A parent agent is defined as a large travel agency that manages and controls smaller travel agencies. Properties may want to report on the volume of business associated with a parent agent and it's subsidiaries. Parent agents are not directly linked to a reservation. They are indirectly linked via their linked agent relation profiles.
To create a new parent agent profile
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From the home page, click Relation in the top bar, select Agent and then Parent agent. The seek page displays to search for a specific parent agent.
- To create a new parent agent profile click the Create new icon (
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Modify the fields as appropriate. An asterisk (*) indicates a mandatory field.
Parent profile details * Name
Enter the name of the parent agent.
Mail address Enter the mailing address of the parent agency.
Zip/City
Enter the postal code in the first field and the parent agency's city in the second field.
State
Optionally, enter the state of the parent agent.
Country
Select the country from the drop-down list.
Visit address
Enter the visit address of the parent agent.
Zip/City
Enter the postal code in the first field and the parent agency's city in the second field.
State
Optionally, enter the state of the parent agent.
Country
Select the country from the drop-down list.
Phone
Enter the phone number.
Fax
Optionally, enter the fax number.
Website
Optionally, enter the website of the parent agent.
Email address
Enter the email of the parent agency.
Consortium
A consortium is a group of companies and agencies that enter into a voluntary association to share resources in order to gain a market advantage. In travel, it is usually used to refer to groups of suppliers that offer higher commissions and other incentives to travel agencies that enter into preferred supplier relationships with them. Many properties who handle a lot of travel agent business want to be able to classify their travel agents into more distinctive groups. This can be done by linking agents to parent agents which in turn may be linked to consortiums.
You can set up the consortium via this path: Settings> Picklists > Consortium.
Protect
Use this field if the parent agent profile may not be changed by an unauthorized user. Only a system administrator (super user) is permitted to remove the check mark at a later date.
Market
Optionally, link a parent agent to a specific market type.
Discount
Optionally, select a specific discount that applies to the parent agent.
Discounts can be set up via this path: Settings > Options > Modules > Discounts and then also in Settings > Rate manager > Discount.
Source
In this field, you can add the source code.
Source codes are used to help a property define and manage their market segmentation.
This can be set up in Settings > Statistics > Source code.
When selected, all reservations booked by the agent receive this as the default source code on the reservation screen unless a different default source is linked as the default source on the rate type. The rate type default source overwrites the source linked in the agent relation. It is best not to assign a source to a relation unless the source of business is always the same for that relation profile.Memo
Optionally, enter extra information about the parent agency. The information entered does not display on the reservations linked to the parent agent.
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Do one of the following:
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Click Save (
) to save your parent agent profile. -
Click Cancel (
) to discard your changes.
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Overview parent company profile