resources
- Hotels and deep links
- Full suite of destination and resort level landing pages
- Regular offers and landing pages
- Interactive search panel (allowing deep linking at destination level)
- Live feeds and data via AffiliateFuture Travel Services
- Full suite of destination and offer lead creative (various sizes)
- Top converting city break destinations and landing pages.
- Voucher code functionality - for bespoke campaigns.
Important note on landing pages (!)
On the Beach have recently made amendments to the landing page addresses on their site (in preparation for the new site launch in Q1).
They have placed redirects on their top 11k hotel pages and destination / resort pages - so you do not need to panic about switching over immediately.
There are obviously some pages that do not have redirects - however, these receive minimal traffic.
If you come across a page that you are using for a bespoke promotion or niche site and the link is no longer working, please contact Victoria.mcquillan@affiliatefuture.co.uk who will arrange for a redirect to be placed on that page.
On the Beach will provide detail of the remaining landing pages shortly (once they have them) and these will be added to the interface for your use.
The landing pages in there at present, are the ones they have asked you use, with redirects in place. They have also provided the new address’s alongside, so you can replace at your leisure.
Commission
As a valued affiliate, we can offer you 3% on Flight and hotel bookings, 2% on flight only and 5% for hotel only.
We also have a bonus programme, for affiliates who go the extra mile.
The All Important Incentive/s!
Not wanting to leave anyone out this year, On the Beach have come up with three great incentives, to suit all affiliate sites and needs.
1. Win a Holiday to the value of £1000Every summer 2010 flight & hotel sale you deliver, between 1st Jan and 28th Feb 2010, gives you one entry into hat - to win a free holiday to the value of £1000.
2. Win a City Break to the value of £500
Every city break sale (flight & hotel) sale you deliver, between 1st Jan and 28th Feb 2010, gives you one entry into hat - to win a free City Break to the value of £500.
3. Win 2 x free flights to Barcelona, Prague or Madrid (To the value of £100 per seat)
This one is a bit different…. The affiliate who increases their conversion (click to sale) the most in the period 1st Jan to 28th Feb 2010 V 1st Nov to 31st Dec 09 - wins! Simple.
NB: Prizes are non transferable and no cash alternative will be offered.
Well that’s it for now. If you would like any further information on the programme, help or advice, please contact Victoria.mcquillan@affiliatefuture.co.uk
Follow this link to sign up to the programme: http://afuk.affiliate.affiliatefutur…D=2617FC594046
Thanks and a very happy promoting!
AffiliateFuture and On the Beach 
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
Hi all,
I hope you have all enjoyed the festive period.
Well, it’s that time of year again…and can you believe another decade is nearly behind us (where does time go?!) People are thinking about their New Year’s resolutions and that means the January travel peak is just around the corner…
Well The Co-operative Travel has some spectacular offers for 2010, because everyone loves…a great deal!
- 20% off Summer 2010 bookings when you book between 29th December 2009 and 31st March 2010 for summer departures (between 1st May 2010 - 31st October 2010). PLUS customers can also take advantage of our other great deals:
- 2 weeks for the price of 1
- Low deposits
- Free child places
- Save up to £200 for a family of 4
http://www.co-operativetravel.co.uk/exclusives/
- Great summer 2010 holidays from £149p
Book now for Summer 2010 with The Co-operative Travel and ensure you don’t miss out on the very best early booking saving
http://www.co-operativetravel.co.uk/cheap/Summer-2010-holidays
- Save 5% when you book your Winter 09/10 holiday
For winter holidays departing between now and the 30th April 2010, book now to receive 5% off bookings.
http://www.co-operativetravel.co.uk/sale/book-online/
- Co-operative Members have the chance to win £1,000 worth of holiday vouchers* All they have to do is visit http://www.co-operative.coop/membership/loveholidays and let us know about their best holiday moment, in 100 words or less before 1st February 2010, and then we will reward our favourite with £1000 worth of holiday vouchers to spend on another holiday, with The Co-operative Travel! *Subject to terms and conditions.
Don’t forget you can earn up to 4% commission:
1-19 sales per month = 3% commission*
20+ sales per month = 4% commission*
*Commission applies to all package holidays, flight + hotel, city breaks, ski, Disney flight + hotel, Disney hotel, hotel only bookings, villa and UK breaks. Please note flight only bookings are 1% commission.
