Managing director Tony Quinn said the B2B and wholesale bed bank currently had 711 such properties on sale at the moment, with a further 120 in the pipeline.
The properties are chosen not necessarily on price but for the comfort and convenience, as well as size, they offer customers.
He is confident that at the current pick-up rate getabed will hit the milestone in addition to the 100,000 other non-directly contracted properties it has in 7,000 destinations around the world.
He added the direct-contract properties were largely in long-haul destinations, and by offering them the bed bank was trying to break the current trend in the UK market.
Quinn said: “In the UK market everyone wants the cheapest price first but in other parts of the world they want bigger rooms, family suites and adjoining rooms – and the contracting side of that is what we’re changing.
“It’s been a steep learning curve but it is where we are going now. It is our USP.
“The UK market is a very mature market in that sense. There are too many suppliers and far too many bed banks and we’re all fighting for share of the same customers.”
Quinn added that the directly-contracted properties were also marketed in a different fashion to the rest to ensure they stood out on the website.
He said: “Some are marked as director’s choice and some are best sellers. We tend to market them over and above third-party properties. Any one we have contracted ourselves we will market ahead of the others.”
Quinn added that 1,700 independent agents have used the bed bank this year, with packages often built up around a cruise to allow customers a city break either before or after they set sail.
Rome is the most popular destination, followed by Dubai and New York, with Paris in fourth position.
