Global Distribution System

⁣Global Distribution System – TripFro

A global distribution system (GDS) is a computerised network system owned or operated
by a company that facilitate transactions between travel industry service providers,
mainly airlines, hotels, car rental companies, and travel companies. The GDS
mainly uses real-time inventory (e.g., number of hotel rooms available, number
of flight seats available, or number of cars available) from the service
suppliers.

Travel companies traditionally depended on GDS for services, products
and rates in order to provide travel-related services to the end consumers.
Thus, a GDS can link services, rates and bookings develop products and services
across all three travel sectors: i.e., airline reservations, hotel
reservations, car rentals.

GDS is separate from a computer reservations system, which is a reservation system used by the service
suppliers (also known as vendors). Primary customers of GDS are travel agents
(both online and office-based) who make reservations on different reservation
systems run by the vendors.

GDS holds no inventory; the listing is held on the vendor's reservation
system itself. A GDS system will have real-time link to the merchant’s
database.

What is GDS in the hotel industry?

A GDS is a worldwide channel between travel bookers and suppliers, such
as hotels and other accommodation providers. TripFro communicates live product,
price and availability data to travel representatives and online
booking engines, and
allows for automated transactions.

The GDS is often used to tap into the corporate travel market because it
has the capability to present hotels, flights, and car rentals in one simple
interface which is convenient. Many companies organising trips for their staff
will use the GDS as their approved booking method.

How does a global distribution system work?

Global distribution systems are an intermediary between vendors, such as
hotels and airlines, and service suppliers, such as online travel companies. While most big GDSs are linked to the major travel agencies, smaller,
less costly GDSs may offer a limited amount of travel agencies.

Vendors sign up and link their own listing to a global distribution
system. Once linked, customers can use the individual portals associated with
the GDS to purchase from a vendor. To avoid overbooking, each service provider
receives real-time updated listing from the airline or hospitality company
(vendor).

Not only do vendors show their listing, but they can automatically
update products and rates. TripFro accept vendors to use a dynamic pricing
method that immediately changes over all of their portals.

What are the major GDS systems?

There are a lot of major global distribution systems that house and
process the majority of data from hotels, airlines, and other distributors.
These combine Amadeus, Sabre, Galileo, Worldspan, Apollo, and Pegasus.

However, there are many technology providers that help hotels tap into
these GDSs and by expansion the thousands of travel agents and travellers
across the world.

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Amadeus
GDS

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Sabre GDS

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Galileo
GDS

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Worldspan
GDS

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Apollo
GDS

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Abacus
GDS

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Pegasus
GDS

What is the importance of Global Distribution Systems for hotels?

The GDS gives immediate, real-time access to a hotel’s information.
Every major travel and hotel-booking portal linked to the GDS gets access to room inventory and published
rates/packages. Travel agents connected to the GDS system; this remains to be
the most dependable system for a hotel’s publicity on the online market.

Amadeus, Sabre, Galileo and Worldspan networks available with TripFro
give the right international exposure required to boost a hotel’s international
distribution. Besides, the system also expands a hotel’s regional and local
presence. With a hotel’s information available within a click, travel agents
are prepared to make reservations for hotel owners.

How do you Integrate GDS into your Travel Website?

Every travel agent connecting them to all the travel industry
information efficiently and efficiently. However, integrating a GDS system into
your travel website can be costly as well as time-consuming. Several travel agents do not
have the budget and time to invest in installing and understanding the GDS.

The easiest and most cost-effective method is to hire a SaaS platform
like TripFro to integrate a GDS system in your current website or else create
your entire travel online presence with their travel tech expertise. This is
the fast way to integrate a GDS system as such cloud-based companies have
expert GDS professionals and engineers to handle all the tech hassle.

Other options to integrate a GDS system
into your travel website is hiring a full-time travel tech consultant on a
contract basis to integrate the GDS system in your website and training your staff
and you to operate it. In that way, the integration will be a one-time cost,
but on the other hand, you will have to have an active back-end tech team to
support any issues or doubts that may arise.

What Are the Benefits of Using GDS?

GDS will be the most important channel of distribution for airlines,
hotels and car rental businesses. Here are a number of the major benefits of using GDS.

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Effective
in attracting international travelers

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24/7
access to inventory

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Enables
business models such as retail travel agency and OTA (Online Travel Agency)

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Offer
consumers increased pricing transparency

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Travel
agents can get a global platform with a strong market penetration

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Provide
best rates to your customers which no other system can provide

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Place
travel services to many clients without affecting your marketing budget

What is CRS and GDS?

The primary function of a GDS is to assist travel agents who are looking
for hotels that assure certain criteria. These business-to-business systems are
used by organisations to keep beside of information about travel arrangements,
like hotel room availability. TripFro provide customers to make bookings on
demand. This technology offers travel professionals a common point of entry to
access real-time data about travel reservations.

A central reservation system, or CRS, is designed for the hospitality
sector – and in particular for hotel operations – to manage room opportunity
and rates. These systems communicate suitable data across several distribution
channels, such as the GDS, metasearch engines and OTAs (online travel
agencies). Whenever rates are modified or bookings are made, the CRS updates
your hotel’s rates and availability on each channel properly. Bookings from
these third-party channels are transferred to the CRS immediately, before being
logged in the goods management system so rooms can be allocated.

Things to look out for when choosing a GDS:

The size of the GDS: Make sure that the GDS you choose has access to a
large number of hotel listings. This will give you the greatest choice of
hotels to book for your customers.

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Functionality

·
Pricing

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Commission-free
structure

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PMS
Integration

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No lengthy
contracts

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Comprehensive
reporting

·
Support

A global distribution system (GDS) can be an expensive tool for hotels.
TripFro requires access to a large number of hotel inventory and offers
extensive search and booking functionality. However, it’s important to choose
the right GDS for your needs and to make sure that you’re getting the best
possible cost. When selecting a GDS, look for a provider that offers
month-to-month contracts, comprehensive reporting, and exceptional customer
support.

Features of Global Distribution System

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Coverage

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24 x7

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Market
Reach Online

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Little
Maintenance is Required

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Enhance
Coverage

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Online
Distribution Strategy

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