The brand said Yalago is “perfectly placed” to make its mark in the bed bank space, “with its leisure focus a nod to the tour operation heritage of the various brands that make up the dnata Travel portfolio” – including Travel 2 and Gold Medal.

Yalago will have a room night production of more than seven million a year from in-house brands, dnata said, differentiating it from a “standard start-up”, “with the benefit of significant volumes to deliver competitive rates”.

Sébastien Doussin, managing director of Yalago and formerly dnata’s vice-president ground services, said: “We are thrilled to bring Yalago to the global market with a unique and industry-leading approach.

“This new venture also enables us to garner distribution where dnata doesn’t have businesses operating.

“This is a common sense and exciting next step to really make the most of the talent and expertise of our people, as well as our strong and deep relationships.

“We will be focusing on quality rather than quantity, and one of our commitments is to retain a low hotel to contractor ratio – with our contractors based in-market – in order to continue to manage our contracts and relationships effectively.

“We have also invested significantly in a health and safety programme, partnering with an independent provider to continuously audit all of our hotel suppliers.

“Combine these factors with our flexibility, competitiveness and scalability, we are the perfect partner for travel businesses with growth plans.”