GDS hotel bookings rebounding - 0 views
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Hanqing Yang on 05 Jun 13Accompanying global growth in reservations, rates paid by corporate travelers increased by +2.1% over prior year. More and more people and angency are booking over GDC in the past 2 years. As people all think that , if the GDC messages can be reached by travel agency, then it also can be reached by individuals. However, leisure bookings, which are those made predominantly through online channels, including mobile, only delivered a slight rate increase of +1.8% over 2012 in January . Which means , even GDC is accessible for leisure travelers, they won't move to GDC entirely in a short time. For GDC business people, the real question was which hotels positioned rates to reap the most profit from those bookings that came through a diverse range of channels.