GDS Reservation System

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GDS Reservation System
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Global distribution system

• A global distribution system (GDS) is a
  computerised network system owned or operated by
  a company that implement transactions between
  travel industry service providers, mainly
  airlines, hotels, car rental companies, and
  travel agencies. The GDS mainly uses real-time
  listings (e.g., number of hotel rooms available,
  number of flight seats available, or number of
  cars available) from the service providers.
• Travel agencies traditionally relied on GDS for
  services, products and rates in order to give
  travel-related services to the end consumers.

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How does a global distribution system work?

• Global distribution systems are an agent between
  vendors, such as hotels and airlines, and service
  providers, such as online travel companies. While
  most big GDSs are linked to the major travel
  companies, smaller, less expensive GDSs may give
  a limited amount of travel companies.
• Vendors sign up and link their own listings to a
  global distribution system. Once linked,
  customers can use the separate portals associated
  with the GDS to purchase from a vendor. To avoid
  overbooking, each service provider receives
  real-time updated listings from the airline or
  hospitality company (vendor).

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GDS Reservation System

• GDS is various from a computer reservations
  system, which is a reservation system used by the
  service providers (also known as vendors).
  Primary customers of GDS are travel
  representatives (both online and office-based)
  who make reservations on different reservation
  systems run by the vendors.
• A GDS system will have real-time relationship to
  the vendor's database. For example, when a travel
  company demands a reservation on the service of a
  particular airline company, the GDS system routes
  the demand to the appropriate airline's computer
  reservations system.

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What Are the Benefits of Using GDS?

• Effective in attracting international travelers
• 24/7 access to inventory
• Enables business models such as retail travel
  agency and OTA (Online Travel Agency)
• Offer consumers increased pricing transparency
• Travel agents can get a global platform with a
  strong market penetration
• Provide best rates to your customers which no
  other system can provide

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How do you Integrate GDS into your Travel Website?

• Every travel representative connecting them to
  all the travel industry information efficiently
  and efficiently. However, integrating a GDS
  system into your travel website can be expensive
  as well as time-consuming. Several travel
  representatives do not have the budget and time
  to invest in installing and understanding the
  GDS.
• The simple and most cost-effective method is to
  hire a SaaS platform like Travelopro to integrate
  a GDS system in your current website or else
  generate your entire travel online presence with
  their travel tech expertise.

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GDS Flight Booking System

• GDS networks like the system operated by
  Travelport create billions of dollars in global
  travel sales. Travelopro, a leading GDS
  integration (Amadeus, Sabre, Galileo, Worldspan)
  company. Global Distribution System, as GDS is
  called, join millions of providers to give a
  common platform for bookings (flight, hotel,
  packages and cars) to users across the world.
• A global distribution system alias GDS system is
  one of the most fundamental forms of global
  airline reservation system and it is the
  interconnectivity between individual airline
  reservation system and online travel management
  companies booking agents.

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Which GDS is good for flight bookings for a small
travel agency?

• Global distribution system is a computer-based
  reservation system. This is the single point
  associates where you can book tickets for
  flights, hotel rooms, rental cars, packages and
  travel related things.
• This Global distribution system platform is
  connected operated by the airlines, car rental
  companies and hotel groups. With the coming of
  internet technology, travel companies are using
  this computerized reservation system to benefit
  potential clients to the business.

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How GDS is helpful for a smaller travel agency?

• The Global distribution system will provide the
  small travel agency to have fast access to the
  prices of the flight tickets, hotel rooms, rental
  cars, cruise reservations, trains and other
  services. When this GDS is integrated to the
  travel web portal, it provides the customers to
  search for the travel books and book tickets
  online. This is win-win for both the clients and
  small travel companies.
• The travel agencies can earn huge benefit while
  the customers can search for various airlines and
  book flight ticket with the airline that is
  offering the best fare.

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