Palace Resorts and Le Blanc Spa Resort are offering higher bonus commissions and a new website for agents to book vacations online. Agents who sign up on the new Palaceresorts.com/travelagents site receive a private log-in and personal profile that tracks and records reservations and provides platforms to create new bookings.
Agents can book land-only stays, which pay 12% commission, and packages, which pay 10% commission.
The booking site's technology enables agents to search for specific booking parameters, choose desired airfare itineraries, add promotional offers, learn more about each hotel and room category without exiting the site and email price and itinerary quotes to clients for approval before final booking.
Meanwhile, Palace Resorts and Le Blanc Spa Resort enhanced their Travel Agent Bonus Commission Program to offer an incremental bonus commission for direct bookings and bookings made through wholesalers or GDSs with an earning potential of up to $1,250 for every 10 rooms booked.
Agents who book at any of the 12 Palace Resorts or Le Blanc Spa Resort with individual stays for three or four nights receive a $50 bonus commission per room; agents who book individual stays for five to six nights receive a $75 bonus commission per room; and those who book individual stays for seven nights or more receive a $100 bonus commission per room.
For every combined 10 rooms booked within one calendar year at Palace Resorts and Le Blanc Spa Resort, agents receive an additional $250 bonus. The per-room incentive and $250 bonus is rewarded for every additional 10 rooms booked. Bonus commissions are also available with group bookings.
From Moon to Hard Rock
In other news, Palace Resorts and Hard Rock International announced that the all-inclusive Moon Palace Casino, Golf & Spa Resort, which just opened in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, will be rebranded as the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in the spring.
The 1,800-room property, set on 121 acres on Macao Beach, is Palace Resorts' first in the D.R. and boasts 11 restaurants and 12 bars. It also is home to one of the largest casinos in the Caribbean, with more than 48,000 square feet of gaming space and a high-limit poker room, VIP lounge and Race and Sports Book, in addition to 457 slots and 40 tables.
For more, see www.palaceresorts.com and www.hardrockhotels.com.