A good property management system can help simplify your business operations by half the time.
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Finally, the system secures your rental property. It has an online tenant credit screening service which permits you to check on the credit information and background information of potential tenants in a matter of minutes.
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Using the new system allows you to organize and store all the information you have entered into it to for easier access and revision whenever needed.
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Additionally, using an online payment system allows you to have accurate figures when computing for rental fees thereby reducing accounting errors as well as data entry. By means of this system, you can be sure that your leasing property is well protected.
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Therefore, having a property management system is very advantageous. It helps you manage your property easily while saving you the time and money. Moreover, it ensures the protection of your property. It is definitely a useful tool for property owners!
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Keep Our Wilderness Off Of Wi-Fi - The Daily Beast - 0 views
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Call it LANifest destiny: the sense the Internet should be available, everywhere, from sea to shining sea. The same illness is starting to infect national parks. Last year, the National Park Hospitality Association petitioned the National Park Service, asking it to make parks more smartphone-friendly.
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Meanwhile, in the spirit of the Wilderness Act, cities could take easy steps to provide a short respite from all that connectivity. Withholding Wi-Fi is easy. Jammers that block cellphone signals are cheap, simple, and effective over short distances. Physical parks could offer outdoor areas where your phone won’t work, and where your computer can’t pick up any kind of Wi-Fi signal. There could also be wireless-free areas of libraries, coffee shops, public squares, and office buildings.
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This is actually an article touting the benefits of "unplugging" from our 24/7 wired world. The National Park System is notorious for its horrible cell and WiFi coverage. However, with the exception of its use as a safety net, I concur with the author's points. We visit wide open spaces as an escape from the hustle and bustle of our daily lives. Our smartphones still function quite well as cameras even without a signal. At the end of a day of hiking, when we return to our hotels or homes, our phones automatically upload and archive our adventures. In contrast to the rental car, airline and hotel end of our industry, the escapist mindset that we go into vacations with, may actually benefit from a lack of networks in some cases. A visit to a high-end resort (a la Club Med) many times comes with the "benefit" of no phone or TV in the room. If you're going on vacation, then BE on vacation. Use the technology to archive and share the fun, but don't let it interrupt an unforgettable experience.
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Why GDS is Important for Travel Industry Software - 1 views
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After the deregulation of Airline Industry in 1978, ARS (Airline reservation system) became more important to travel industry.
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The USP of GDS that it can provide the best holiday packages to your guest on lowest rate, which includes air, hotel and car rental.
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It is feared that advent of multiple price comparison website could eliminate the need of dedicated GDS for point-in-time prices and inventory for both travel agents and end-customers.
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The article explains the history of GDS, and how GDS doesn't hold any inventory, but they are held on the vendor's reservation system so if a travel agent approaches Air India for reservation, the GDS can route the travel agent to Air India's computer reservation system in real time. Of course any travel agency should invest in the GDS as GDS can provide the best holiday package to guests at the lowest rate, for a package which includes air, hotel, and car rental. The article also illustrates how important GDS was to the airline industry and how the booking process has changed in the past decade, as we can now book within minutes in the comfort of our home. Before it would take an employee over an hour just to book a single flight for a customer.
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GDS is still the ticket for most agencies: Travel Weekly - 0 views
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This article summarizes why we wont be seeing a decline of GDS use in the travel industry anytime soon. As stated in the article "nothing beats a GDS model for booking seats on planes". The article suggests that a good GDS agent can ultimately work more efficiently than someone working with a GUI. Another major positive to using GDS is accessibility. A firm can book both corporate and leisure travel from anywhere, as long as internet access is available. In one study 62% of agents said that air content was the biggest draw of a GDS. One agent said that when booking air the GDS system Amadeus gives her a selection of choices in a fraction of the time it takes her clients to see them online. Clearly, GDS systems such as Amadeus and Sabre are saving agents and customers time and money while booking. Another upside to using GDS is that it allows agents to see routes, departures and arrival times which are important because many clients have preferable airports when they travel. The article also says how GDS is more commonly used for air and car rentals instead of hotels. It also gives a look into why Airlines werent a fan of GDS usage. For example, GDS were changing revenue models for airlines because GDSs paid travel agents and it seemed that they were buying loyalty with money from airline fees.
