Palm Holdings & The Edinburgh Collection selects HotelREZ as Global Distribution Partner December 2020 – HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts is pleased to welcome Palm Holdings and The Edinburgh Collection – one of the finest portfolios of hotel and serviced apartments in the United Kingdom. The portfolio consists of the following properties: – Edinburgh’s oldest hotel,…
read moreAround 60% of hotel bookings are now made online. By 2020, over 50% of all online searches are expected to be done by voice-enabled technology. And nearly 42% of global travellers use their smartphones to plan upcoming trips. It comes as no surprise then that 54% of hotels that participated in a recent Hospitality Technology…
read moreMore than 51% of travellers are currently using online travel agencies (OTAs), such as Expedia, Booking.com and Hotels.com, to book trips. This makes OTAs a popular distribution channel for hotels. Before OTAs, hotels would sell to wholesalers, who in turn would sell the rooms to tour operators. These tour operators would then sell them on…
read moreThe Global Distribution System (GDS), is a computer reservation system that allows travel agents to book hotel and travel services on behalf of their customers. There are four distribution channels that make up the GDS, namely Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre and Worldspan. Despite generating billions of dollars in sales year on year, we’ve heard many hoteliers…
read moreGlobal Distribution Systems (GDS) power the global travel industry by generating billions of dollars in sales every year. Online travel agents and travel agencies use a GDS to search for the best available travel and accommodation rates for their clients. In fact, more than 600,000 travel agents use a GDS every day to book flights,…
read moreThe GDS, or Global Distribution System, helps generate billions of dollars in global travel sales every year. Independent travel agents, online agents and travel agencies all use a GDS to search for the best available travel and accommodation rates for their clients. Being represented in the GDS with a specific chain code, such as our…
read moreWhen it comes to choosing solution providers for your hotel, it’s important to understand how they differ from one another. This is particularly the case when deciding between a hotel technology provider, and a hotel representation company. It’s easy to confuse the two – at first glance, they may seem similar. But if you dig…
read moreWorld Rainbow Hotels, a global brand of certified gay and lesbian welcoming hotels, launches its 2019 Global Consortia Programme this month.
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