Consumer Global Distribution System Occupancy 
STAAH
AUGUST 12, 2025
B2C – Business-to-Consumer : Direct sales to individual guests. G GDS – Global Distribution System : A platform connecting hotels with travel agents worldwide. O OCC – Occupancy : The percentage of available rooms sold in a given period. P PMS – Property Management System : Software for managing daily operations.
STAAH
APRIL 29, 2025
Move Beyond Syncing, Start Scaling 1) The New Age of Hotel Distribution The hotel distribution landscape has changed. With consumer behaviours evolving, and the lines between tech platforms, marketing, and operations blurring, a modern strategy goes far beyond just listing rooms on online travel agents (OTAs). Just results.
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Cloudbeds
JANUARY 22, 2025
Financial analysis When EBITDAR is combined with other metrics, such as ADR (average daily rate), occupancy rate, or RevPAR (revenue per available room) , it can help dig deeper into financial metrics. Improve marketing and distribution Optimize distribution channels to reduce sales commissions.
Hotelogix
JANUARY 12, 2025
By listing your property on these region-specific OTAs, you can effectively target local guests who may not typically use global platforms As your hotel gains traction and you understand your audience better, you can expand to more OTAs. Global Distribution System (GDS): Is It Still Relevant?
Hotel Business
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
year-over-year (YOY) and supply increased 0.5%, which led to a 1% drop in occupancy for the period. RevPAR decreased 0.3%, as the modest occupancy decline was partially offset by the rise in ADR. Occupancy rates for all location types were below 2019 levels in Q3. Global distribution system (GDS) demand grew the most at 6.3%.
Amadeus Hospitality
DECEMBER 14, 2022
Similarly, Amadeus’ Agency360 data demonstrates that hotel room nights booked on global distribution systems (GDSs) for corporate travel have also increased during 2022 and are rapidly closing in on pre-pandemic rates. This welcome resurgence of travel should not just be looked at in isolation.
Hotel Speak
JULY 24, 2024
Effective hotel distribution strategies enable hotels to target the right audience, optimise occupancy rates, and enhance revenue management. Hotels have worked with third parties such as airlines, travel agents, online travel agents (OTAs) and the Global Distribution System (GDS) for decades.
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