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GDS Reservation 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.<br>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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GDS Reservation System

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  1. GDS Reservation System https://www.travelopro.com/GDS-reservation-system.php

  2. 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.

  3. 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).

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. 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 systeminto 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.

  7. 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 systemand it is the interconnectivity between individual airline reservation system and online travel management companies & booking agents.

  8. 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 companiesand hotel groups. With the coming of internet technology, travel companies are using this computerized reservation system to benefit potential clients to the business.

  9. 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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