Hotelbeds has signed a strategic partnership with Thomas Cook. Thanks to the collaboration, the company will gain access to more than 180,000 unique hotel properties in 140 countries worldwide.

Through this agreement, Radisson will distribute via Hotelbeds’ network of more than 60,000 business-to-business travel buyers such as tour operators, retail travel agents, airlines and loyalty programs.

The bedbank has signed a five-year accommodation supplier agreement with the airline, with easyJet set to feature handpicked hotels from the platform on its website.

The acquisition will further complement the existing portfolio of content offered by the bedbank and reinforces the company’s commitment to growth in the rapidly expanding ancillary distribution space.

TUI Group has confirmed the completion of the disposal of Hotelbeds Group, announced in April 2016, for a total cash consideration of €1.19 billion. The organisation sold the unit to the British investor Cinven Capital Management and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

Hotelbeds has acquired JBS, a US-based company dedicated to the Chinese accommodation wholesaler market. JBS, formed in 2001 by Chinese-born US residents Juliann Meng, Barbara Ansel and Sarah Gao, works with Chinese-domiciled tour operators and travel agents as well as destination management companies active in incoming tourism from China to the US.