Advertising
Across 4th - 24th January there will be Co-operative Travel television, radio and press coverage (across various UK local press/radio stations) which will include our url: www.co-operativetravel.co.uk.
TV regions
North, Central and Ulster ITV regions,
North, Midlands and Ulster Channel 4/GMTV regions
Sky Media
ITV2 and ITV3
Channel 4 digital/Channel 5 digial
Viacom/IDS
Also, here is a useful insight into our top selling destinations so far this year for the following periods:
Winter destinations (1st Nov 09 - 30th Apr 10)
- 1. Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt)
- 2. Lanzarote (Canaries)
- 3. Tenerife (Canaries)
- 4. Gran Canaria (Canaries)
- 5. Fuerteventura (Canaries)
- 6. Costa Blanca (Spain)
- 7. Geneva (Switzerland)
- 8. Paris (France)
- 9. Hurghada (Egypt)
- 10. Algarve (Portugal)
Summer 2010 (1st May 10 - 31st Oct 10)
- 1. Dalaman (Turkey)
- 2. Majorca (Balearics, Spain)
- 3. Rhodes (Greece)
- 4. Algarve (Portugal)
- 5. Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt)
- 6. Heraklion (Crete, Greece)
- 7. Ibiza (Balearics, Spain)
- 8. Zante (Greece)
- 9. Larnaca (Cyprus)
- 10. Tenerife (Canaries)
Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions with regards to the programme or any of the special offers that are running.
On behalf of The Co-operative Travel and Affiliate Future, I wish you every success in 2010!
Kind regards
Amy
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
Dear all,
First things first…….LateRooms.com would like to let you know that they are paying an additional 1% commission, on all sales delivered and with a stay date (check in date) between 1st January and 15th February 2010 - giving you 6% commission on all applicable sales.
Now that were all clear on the incentive, please read on to see what LateRooms.com have to offer their customers this coming peak season, how they can help you promote them and information on the LateRooms.com affiliate programme.
Consumer offers
3-4-2 nights
Does exactly what it says on the tin. There are hundreds of offers, all constantly changing to bring the customers the very best deal possible. You buy 2 - you get 1 free! Simple.
Please direct all traffic to the following landing page.
http://www.laterooms.com/en/p2611/th…ial-offers.mvc
Secret Hotels
Shhh! Some of the UK’s most prestigious 4 and 5 star properties are prepared to let you stay for just a snip of their advertised price. Unsurprisingly - they are less than eager to publish this fact. They don’t after all, want other guests NOT privy to this exclusive information to find out.
Secret Rooms
LateRooms.com will give the general location, the star rating and the current guest rating. The actual name of the hotel however, will remain a closely guarded secret. After the reservation has been made - all will be revealed.
Please send all secret hotels traffic to the following landing page.
http://www.laterooms.com/en/p2611/secret.mvc
About the LateRooms.com affiliate programme
LateRooms.com is one of the UK’s leading online accommodation specialists, offering deals in over 20,000 properties across the UK and Europe. Accommodation ranges from budget to luxury five star hotels with regular savings of up to 70 per cent off the normal room rate for a variety of independent and branded hotels.
Available in five languages (English, French, Italian, German and Spanish) LateRooms is designed for anyone who needs to book accommodation, either over the phone or online, 12 months or 12 minutes in advance.
LateRooms’ wide range and choice of accommodation makes it the ideal site for bargain hunters, spontaneous travellers or those just looking for great value deals. Whether it’s for business travellers wanting somewhere in the city after a meeting or a couple wanting a romantic weekend away in chic luxury or a cosy B&B. LateRooms give their customers access to a huge range of hotel rooms, helping them find just the right room to suit their needs.
Affiliate Resource
To help with your activity, LateRooms have provided a selection of resource material to help you on your way. These can be found in the merchant documents, when you log into your account. Resource includes:
- Full property list with deep links and image urls (up-dated December 09)
- Destination landing pages
- About LateRooms - key information you need to know and key selling points to help with promos
- Live availability via AF travel services (accommodation search)
Payments
As with all LateRooms affiliate sales, the commission is paid on stay, meaning that you will be paid on all transactions once they have checked in (accounts are credited on or around the 14th of each month).
