{"id":23140,"date":"2026-05-24T19:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T13:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulseonline.co\/?page_id=23140"},"modified":"2026-05-24T19:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T13:35:16","slug":"thomas-cook-india-and-sotc-travel-partner-with-booking-com-to-offer-corporate-clients-world-class-accommodation-solutions-to-enhance-their-business-travel-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/thomas-cook-india-and-sotc-travel-partner-with-booking-com-to-offer-corporate-clients-world-class-accommodation-solutions-to-enhance-their-business-travel-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Cook India and SOTC Travel Partner with Booking.com to Offer Corporate Clients World-Class Accommodation Solutions to Enhance Their Business Travel Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thomas Cook (India) Limited<\/strong>, and <strong>SOTC Travel<\/strong> have announced a strategic partnership with <strong>Booking.com,<\/strong> one of the world\u2019s leading digital travel platforms, to deliver comprehensive and enhanced accommodation solutions for Indian corporates. The focus is simple: consumer-level breadth with corporate-level controls, transparent pricing and India-specific servicing.<\/p>\n<p>Booking.com\u2019s accommodation content is live on Thomas Cook India and SOTC\u2019s corporate booking tool, giving business clients immediate access to a vast network of over 31 million reported listings across 220+ countries and territories, including India. This collaboration offers an unparalleled selection ranging from world-class hotels and resorts to homes and apartments, all supported by seamless integration into enterprise travel approval systems, enterprise-specific rates, loyalty benefits, and easy, real-time, on-the-go access through digital applications.<\/p>\n<p>The program addresses the top requests of India\u2019s business travel and procurement heads: wider choice while staying within company travel policies, invoice integrity with GST compliance, safer stays for diverse traveller profiles, and service support that goes beyond standard online booking platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Key features of this tool include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Price transparency at scale:<\/strong> property-issued invoices that provide a clear audit trail for finance teams, eliminating hidden markups<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Segment-wise curation:<\/strong> tailored content sets for SMEs, mid-market, and large enterprises, tuned for Indian metros, fast-growing tier 2 and 3 cities, and international destinations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Content depth and coverage:<\/strong> practical reach across 2,500+ Indian cities and towns, complemented by Booking.com\u2019s global selection across 220+ countries and territories and a growing set of long-stay options curated for enterprise use<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Business-friendly stays<\/strong>: providing access to properties with verified traveller reviews and essential business amenities to enhance traveller productivity<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Enterprise support and escalation:<\/strong> a co-developed servicing model for booking changes, clarifications, and coordination offering a level of support beyond standard online travel agency processes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Integrated policy control:<\/strong> policy budgets, approvals, credit-limit management, and real-time updates for a seamless desktop and mobile experience<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Indiver Rastogi, President &amp; Group Head, Global Business Travel, Thomas Cook (India) and SOTC Travel<\/strong>, said, \u201cBusiness travel programs today are evolving toward greater choice, flexibility and transparency. Through our partnership with Booking.com we are redefining accommodation access \u2014 expanding global choice while enhancing the compliance and servicing framework that enterprises require. By combining Booking.com\u2019s breadth of inventory with Thomas Cook and SOTC\u2019s managed corporate booking environment, along with future integration into our TravelOne platform, we are delivering policy control, price transparency and the level of service support that businesses demand. Our roadmap for this collaboration includes rate activation, long-stay solutions and city-wise safety clusters ensuring that travellers, travel managers and finance teams alike see tangible value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark van der Linden, VP Partnerships, Booking.com<\/strong>, said, \u201cAs India\u2019s business travel sector undergoes a significant digital transformation, corporate travellers are demanding the same diversity of choice and seamlessness they enjoy in their personal travels, but with the necessary guardrails of corporate compliance. This partnership with Thomas Cook India and SOTC Travel is a strategic step in making Booking.com\u2019s extensive global inventory truly \u2018enterprise-ready\u2019 for the Indian market. By integrating our vast selection of accommodations with Thomas Cook and SOTC Travel\u2019s robust online booking platforms, we are providing Indian businesses with a solution that prioritizes transparency, localised services and the flexibility today\u2019s professionals require.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This collaboration reflects a wider industry shift toward deeper alignment between global platforms and travel management companies, bringing consumer-grade choice into compliant, supportable corporate programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Cook (India) Limited, and SOTC Travel have announced a strategic partnership with Booking.com, one of the world\u2019s leading digital travel platforms, to deliver comprehensive and enhanced accommodation solutions for Indian corporates. The focus is simple: consumer-level breadth with corporate-level controls, transparent pricing and India-specific servicing. Booking.com\u2019s accommodation content is live on Thomas Cook India&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/thomas-cook-india-and-sotc-travel-partner-with-booking-com-to-offer-corporate-clients-world-class-accommodation-solutions-to-enhance-their-business-travel-experience\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23140"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23140"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23509,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23140\/revisions\/23509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}