HRS is a hotel services portal providing access to over 300,000 hotels across 190 countries, along with over 400,000 holiday homes and apartments. The company was founded in 1972 as a sole proprietorship, and has evolved into a limited liability company headquartered in Cologne, Germany. HRS is the world’s largest provider of hotel rooms, and consistently continues to rack up award after award, the most recent being the “Best Intelligent Platform for Corporate Hotel management”, by Travel Weekly China.
HRS primarily offers deals on hotel rooms, but it does offer other products—particularly complementary ones such as rental cars. Business travelers can register for “my HRS”, and get benefits such as up to 30% discounts on the most recent room rates published online. HRS also offers a price guarantee, assuring customers that if there is a more favorable rate available elsewhere, the company will cover the difference in cost. All these mean that HRS has a steady flow of interested customers for affiliate marketers to target.
HRS affiliates get a relatively high commission compared to other firms in the travel industry, and you can expect to earn between 4.5-7.5% on each booking that is referred from your website. To get started, all you need to do is go to the affiliate program registration page on the HRS website using this link: https://www.hrs.com/web3/showService.do?clientId=ZW5fVVNfTkVYVA--&cid=54-4&activity=showContactInternetPartner
You will be asked to enter some of your details, with a promise from HRS that they will get back in touch with you soon.
Apart from getting handed the chance to earn a healthy commission for referrals to one the leading hotel booking portals in the world, there are also some other benefits you can enjoy as an affiliate:
All you have to do is refer - HRS uses a self-payment system where customers pay on arrival, so you do not have to worry about implementing any payment systems on your website. All you do is find and refer customers, wait for them to arrive at their chosen hotel, and get paid.
Customizable campaigns - Affiliates are provided Deeplinks, which have the functionality to alter parameters such as distance, destination, currency, etc., in order to create customized campaigns. This will be particularly helpful for affiliates who run a niche website.
High conversion rates – HRS promises that the conversion rate for bookings made through their website far exceeds those of their competitors. This means more commissions for affiliates.
Access to statistics – Every business thrives on data and you are no different as an affiliate marketer. HRS makes it easier for you to succeed by granting access to crucial data such as continent and country data, hotel chain data, and general annual charts.
Everyone who needs a hotel room is a target for HRS, and there are a lot of different types of people that could be considered the target audience. Honeymooners, families travelling for vacation, students taking a gap-year, and business travelers are all possible niches to target. However, HRS offers special benefits for business travelers through the “my HRS” program, so this is one particularly strong target segment.