Can Accor Travel Agent Rates really save you money on your hotel booking?
What are Accor Travel Agent Rates?
Like other major hotel brands and travel providers, AccorHotels is known for offering preferred lower rates to travel agents, either for the agents themselves or for them to book on behalf of their clients. The AccorHotels group hotels online hotel booking website for travel agents, TravelAgencies.Accorhotels.com, does more than just offer a discount, however. In addition to a discount of up to 30% off the lowest public rate, Accor offers users special deals, provides e-learning and online tools and pays commission to approved travel agencies. Travel agents also benefit from the Special Travel Agent Rate (otherwise known as STAR), which can only be used for personal stays. Special deals can be found here on the site and range from business packages to city breaks. There may be rooms offered at a discounted rate or could include complimentary extras for the agent or the agent's customer, like free breakfast, late check-out or room upgrade.
How do I use Accor Travel Agent Rates?
You can directly access the site here. Alternatively, from the Accor website homepage, click on 'Professional Solutions' and then 'Travel Professionals':
- IATA
- TIDS
- CLIA
- TRUE

What else do I need to know about Accor Travel Agent Rates?
There doesn't seem to be a public way to check the travel agent savings before booking, so we can't compare to show you exact examples. Nevertheless, Travel Industry Discounts states that Accor Travel Agent rates do tend to max out at 30% off. With the current ibis Milan Centre offer on the site, travel agents' customers can stay from just €46 ($50). While we can't check the availability of this rate on the travel agent site, we checked the Accor site to see how much it would cost across different dates and the cheapest we found over the next few months was €74 ($80) for the sample date December 12th, 2016, which is actually 38% off: