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What is a Global Distribution System?
GDS stands for the Global Distribution System. It is a huge computer network that passes inventory and rates for hotels to travel agents and travel sites. It is also used by other travel agencies, such as rental cars and airlines.
BookingXML pre-integrated with the world's best GDS, combining Amadeus GDS, Sabre GDS, Travelport GDS, etc. BookingXML is customized in integrating all the major GDS providers and integrated with Amadeus GDS, Sabre GDS, Travelport / Galileo GDS, which implement access for reserving airline seats, rental cars, hotel rooms, and other travel products.
How does a GDS work in travel?
The GDS intermediates between the travel representative and the central hotel (or airline) reservation system. With the GDS, travel agents can view current rates and accessible resources for a specific hotel in real-time. Current rates and accessibility are sent directly from the hotel’s property management system (PMS) to the GDS and online booking pages via the channel manager.
Once a reservation is made on the GDS or online booking site, the channel manager immediately updates availability across all channels, combining the hotel’s official website, and automatically transmits the booking details back to the PMS or central reservation system (CRS).
The importance of GDS to travel agents?
GDS is a network/platform that allows travel agencies and their customers to access travel data, shop for and compare reservations options and book travel. GDS networks like the system operated by Travelport create billions of dollars in global travel sales.
Through such commerce platforms as the GDS Travelport, agents can connect scheduling and inventory of hotels, airlines, car rentals, and (some) railway and bus reservations – in real time. GDS connects all those services across the three primary travel reservation sectors (airline, hotel, and ground transportation, i.e., car rentals), and activities.
The modern GDS system evolved from this early labour-intensive manual system, thanks to the collaborative team efforts of American Airlines (AA) and IBM. The result of that collaboration was the first airline industry mainframe-based system, SABRE.
How GDS is helpful for a smaller travel agency?
The Global distribution system will allow the small travel agency to have immediate access to the prices of the flight tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, cruise reservations, trains and other services. When this GDS is integrated into the travel web portal, it allows the customers to search for the travel books and book tickets online.
This is a win-win for both the clients and small travel agencies. The travel agencies can earn huge profits while the clients can search for various airlines and book flight tickets with the airline that is providing the best fare.
What are the features and benefits of GDS?
· 24*7 real-time access to a vast global inventory of hotel rooms, cars, airlines, buses, tours and other travel-related items.
· Access for both B2C and B2B travel booking engines.
· The GDS software can easily be integrated on Android, iOS, and Web platforms.
· Provides access to real-time availability and pricing to make online bookings.
· Offers the best commissions and fares to travel agencies.
· GDS makes managing and maintaining information easy.
· It facilitates a single-window interface for all your marketing requirements.
· GDS software enables expanding the coverage to gain exposure to other travellers and travel agents.
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