Meili Partners with Travelstart to Revolutionise Car Rental Experiences in Africa
Meili, the innovative travel technology platform, is delighted to announce a strategic partnership with Travelstart, the leading Online Travel Agency in Africa. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in redefining car rental distribution for online travel agencies, highlighting Travelstart's enthusiastic shift towards a superior customer experience through direct interactions with car rental brands.
Meili's dedication to delivering friction-free, premium travel experiences is perfectly aligned with Travelstart's vision. Meili's car rental distribution model empowers service providers, effectively eliminating intermediaries and ensuring seamless travel for customers.
As part of this partnership, Meili, which is headquartered at NovaUCD in Dublin, will work closely with Travelstart and their car rental partners, and through Meili's cutting-edge technology platform, they will offer their customers:
- Access to a complete range of car rental products and services, including premium loyalty benefits, direct insurance coverage, and real-time vehicle availability.
- An enhanced customer experience driven by state-of-the-art merchandising technology.
- Direct, top-tier customer servicing, leading to optimal brand exposure.
Mike McGearty, CEO and co-founder, Meili, said, "Our collaboration with Travelstart underscores our commitment to innovation in travel. Together, we're reshaping car rental experiences for all travel verticals. It's exciting to see that Travelstart recognises the immense benefits their customers will receive by transitioning to this superior model and away from legacy broker technology. Something we at Meili have been championing for the last year."
Stephan Ekbergh, CEO, Travelstart, said, "Meili's technology platform complements our offerings and enables us to provide an enhanced car rental booking experience. We're excited to provide our customers with a direct line to an even better travel experience with better rates which has resulted in a significant uplift in bookings and customer satisfaction.”
This partnership exemplifies Meili's drive to enhance the travel industry and Travelstart's commitment to offering superior services to its clients.
ENDS
5 December 2023
For further information contact, Micéal Whelan, Communications and Media Relations Manager, NovaUCD, UCD Research and Innovation, e: miceal.whelan@ucd.ie or Laura Ryan, Director of Marketing & Strategy, Meili, e: laura.ryan@meili.travel
Editors Notes
Meili, pronounced May-Lee, co-founded by former CarTrawler CEO & CTO Mike McGearty and Bobby Healy, pioneers of cutting-edge technology. We empower car rental and mobility companies to seamlessly integrate and partner directly with airlines, travel, and tech partners, all from the cloud. Our unified integration codebase spans all devices, enhancing distribution control for brands. With a strong team of industry veterans from CarTrawler, Booking.com and OpenJaw; and a rapidly expanding partner base including Lufthansa, SAS, Trenitalia, airBaltic, and Croatian Airlines, Meili revolutionises mobility distribution for premium travel experiences. We are redefining the landscape, empowering global businesses with insights, revenue growth, and ultimately success.
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