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In this example, it would be beneficial for the nonprofit to track and record the number of attendees, ticket price, and fair value of the event.
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In order to properly report the activities of these events, a number of transactions need to be recorded for each event:
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The difference between the amount paid by the donor and the fair value of the benefit received by the donor is considered a contribution.
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In-kind contributions: For each special event there could be three types of in-kind contributions that are documented:
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This article touches on events and the process Event Coordinators use to keep track of money. Things like dinners, galas, auctions and fundraisers are examples of events that involve a transfer of money. The "Direct benefit to donors" are the actual costs of the items and services given to guests for their attendance. There are 3 options given to report these benefits. Option 1 - Present the Costs of Direct Benefits to Donors as a line item. Option 2 - Present Special Event Gross Revenues in the revenue section of the Statement. Option 3 - Present the contribution portion as contribution revenue and the exchange portion (fair value received by donor) as special events revenue. To properly report activities each transaction needs to be recorded for revenue purposes. Tracking the number of attendees, ticket prices, and value of the event is important to make sure funds are being allocated correctly. If lump sum donations are made or sponsorships are involved, that revenue needs to be reported as well. On top of this, costs need to be calculated too, event space rental, food, table cloths… in order to come up with a final profit number. Sometimes donated auction items are used to incur a 100% profit for the organization.
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Amadeus, Travelport and Sabre GDS Systems helping travel agencies grow using OTA model - 0 views
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GDS is and will remain as the most important channel of distribution for airlines, hotels, and car rental companies alike.
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Travel agents require the assistance of GDS and it is for the sake of their own profits.GDS serves as direct sellers of the Air Fares travel agents get into an agreement to the GDS and get access to a list of fares what he/she can again sell to the customers.
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For Years, GDS has been serving the travel industry with reliability, security, speed and accuracy to airlines, hospitality, car rentals and many more. As per IATA study, the future of GDS is very huge and it will create a robust e-commerce platform for the travel industry
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Is the GDS Still a Good Investment? | hospitalityupgrade.com - 0 views
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Global Distribution System (GDS) still contributes significantly to hotel distribution revenue–approximately 27 percent, according to TRAVELCLICK’s latest eTRAK repor
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The survey found that about 25 percent of travel agents worldwide–mostly international agents–are using their GDS platform more often than in the past. Of those surveyed, 70 percent recall seeing GDS promotional messages—up 15 percent from 2007.
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Survey results also reveal that most travel agents worldwide believe the GDS should offer rate parity: 88 percent of U.S. travel agents and 81 percent of international travel agents said it was very important to see the same rates available on all platforms.
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The survey showed that 83 percent of agents offer best available rates (BAR) or promotional rates to customers who have negotiated rates at the time of booking.
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travel agent use of the GDS to grow significantly. We anticipate this trend will continue in the future. The more useful, accurate and visually engaging the information provided by hotel companies in the GDS environment, the more agents will rely on the system to book travel for their clients
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The article discussed the significance of hotels using the Global Distribution System and how the GDS helps promote and influence bookings.The GDS is basically the main source of booking reservations for a travel agent. The GDS shows all rates and inventory for hotels, airlines, and rental car centers. According to the article, GDS is used mainly by international travel agents, but it is used my travel agents all over the globe. When looking at the GDS, travel agents ted to focus mainly on the rate information it is advertising, usually the BAR rate is what travel agents are aiming to get for their clients. The GDS is relied on heavily by travel agents to offer the best rate to their client, which in return will help them gain more clientele. The more accurate and visually appealing the GDS is, the more the agents are willing to use it.
