Thomas Cook India and SOTC Travel partner with Booking.com
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Booking.com’s accommodation content is live on Thomas Cook India and SOTC’s corporate booking tool.
Thomas Cook (India) Limited, and its group company SOTC Travel have announced a strategic partnership with Booking.com to deliver comprehensive and enhanced accommodation solutions for Indian corporates. The focus is consumer-level breadth with corporate-level controls, transparent pricing and India-specific servicing.
Booking.com’s accommodation content is live on Thomas Cook India and SOTC’s 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 range of hotels and resorts to homes and apartments to select, 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.
The program addresses the top requests of India’s 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.
Key features of this tool include, price transparency at scale, property-issued invoices that provide a clear audit trail for finance teams, eliminating hidden markups; tailored content sets for SMEs, mid-market, and large enterprises, tuned for Indian metros, fast-growing tier 2 and 3 cities, and international destinations; Practical reach across over 2,500 Indian cities and towns, complemented by Booking.com’s global selection across over 220 countries and territories and a growing set of long-stay options curated for enterprise use; Providing access to properties with verified traveller reviews and essential business amenities to enhance traveller productivity; A co-developed servicing model for booking changes, clarifications, and coordination offering a level of support beyond standard online travel agency processes; and policy budgets, approvals, credit-limit management, and real-time updates for a seamless desktop and mobile experience.
Indiver Rastogi, President & Group Head, Global Business Travel, Thomas Cook (India) and SOTC Travel, said, “By combining Booking.com’s breadth of inventory with Thomas Cook and SOTC’s 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.”
Mark van der Linden, VP Partnerships, Booking.com, said, “This partnership with Thomas Cook India and SOTC Travel is a strategic step in making Booking.com’s extensive global inventory truly ‘enterprise-ready’ for the Indian market. By integrating our vast selection of accommodations with Thomas Cook and SOTC Travel’s robust online booking platforms, we are providing Indian businesses with a solution that prioritises transparency, localised services and the flexibility today’s professionals require.”
