The additional 3% will be payable on all accommodation sales until January 17. It is available to agencies using the Hotelbeds brand’s booking engine and which work solely on a commissionable basis.

Palma-based Bedsonline now includes sister brands TravelCube, TravelBound and GTA’s retail brand, which came under the one name in September. It launched the 3% bonus on December 17.

Alistair Rodger, Hotelbeds retail travel agents director said: “For the first time in Bedsonline’s history we are temporarily adding three percentage points to the commission received from each hotel booking made though our platform for any destination and any travel window. No strings attached.

“This means that, until 17th January, all travel agent customers worldwide that work with Bedsonline solely on a commissionable basis – of which there are an enormous amount – will have the opportunity to increase their profits significantly, while benefiting from our global portfolio of more than 170,000 hotels, 18,000 activities and 24,000 transfer routes.”