Bulgarian hotel booking platform HotelsPoint is a new partner in the upgrade of GoToBurgas. It was announced at the Elevate Tour: Burgas forum in Burgas. The company has more than 60 international partners, and about 1,300 travel agencies have signed up to its system over the past 10 years.
Andrey Lilov, manager of URBO Studio, said what is planned for GoToBurgas. The platform will show more of the area's tourist services and attract more visitors. With the new digital system, tourists will be able to combine services and experiences in single packages. Hotels, tour operators and other tourism firms will put the packages together. Restaurants and bars will join the platform later.
The forum was organised by URBO Studio and Burgas municipality. HotelsPoint was represented by co-founder and chief executive Dinko Todorov and business development manager Alexander Alexiev.
Bulgarian travel agencies make up about 70% of the platform's clients. This year the company is focusing on Bulgarian hotels, to make it easier for them to reach the international business-to-business market. It has partners in Serbia, North Macedonia, Spain, Albania, Slovakia and Portugal.
Dinko Todorov believes the company can now enter the British market and work with India's travel market. It is also starting a new line of work: links with channel managers, which will give it up-to-date data on hotel availability and rival prices in real time.
On 6 November we reported that the ELEVATE TOUR: BURGAS meeting would take place on 11 November from 6pm at the Hotel Bulgaria. It was organised by URBO Studio, HotelsPoint and Burgas municipality. The speakers in the discussion included Manol Todorov, Andrey Lilov, Dinko Todorov and Alexander Alexiev.
Manol Todorov, deputy mayor of Burgas in charge of sport and tourism, expects 2027 to be harder for the tourism industry in the Burgas area, because the calendar is full of big events, including the Eurovision Song Contest. He says the success of such events depends on organisation, security and logistics, but also on the experience the tourism sector offers visitors.