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Are global distribution systems a core part of your hotel distribution strategy? Why they should be.

Amadeus Hospitality

According to the report, nearly all hoteliers are planning to invest more in 2024 than they did last year, with a significant focus on leveraging advanced technologies to streamline operations, improve guest satisfaction, and boost revenue. However, managing all these channels can be confusing for the average hotelier.

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Maximizing Hotel Revenue: Advanced Channel Manager Strategies for 2025

STAAH

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). 2) Rethinking the Role of a Channel Manager Once seen as just a syncing tool, the Channel Manager of 2025 is an intelligent distribution powerhouse.

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Galileo GDS: Overview for hotels

SiteMinder

Galileo is a travel distribution platform that utilises a global distribution system (GDS) to allow travel agents to book hotels, flights and other travel services. Galileo GDS is owned and operated by Travelport, one of the three major players in the GDS space (along with Amadeus and Sabre). What is Galileo GDS?

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Effective Hotel Sales Strategies to Increase Revenue

Hotelogix

Streamline Distribution to Maximize Visibility Managing your distribution channels is key to maximizing your hotel's visibility. OTAs (like Booking.com or Airbnb), your website, and other platforms (like Global Distribution Systems or GDS) are the places travelers look for hotels.

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Chase Travel Group: The quiet giant shaping hotel distribution

Hospitality Today

Richer content opportunities : With modern booking technology and NDC content capabilities, Chase Travel can support enhanced rate and room descriptions, branded offers, and upsell content—more than some OTAs allow. Corporate crossover : The Frosch acquisition brought in a large portfolio of managed corporate travel.

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EBITDAR explained: Driving financial health for hotels

Cloudbeds

EBITDAR (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization, and Restructuring/Rent) is a profit metric that excludes costs not directly related to operational performance. EBITDAR is calculated using details from the income statement, which presents a company’s revenues and operating expenses over a specific period.

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Apollo GDS: What do hotels need to know?

SiteMinder

Apollo is a global distribution system (GDS) vendor which allows travel agents to access and book inventory from hotels, airlines, car hires, and more. Apollo is owned and operated by Travelport, one of the three major players in the GDS space Travelport also runs Galileo and Wordspan. What is Apollo?