90% of bookings are made within 4 weeks of stay, which means that you will not have to wait beyond 5 weeks of converting the sale. The average lag period is 17 days.
LateRooms.com® enjoy an excellent conversion rate, and a very low percentage of cancellations - average 10%, so you can rest assured 90% of your converted transactions, will result in a confirmed stay.
To sign up to the programme, click here
Ok - that’s it for now. If you would like further detail on LateRooms.com or the affiliate programme, please contact:
LateRooms: Michelle.Moores@laterooms.com
AffiliateFuture: Victoria.mcquillan@affiliatefuture.co.uk
Thanks and happy promoting,
LateRooms.com and AffiliateFuture
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
New CodeGet 20% discount on all Green People organics. Valid till 31st Jan 2010.You will also get free shipping until 31st Jan 2010 on every order and a fixed £2.99 to european destinations
Code: GreenPeople20%discount
Start Date: Dec 29, 2009
End Date: Jan 31, 2010
Log in to the new AffiliateFuture tools to access the voucher manager and view all available codes.
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Monday, December 21st, 2009
New Code5% on all purchases when using the code AFUK
Code: http://www.shytobuy.co.uk
Start Date: Dec 21, 2009
End Date: Jan 31, 2010
Log in to the new AffiliateFuture tools to access the voucher manager and view all available codes.
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Bookable Holidays, the independent travel agent that recently launched on the AffiliateFuture network, now has its inventory available through the AffiliateFuture Travel Services. This includes the Holiday Search, the Holiday Deep-link Generator, the Holiday XML Web Service.
Bookable Holidays has seen an encouraging conversion rate since it launched last week and it’s competitive pricing and renowned customer service, place this flight and hotel supplier in a good position to do well in a price comparison/meta-search environment like the AF Travel Services.
The holiday search and deep-link generator allow you to give your users access to live holiday availability immediately through the interactive tools in your affiliate account. If you would like a more customised solution then please contact enquiries@affiliatefuture.co.uk for either the XML web service which will require technical knowledge and development work on your part to implement or you can have our white label holiday search which can be plugged in more easily.
AffiliateFuture Travel Team
enquiries@affiliatefuture.co.uk
0207 936 6700
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
New Code5% off our entire range.
Code: 5off
Start Date: Dec 11, 2009
Log in to the new AffiliateFuture tools to access the voucher manager and view all available codes.
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
15% off everything on Kitbag.com for 24 hours only + 10% off everything on Kitbag.com over the weekend !
You may already be promoting the current batch of Kitbag.com offers, which end today at midday. These are:
10% off Premier League shirts
10% off England 2009/11 home shirts
15% off full price football boots
15% off all rugby shirts
With the huge amount of online Xmas shoppers expected to be buying this weekend, we have prepared another great set of offers for you to promote:
15% off everything on Kitbag.com for the next 24 hours only (from midday today until midday Friday 11th December).
10% off everything on Kitbag.com from midday Friday 10th December through to midday Monday 14th December.
These are great offers, and are expected to be extremely popular.
The relevant discounts will automatically be applied to all products on site during the dates & times listed above.
Both of these offers above also have free UK standard shipping on all orders of £50 or more.
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Just a quick hello,
I wanted to remind everyone of our great new commission payouts.
Our average affiliate booking value this month is £90 so on average our £9.50 and £10.50 commission rates are offering an equivalent of more than 10% commission.
And to help you keep rolling the money in, we’ve launched an Exclusive Affiliates Only Offer at our stylish 4-star Hyde Park Hotel.
Book a stay at Corus Hotel Hyde Park between January and March 2010 and benefit from these great fixed rates when using the discount code BB7732. Use this code to get weekend rates of £99 per night for two, and weekday rates of £119 per night for two, giving you more cash to splash in London. (Based on two people sharing a standard room and subject to availability, normal Corus terms and conditions apply.)
Deep link - http://www.corushotels.com/hyde-park/
And lastly - Thank you to all the affiliates who came and visited our stand at this years AffiliateFuture Travel Event.
Kyle Facey
Affiliate Manager
Corus Hotels
Corushotels.com
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