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Global travel distribution: GDS system's role, growth, future outlook - 0 views
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Global distribution systems have significantly changed the way people traveled and the work of travel companies as well. With GDSs, independent travel agents, travel companies, and online agents have a remote access to airline reservation databases, can place remote bookings (thus automating the booking process), and meet their customer needs by looking the database for the best available offers. Also, GDS systems provide such travel-based technology services as airline information technology products and revenue management tools for hotels, airlines, and car rental agents.
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Global Distribution Systems have greatly impacted the hospitality industry with pricing information widely available to multiple outlets. GDS ability to share and distribute pricing to OTA's either for hotels or airlines, car rental agents and other outlets. With guests looking for a edge in cheap purchases, GDS is able to provide pricing that is readily available. Technology is constantly evolving to help the consumer and there is no doubt that GDS will continued to be featured/
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The technology may change and become more customized to client specific needs and preferences such as leisure travel
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Blockchain provides high-security level: it consists of multiple transaction blocks, built according to certain rules and linked and secured using cryptography
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Everything in life and business today is about how you can make big bigger, fast faster and everything more personalized. This article is giving suggestion about how GDS may evolve in the future to make it more personalized to the buying customer as well as making it more GDS more secure. GDS are starting to price compare with competing sites and businesses are offering incentive of not having service fees if you book directly through them. Where is this leading the GDS systems? Perhaps into the Blockchian technology, where a customer can purchase a token and essentially cash it in when they exchange it for the service being done. This is allowing for more secure transactions of moneys. GDS will never go out of business, but there is always a way someone is looking to make it better, Blockchains may be something of the future trend.
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GDS, OTA and Meta: What's the difference? | HotelMinder - 2 views
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GDS, OTA and Meta: What’s the difference?
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The article covers the topics discussed in this week's topics related to Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and Online Travel Agency (OTA). It goes in detail regarding the difference and benefits of each. The landscape of the traveling industry changed in the late 1900s with the introduction of the GDS from the airline industry. Although costly, hotels are able to provide unsold rooms at a cheaper rate in order to secure bookings. Similarly, OTAs have gained popularity with the rise of use and reliance of the internet. Most beneficial of a OTA is more visibility for the hotel, since they invest a significant amount of capital in advertising. Whether a hotel is deciding whether or not to invest in a GDS or OTA, it is important to do a cost benefit analysis in order to determine which may be more beneficial to the property.
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GDS is a rather costly selling channel that mainly allows the sale of rooms in larger quantities to bigger companies (for corporate guests) or travel agencies (leisure travellers). Thus, small independent hotels usually do not need GDS.
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With the rise of the internet, many websites began selling rooms without the need for human interaction. These sites very quickly gained important market share,
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Rather than trying to compete with them, it would be better to see them as another selling distribution channel instead.
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Travel agencies use GDS to get real-time availability, and preferred rates on flight tickets, hotel rooms and car rentals all over the world as it allows them to be very reactive when asked for a quote.
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They were first created by airline companies during the 1950’s to broaden hotel and car rental businesses by enabling automated transactions between travel service providers and travel agencies (traditional and online).
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Central Reservation Services (CRS), such as Sabre, allow hotels to sell their rooms to all GDS simultaneously. However, it is up to the hotel whether to connect with only one or two GDS directly, without the need for a CRS. The good news is that some channel managers are also able to connect with GDS systems.
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The most popular example is Booking.com, although Expedia (for corporate guests) and Hostelworld (for more economical accommodation options) are also well-known.
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Your hotel can usually be listed on an OTA free of charge by adding your hotel photos, descriptions, rooms, rates, etc. You can then choose how many rooms you’d like to sell through the OTA. The availability you’d like to sell as well as the room rate is your decision, and although appearing on the OTA is free, you will have to pay a commission of approximately 15% to 20% every time you get a booking.
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Although they produce rather time-consuming work as you need to log into each of their extranets to update daily availability and rates, you can very easily connect an OTA to a channel manager to automate, or at least greatly facilitate these tasks.
