Standalone Sam’s Club Travel App now available for iOS and Android
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- (Business Wire)
Sam’s Club today announced availability of a new, free Sam’s Club
Travel mobile application exclusively dedicated to members-only
savings on hotels, rental cars, vacation homes, and other travel
activities. Sam’s Club is the first mass market retailer to offer
members a mobile app exclusively dedicated to leisure and business
travel needs.
Sam's Club Launches First Retail Travel App for On-The-Go Savings (Photo: Business Wire)
“Sam’s Club members now have access to simplified travel search and
lightning-fast booking capabilities through a dedicated app right on
their iOS or Android devices,” said Jamie Iannone, President and CEO of
SamsClub.com. “Our app combines massive travel inventory and weekly
deals to help members save time and money -- whether they’re planning a
business trip or well-deserved vacation.”
The Sam’s Club Travel app, available to download for phones and tablets
through iOS
App Store and Google
Play, presents members with:
- Simplified Search: Travelers can sort or filter their results
based on price, star rating, Trip Advisor review count or distance
from current location.
- Last Minute “Deals” Tab: Time-crunched travelers seeking a
hotel stay could find exclusive last minute (same day or next day)
savings of up to 60 percent off of retail1 in the “Deals”
tab.
- Comprehensive Inventory: Book more than 40,000 hotels and
10,000 activities in more than 4,500 cities; vacation homes, flights
and more than 18 car rental brands with 25,000 pick-up locations
worldwide.
- Faster Booking: Each travel product can be quickly and
conveniently booked using a card-imaging feature that auto-populates
card information.
- Easy Access to Reservations
- 24/7 Member Support online and through the Sam’s Club Travel
Call Center at 1-855-680-6663, which supports travel changes,
cancellations due to weather and more.
- Global Adaptability: Change the app language, theme and currency
Based on 2014 eMarketer research on U.S. consumers’ digital travel
booking habits2, many of the 26 million Americans booking
travel digitally bundle their travel apps, including airlines, rental
car companies, hotels and aggregator services like Sam’s Club Travel, on
their phones and tablets.
“Our mission as a membership club is to provide legendary member service
and stay relevant to our members wherever and whenever they shop,” said
Iannone. “I encourage our members to download both
Sam’s Club apps to find savings of money and time on anything they
need, from travel and everyday needs to pharmacy, credit and photo
center services.”
Sam’s Club Travel was launched on SamsClub.com in June 2014 in
collaboration with Tourico Holidays, a worldwide leader in innovative
wholesale travel services. Sam’s Club offers Weekly Travel Insider
emails for members that showcase weekly deals at SamsClub.com/traveloffers.
About Sam’s Club
Sam’s Club®, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT),
is a leading membership warehouse club offering superior products,
savings and services to millions of members in 646 clubs in the U.S. and
Puerto Rico. To learn more about Sam’s Club, visit the Sam’s
Club Newsroom, shop at SamsClub.com,
and interact with Sam’s Club on Twitter and Facebook.
1 Savings are estimated savings and not representative of
actual savings. Estimated member savings are based on identical
itineraries (i.e., same hotel, room-type, category, rate terms &
conditions, reservation dates, number of guests, length-of-stay, etc.)
of specific products sold on both the Sam’s Club Travel App and other
retail travel websites.
2 eMarketer, May 2014, US Digital Travel Sales, Complete
Forecast; June 2014, US Digital Travel on the go.
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Contacts:
Sam’s Club Media Relations
Carrie Moore, 800-331-0085
SamsClub.com/newsroom
or
Tailwind
PR
Pete Bahrenburg, 802-497-1932
pete@tailwindpr.com
Source: Sam’s Club
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