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The Channel Gateway: Powerful XML adapter for easy hotel bookings

The uniquely powerful electronic distribution XML Gateway adds connectivity for rate & inventory distribution, and reservation delivery to existing hotel management systems. Designed for hotel companies, distribution partners and system providers to transmit pricing, sales and booking data instantaneously between third-parties and systems.

Tailor your system with Connect’s flexible modules

e-Distribution gateway
OTA compliant XML integration
Seamless connectivity to third-party distribution channels
System enhancement and evolution

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So what can it do?

ARI Services – Availability and Rates Services – including the support for

All rate types & rate plans
Restrictions including CTA, Min/Max LOS, et al
Allocation Management
Integrated Channel Management
Policies including Meal Plans, Taxes, Child-based pricing

Booking Delivery Services - 100% reservation delivery between all connected distribution channels and booking engines to the CRS/PMS including:

Auto-mapping support for reservation delivery
Booking Delivery via secured XML connection
Supports Reservations modifications including modification and/or cancel re-books

Allocation Management Services - for complete automation of allocation monitoring and updating.

How will it benefit your business?

Automate Revenue Management and improve ROI
Offer your hotel revenue manager end-users simple update functionality without developing your own technology
Connect to a services that continuously provides state of the art technology and functionality while not succumbing to direct connect fatigue – maintaining direct connectivity year after year
Central repository for all IDS distribution transactions including support for monthly reconciliation
Save on manual transaction fees (Fax, Call Center, et al.) by automating booking delivery
For CRS / representation companies:

- Drive more inventory to their systems -> strengthen revenue and business relationship

- Provide hotels with a central repository of online transactions / inventory & rate management
Reduce traffic on CRS/PMS as shopping takes place on upstream systems
Eliminate switch processing fees for major OTA’s
Delivers competitive pricing information on third party systems
Options of Lowest Rate or Lowest Rate by Room Type
Provide un-rivalled distribution capability and meaningful channel business relationships

How does it benefit hotel end-users?

Channels are maintained directly out of a PMS/CRS
Hoteliers decide which rate and inventory will apply for the different channels
All channel specific restrictions and options are supported
The user maintains all updates in one system – the source (PMS/CRS)
All pricing data can be viewed alongside current rates and RMS generated data

Here is how our product looks...

Connect: Email Notification

Connect: Rate Weight Setup

Connect: Reservation Mapping

Connect: Room Type Mapping

Connect: Room Type Setup