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They were created shortly after OTAs and display the current rates of many different hotels in a given destination.
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Today, OTA’s are a must, and although metasearch engines are slightly more technical to manage, they can also be an attractive selling channel to consider.
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This article introduces GDS, OTA and Meta in a short space. GDS stands for Global Distribution System, GDS is a rather costly selling channel that mainly allows the sale of rooms in larger quantities to bigger companies. Small independent hotels usually do not need GDS. OTA stands for Online Travel Agency. meta stands for Metasearch Engines. For small hotels, the cost of GDS is high and it is generally difficult to adopt. OTA and meta are two methods worth considering.
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Sabre and BYHOURS signed new deal to allow selling rooms by the hour - 0 views
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Under the agreement, hundreds of thousands of travel agents using Sabre’s global distribution system (GDS) will have access to BYHOURS’ content, significantly increasing the distribution reach and potential revenue opportunities for BYHOURS and hoteliers across the world while providing travel agents access to the relevant content that their customers demand.
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This distribution agreement comes at a key moment for the global travel industry, as COVID-19 has generated an increased need for microstays whether for business, local leisure staycations or stopover travel. As more companies adopt remote work policies, the need for flexible, comfortable and adequate space to work and conduct important meetings is increasing.
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The ability to easily book rooms by the hour will address these needs and provide an integral solution for the industry.
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Headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, BYHOURS launched in 2012 to provide flexibility and personalization to the hotel booking process.
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Sabre remains focused on its long-term vision of creating a new marketplace for personalized travel.
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This article highlights how GDS systems like Sabre are constantly adapting and evolving into new market segments. By the hour room rentals have been on the rise over the past few years whether it be for a private meeting space for small groups or a place for someone to get some some quick rest or maybe just a place to bath and change their clothes. As this segment grows GDS systems can be integral into showcasing their availability and legitimacy.
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Is Travel Booking Ready to Fully Embrace Artificial Intelligence? - 1 views
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Conventional wisdom has been that planning travel, whether for leisure or business, is still too personal and confusing for artificial intelligence (AI) to replace the travel shopping experience.
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Answers may lie in Natural Language Processing (NLP). NLP is a subfield of artificial intelligence focused on the processing and analysis of both spoken and written languages. An NLP application could provide the mechanism for planning and booking a full travel experience. Only with exceptions and errors being sent to an experienced travel agent for analysis and discussion.
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With NLP’s prediction modeling capabilities, the conversational chatbot could inspire a unique experience during the travel planning process.
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As NLP better understands the requirements and dependencies of travelers, a solution to book a complete trip with your voice assistant will become available.
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Artificial Intelligence is not widely used for booking travel with multiple complexities such as a hotel, car rental and activities however this is becoming more of a possibility with the advancements of Natural Language Processing (NPL). Over the past year there has been major advancements with NPL due to the pandemic and when combining NPL technology with other AI such as chatbots or voice assistants, these systems become more powerful and will be able to assist in planning more complex travel. These systems can also help a travel agent with more complex bookings by gathering the information needed such as date, locations and points of interest.
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Although Blockbuster began a rentals-by-mail and streaming service belatedly in order to fight against competitors like Netflix, they didn’t come on strong enough or soon enough.
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It was a battle between old technology and new technology, and it looks like new technology won out in the end.
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That being said, Netflix is definitely the most successful of these Blockbuster-replacement services and has been steadily gaining traction over the years
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They started out as a DVD rentals-by-mail service and business has been booming ever since they introduced a streaming subscription service as well.
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Blockbuster is certainly hitting themselves for not jumping at the offer, which may have seemed irrelevant and unimportant at the time.
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I chose this article because I believe it is a perfect example of how to make the most out of the technology revolution! Blockbuster did not see the opportunity fast enough and so Netflix put them completely out of business. There are advantages and disadvantages to the "wait and see" approach but I think in this case, Blockbuster missed out on a huge opportunity and they didn't look into the future as they should have. As technology is constantly evolving, the only way to keep up is to stay current.
