What is Goway Travel?
Goway Travel is an inbound tour operator (ITO) that specialises in creating customised trips for travellers to unique global destinations.
Goway Travel offers its clients tailored travel itineraries in 115 countries. For hotels looking to host these travellers, Goway Travel can be accessed via Tourplan, the popular ITO & DMC booking solution.
What is a Goway Travel agent?
A Goway Travel agent is simply a travel agent that has registered with Goway, and who places clients on Goway Travel tours.
Agents can utilise GowayPro – a dedicated Goway Travel agent portal login – to better understand and promote Goway’s travel offerings through resources like training, marketing tools and exclusive incentives.
In this blog we’ll discuss how a hotel can capitalise on the revenue generation opportunities presented by Goway and the Goway Travel agent site.
Is Goway Travel legit?
With a history stretching back to 1970, and having organised tours in 115 countries across all seven continents, Goway Travel is most certainly legit. The legitimacy of the ITO can be seen in Goway Travel reviews, such as the incredible rating the company enjoys on Trustpilot.
Why Goway Travel matters to hotels: Unlock new markets and boost your bookings
Offering up your hotel to Goway Travel grants you the opportunity to tap into a new, high-value market of travellers seeking unique, customised experiences.
You can increase your visibility in diverse international markets, both through Goway and its agents using their Goway Travel agent logins, and through word-of-mouth referrals that can be earned from overseas guests after you’ve hosted them.
Tour groups also tend to have less of a weekend focus, so they can help you fill your hotel during mid-week lulls.
Unleash the power of Goway Travel with SiteMinder
Through complete integration with Tourplan, SiteMinder grants your hotel seamless connectivity with Goway Travel, where you can access the treasure trove of travellers that the ITO organises itineraries for.
Goway Travel reviews hotels should know about
It’s important that your hotel is associated with reputable travel companies, as this ensures that you host happy travellers, and that your hotel enjoys the reflected glow of being a Goway-certified property. So what do Goway clients say about the company?
Looking at reviews from Goway Travel customers, accommodation is often cited as one of the very best things about a Goway tour. Hotels are generally described as high quality and centrally located, while many exceeded the expectations that the travellers had for the accommodation on the tour.
This indicates that Goway Travel is selective with the hotels that they let into their network. Hotels will need to prove their quality in order to secure bookings through the tour operator, and will need to deliver a quality stay every time. But if both of those boxes are ticked, a hotel can expect ongoing business from Goway.
How Goway Travel works for hotels
For hotels, partnering with Goway can be a lucrative move – but exactly how does such a partnership work?
The simplest and most popular way to get in front of Goway Travel agents is via Tourplan. Tourplan is an intermediary – an itinerary writing tool that a large number of DMCs and ITOs like Goway use to send reservations to hotels.
Tourplan is there to facilitate a dynamic connection between Goway and hotels, making it simple for agents to make reservations through their Goway Travel agent portal login, and making it simple for hotels to receive and manage those reservations – provided the hotel has access to the right tools.
SiteMinder is that tool. As one of only two providers to offer complete Tourplan connectivity, SiteMinder users can automate the otherwise manual task of managing Goway reservations, freeing you up to focus on winning more bookings from the ITO.
Here’s how it works for SiteMinder users:
Step 1: Sign up with Tourplan
Ensure your hotel is registered with Tourplan, so that you’re included in the inventory managed by Tourplan, which Goway uses to source hotel rooms for its clients.
Step 2: Integrate SiteMinder and Tourplan
Speak with your dedicated onboarding manager to ensure that SiteMinder and Tourplan are fully integrated, and that your hotel can be found by travel professionals who have secured a Goway Travel agent registration.
Step 3: Start accepting reservations
Once SiteMinder and Tourplan are connected, any reservation that Goway makes with your hotel via Tourplan will be automatically sent to you, at which point your channel manager can automatically update availability across all your listings, amongst a wealth of other automations.
Examples of the best Goway Travel hotels
What does a Goway hotel look like? In reality any hotel can become part of the Goway network, but those that get the most business from the ITO tend to be found on the more established tourist trails. Goway hotels also tend to boast a great location, and have proven their quality over a few years of operation.
Examples of the best Goway Travel hotels include:
- Belmond Sanctuary Lodge, Peru: As the only hotel that is located within the boundaries of the Machu Picchu World Heritage Site, Belmond Sanctuary Lodge is an absolute favourite for any company that hosts tours to this sacred Peruvian site.
- Four Seasons Resort Bali At Sayan, Indonesia: While Four Seasons is known for its upscale accommodation, it takes things to another level at its Bali at Sayan resort, hidden amongst the forest near Ubud.
- Rocco Forte Hotel de Rome, Germany: Found in Berlin, not the Italian capital, Rocco Forte Hotel de Rome is found on historic Bebelplatz, and is one of the most luxurious and prestigious hotels in this historic city.
While each of these hotels is quite renowned, you don’t need to be a famous property to profit from Goway Travel. You simply need the right technology – a system that can connect you seamlessly to the tour operator, to maximise the chances of its agents picking you.
SiteMinder is exactly that.