ANEX Tour has revealed details of its new commission policy. Earlier, the company's Deputy CEO, Yana Muromova, announced that the tour operator would be eliminating promotional rates effective April 1.
As the press service of ANEX Tour told the TRN portal, the company will remove it from April 1 Promotional rates. The minimum commission for agents will be lowered from 9% to 7%. The maximum commission will also be reduced from 12 to 9%. Agent commissions will be calculated monthly.
The company's commission policy for agencies in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Yekaterinburg will differ slightly. For retailers in these cities, commission rates will be as follows: 7% for up to 8 tourists per month, 8% for 8 tourists or more, 8.5% for 16 tourists or more, and 9% for 21 tourists or more. For other regions, ANEX Tour will operate according to the following scheme: 7% for up to 5 tourists per month, 8% for 5 tourists or more, 8.5% for 11 tourists or more, and 9% for 16 tourists or more.
"We really hope that other players will follow ANEX Tour's example and that life will return to the market. Currently, promotional rates are effectively killing the industry," he stated earlier. General Director of the Pink Elephant travel agency network, Aleksan Mkrtchyan.
It's worth noting that ANEX Tour is already the second major tour operator to abandon promotional rates; Pegas Touristik previously changed its policy on working with agencies.
Source: trn-news.ru