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The $28 billion opportunity for hotels | PhocusWire - 0 views
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Ancillary bookings represent a significant opportunity for hotels to add revenue while increasing guest engagement. The airline industry adopted the practice of cross-selling and up-selling trip extras more than a decade ago with impactful results. How can hotels do the same and best complete their guests' travel experience by offering products beyond hotel rooms?
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This article will share some of the findings of the new white paper, which show that the majority of business travelers surveyed are very interested in purchasing either on-site or off-site extras. The research also identifies business traveler segments and details the preferences on when, where, and what extras business travelers are interested in buying.
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Hotels that participated in the white paper cited reasons why they do not currently offer ancillary services. Many talked about resources, including a lack of technology to streamline ancillary offerings for both on-site and off-site trip extras. With many hotels having their staff and management doing multiple jobs, hotel management is reluctant to add another task to management’s plate. This highlights the need for digital ancillary technology to address these valid concerns and reduce such effort while simultaneously scaling the operation.
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managers are focused on perfecting the on-site process, instead of branching out and offering new services to differentiate their brand from their competitors.
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Hotels, both large chains and independent boutiques, can learn from other companies in the travel sector who have successfully implemented an ancillary sales strategy. Airlines were quick to offer ancillary services more than a decade ago. Now these non-core services such as priority booking, baggage fees and car rentals make up an estimated US$28 billion in revenue annually for the top ten airlines. This trained travelers to purchase travel add-on services during checkout, and at other cross-sell merchandising points such as confirmation emails.
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Trip extras that increase productivity include wifi access, early check-in/ late check out to continue working between meetings and travel. More than 70% of business traveler respondents indicated they are interested in purchasing more than core hotel products such as on-site dining, retail sundries and transportation options
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Business travelers surveyed were most interested in purchasing off property local dining (36%), access to fitness/wellness activities (32%), and tickets to live shows/ events (31%), while in destination or on the day of service.
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An ancillary strategy that is managed and implemented, with constant communication at the individual properties, can offer a consistent guest experience across the brand. Off-site ancillary offerings are opportunities for hotels to access more wallet-share for the business traveler’s trip. Offering car rentals, or restaurant reservations through strategic partnerships and additional loyalty points add revenue streams to the hotel, boosting profits without increasing ADR.
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The article describes how hotels have been late in adopting the cross-selling and up-selling trip extras that airlines have been so successful with over the last decade or so. It also summarizes the results of research done by Phocuswright with iSeatz which found that the majority of business travelers surveyed are interested in purchasing additional on-site extras and off-site extras. The research also found that the hotels that were surveyed cite reasons such as a lack of technology and stretched resources at hotel level as barriers to implementation.
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The author fails to recognize that the e-commerce platforms developed by the airlines over the past decade have been focused on selling unbundled extras, whereas until recently the hotel e-commerce platforms have been very focused on offering the customer bundled packages and only had limited capability for up-selling and cross-selling.
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Global distribution system (GDS): Complete guide for hotels - SiteMinder - 1 views
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More than 600,000 travel agents plug into the GDS every day on behalf of companies to book flights, hotels, car rentals and destination activities.
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Despite the growth of third party online travel agencies (OTAs) like Booking.com and Expedia, the GDS remains the number one way to promote your hotel to the corporate travel market globally.
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A GDS is a worldwide conduit between travel bookers and suppliers, such as hotels and other accommodation providers.
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The history of global distribution systems dates back to the 1960s when a more sophisticated method was needed to keep track of flight schedules, availability, and prices
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Hoteliers are always looking at ways to increase their reach to attract more customers, increase revenue, and make a profit
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As soon as a reservation is made on the GDS or an online booking website, the channel manager instantly reduces inventory across all channels, including the hotel’s own website, and automatically delivers the reservation details back into the PMS or central reservation system (CRS).
