Eleggia Launches With 6 Local Travel Specialists and No Booking Minimum
The free platform lets travel advisors work directly with destination specialists and send interactive, itemized itineraries under their own agency’s brand.
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Travel advisors can now work with local operators from Portugal to New Zealand through Eleggia, a new consortium of independent destination management companies that launched Nov. 10. The AI-powered platform brings itinerary planning, pricing, proposals, and booking into one place. It’s free for advisors to use, and they can book anything from a single service to a multi-country trip with no minimum booking requirement.
Advisors can submit a client brief directly or browse hotels, restaurants, and experiences to build a wish list. The local DMC then develops the itinerary, confirms availability and pricing, and works out the logistics. Advisors can refine the resulting proposal and send it under their own agency’s branding, with itemized pricing and a day-by-day itinerary that incorporates destination photography and video.
“Luxury travel has always been built on expertise, relationships, and the ability to create something personal. But the way that expertise is accessed hasn’t kept pace with today’s travelers or advisors,” said Eleggia co-founder Danilo Cerqueira. “We created Eleggia to make that process more efficient and give advisors easier access to the knowledge, content, and local relationships that make a journey exceptional.”
The six founding members cover 10 destinations: TempoVIP handles Portugal, Spain, and Morocco; Deccana covers Northern Italy; and Southern Visions works across Southern Italy and Sardinia. Bliss Travel covers Greece, Amazorial covers Brazil, and Anzarya handles Australia and New Zealand. Eleggia says it plans to expand the network. An industry advisory board selects members based on criteria that include at least a decade of experience in their destinations, an established industry reputation, and a portfolio of distinctive experiences.
For advisors working across several destinations, the platform provides a common process for requesting quotes and presenting trips, even when the local operator changes. Advisors can also communicate directly with the DMC handling each request. A single operator can cover a trip combining Portugal and Spain, for example, while a trip through northern and southern Italy draws on two specialists through the same platform.