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There are several major global distribution systems that house and process the majority of data from hotels, airlines, and other distributors. These include Amadeus, Sabre, Galileo, Worldspan, Apollo, and Pegasus.
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The Apollo reservation system was used by United Airlines until 2012, when it switched to SHARES, a system used by its former Continental Airlines subsidiary.
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Sabre is seen as a pioneer for online travel agencies, corporate booking tools, revenue management, and web and mobile itinerary tools, to name a few.
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Galileo traces its roots back to 1971 when United Airlines created its first computerised central reservation system
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created by other airline groups in an attempt to gain market share in the computer reservation system market.
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Worldspan is a Travelport platform, and is the technology leader in web-based travel eCommerce, offering solutions for all facets of travel business online. As a leading GDS, Worldspan provides travel distribution, technologies and services for thousands of travel companies worldwide, including travel agencies, corporations, travel suppliers and travel websites.
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Amadeus has the biggest global footprint of any of the GDSs, with a potential reach to millions of guests.
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Abacus was founded in 1988 and became a leading provider of travel solutions and services in the Asia Pacific region.
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Essentially, the GDS can increase hotel bookings and revenue by placing hotels on more ‘supermarket shelves’ globally.
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the GDS improves search positioning and displays your brand messaging during the search and booking process
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Hotels generate more revenue through a GDS because it places the hotel’s information, availability and rates in prominent locations where it is easy for travel agents to find.
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the capability for the GDS to integrate completely with your existing PMS, online booking engine and channel manager.
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Because cruise travellers rely heavily on travel agents for their trip arrangements, it’s highly likely any hotel bookings will also be made through this channel.
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A GDS is a worldwide conduit between travel bookers and suppliers, such as hotels and other accommodation providers
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With the cruise industry currently in a state of growth, it represents a chance for hotels to get a slice of the revenue.
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It appears travel agents are driving most of this success, with 70% of cruise bookings made via this channel.
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Cruises do all the hard work to book their guests but often they will arrive a day or two early or depart a day or two after their cruise, booking at hotels for the extra time.
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you eliminate the frustration of signing up with each individual platform, and you can connect to all of the top providers without paying the individual fees.
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The GDS is often used to tap into the corporate travel market because it has the ability to present hotels, flights, and car rentals in one simple interface which is convenient.
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Live rates and availability are sent from a hotel’s property management system (PMS) directly to the GDS and online booking websites via a channel manager.
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here are several major global distribution systems that house and process the majority of data from hotels, airlines, and other distributors. These include Amadeus, Sabre, Galileo, Worldspan, Apollo, and Pegasus.
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There are several major global distribution systems that house and process the majority of data from hotels, airlines, and other distributors. These include Amadeus, Sabre, Galileo, Worldspan, Apollo, and Pegasus.
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There are a few specifications which will greatly aid successful GDS connectivity: Being centrally located Being located close to an airport Room capacity of more than 20 rooms Lodgings that are set up for corporate markets and not affected by seasons
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Essentially, the GDS can increase hotel bookings and revenue by placing hotels on more ‘supermarket shelves’ globally. This approach is particularly effective at capturing international corporate travellers. You can gain lucrative international corporate business, particularly if you’re near a major airport gateway or close to government or commercial enterprises.
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This article goes into how to optimize the use of GDS for a hotel operation and the author touched on a point we have discussed in the class before: how to market your local hotel to an international audience. The author suggests that adding your property to a GDS can be a cost-effective way to bring those international business travelers, specially if your hotel is near an airport.
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This article goes in depth into GDS. It explains the concept of the GDS is and how eaxctly it works. It also gives examples of some major GDSs. It talks about the benefits of using GDS in hotels.
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The global distribution system in the hospitality industry is beyond vital in the act of keeping the ball rolling. GDS provides live products and offers to travelers across the globe. Whats really amazing about GDS is that live availability and rates are transferred through a channel manager directly to online booking sites. This allows guests to acquire the best rates the soonest as opposed to waiting to call a hotel or resort to see what they have and at what price.
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This article shows us everything we need to know about Hotel GDS. It includes GDS in the hotel industry, GDS work way in travel, seven major GDS systems, the way to access leading GDSs with GDS software, GDS conditions of use, benefits of connecting hotel to the GDS, and how to use the GDS to capture cruise travel bookings at hotel.
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Keeping Green: Sustainability and Covid-19 - Short Term Rentals - 1 views
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It is important in a moment like this to ask the question – will sustainability stay as important to hospitality?
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Sharmista Mitra-Kelly, senior associate at JCJ Architecture, noted: “They all have different expectations, but a very similar mindset when it comes to wellness and preservation [both self and natural], and that means a focus on sustainability.”
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Giles Fuchs, entrepreneur and owner of the Burgh Island Hotel, said: “For business hotels, such as Premier Inn, they have found that individuals are far more likely to stay in hotels who are making an effort to provide a more sustainable environment.”
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Fuchs added: “There’s that obvious tension between price and quality.”This tension is at the heart of all business and tends to become unbalanced during times of hardship. When businesses are existentially threatened, as some say hospitality is with the coronavirus outbreak, logic would dictate that price takes over afterwards.
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For some hospitality businesses, sustainability may actually be a solution to cut costs with a more difficult market. Basic measures, such as opting out of turndown services and using energy efficient lights and recycling water can realistically be used to shave certain expenses.
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In this instance sustainable development can be a double-edged sword. High upfront costs can hamstring businesses with less cash on hand but can create necessary savings for those with just enough.
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Madu Rajesh, director for International Tourism Partnership, told HospitalityNet: “There is a strong business case for sustainable hotels including reducing operational costs through utility savings, benefiting from national and local incentives, and increasing control of energy costs through installing on-site renewables.”
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The consensus among many professionals is, however, that sustainability is no longer a choice that can really be made by businesses. The future of hospitality will be inherently sustainable.
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Paolo Trevisan, head of design at Pininfarina of America, said: “Over the next six to twelve months, consumers will be giving everything a more critical look, from their homes to their vacations. As such, we believe that sustainability –– especially principles of biophilia (access to natural light, green space, etc.) –– will continue to be a topic on the forefront of people’s minds.
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Mitra-Kelly said: “More than anything, this pandemic is teaching us that we are so dependent on things that are not locally sourced or sustained.”
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The ethics of sustainability are dependent upon the personal views of those who lead a company, but the business sense is not.
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For some, sustainability may be the way to recover from a time of genuine business concern. For others it may fall by the wayside.The idea, however, is still present and, while maybe temporarily deprioritised, is set for a significant comeback.
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The article describes the origins of green hotel and hospitality movement, provides the experts' opinions on green movement within the industry and predicts the possible future actions of the hotels in the after COVID-19 times. Financial aspects of the implementation of environment friendly actions are also discussed.
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Sonder Targets Corporate Travel with GDS, TMC Deals | Business Travel News - 1 views
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Sonder operates short-term rentals, primarily apartments, similar to how a hotel operates. Sonder's entrance into GDS will help to level the playing field for the company as it compares to traditional hotels. This is a great example of how GDS continues to be a useful tool in the travel industry. Sonder being one of the latest innovations in travel is now utilizing a legacy system to grow revenue.
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Apartment-style accommodation provider Sonder now offers its inventory on the three major global distribution systems via a third-party provider and has partnered with multiple travel management companies and consortia in order to expand its corporate travel business, the company announced.
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Like others in the short-term rental space, Sonder relies on technology to offer guests a contactless experience through its mobile app, which guests can use to book, request early check-in or late check-out, and reach the company's 24/7 concierge service, among other services.
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We are already networking with partners to get into [corporate] programs and to respond [to RFPs] as they come in."