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The Ultimate Source for Shopping and Booking Hotels Worldwide Worldspan ™ Hotel Solutions Where do you find the best and lowest-priced accommodation? Many sources provide appealing and attractively priced hotels, from websites to supplier-direct channels and more. Even though a lot of options are out there, your productivity and efficiency can suffer when you shop and book multiple systems. You miss the efficiency of integrated PNRs and traveller itineraries. The ever-increasing number of travel- related websites also mean your customers may find desired properties on their own or at a lower price. You can overcome these challenges and keep customers satisfied through Worldspan hotel shopping and booking solutions – a suite of technologies that give you all of the content and tools you need to effectively compete today. GIVE TRAVELLERS WHAT THEY WANT FROM ONE ABUNDANT SOURCE > Gain real-time access to hotels and millions of rates with over 300 hotel chains and more than 91,000 GDS properties worldwide > Increase revenues with up to 10 percent commission on commissionable bookings > See the hotel you’re booking through our extensive database, including over one million images and videos > Add corporate or negotiated rates into the shopping process > Find the perfect properties using extensive criteria for searching amenities > Get instant confirmations on bookings, modifications and cancellations directly from the hotel supplier’s reservations system > Get full disclosure of all fees from suppliers that participate in Hotel Tax, Surcharge and Fee Disclosure – so there are no hidden charges for your customers > Become more productive with automatic integration of hotel, air and car rental segments in the same PNR
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The Ultimate Source for Shopping and Booking Hotels WorldwideWorldspan™ Hotel Solutions
Where do you find the best and lowest-priced accommodation?Many sources provide appealing and attractively priced hotels, from websites to supplier-direct channels and more. Even though a lot of options are out there, your productivity and efficiency can suffer when you shop and book multiple systems. You miss the efficiency of integrated PNRs and traveller itineraries. The ever-increasing number of travel-related websites also mean your customers may find desired properties on their own or at a lower price.
You can overcome these challenges and keep customers satisfied through Worldspan hotel shopping and booking solutions – a suite of technologies that give you all of the content and tools you need to effectively compete today.
GIVE TRAVELLERS WHAT THEY WANT FROM ONE ABUNDANT SOURCE
> Gain real-time access to hotels and millions of rates with over 300 hotel chains and more than 91,000 GDS properties worldwide
> Increase revenues with up to 10 percent commission on commissionable bookings
> See the hotel you’re booking through our extensive database, including over one million images and videos
> Add corporate or negotiated rates into the shopping process
> Find the perfect properties using extensive criteria for searching amenities
> Get instant confirmations on bookings, modifications and cancellations directly from the hotel supplier’s reservations system
> Get full disclosure of all fees from suppliers that participate in Hotel Tax, Surcharge and Fee Disclosure – so there are no hidden charges for your customers
> Become more productive with automatic integration of hotel, air and car rental segments in the same PNR
Expansive content and choices through highly relevant shopping toolsWorldspan hotel shopping and booking solutions include the comprehensive, GDS-based Worldspan Hotel Select™ system and Web-based Worldspan Go!™ Hotel Booking Tool – each conveniently accessed via the Go! desktop. You can choose how you want to work, which makes it easy to sell more, lower operating costs and increase traveller satisfaction.
The Worldspan Hotel Select system is one of the most comprehensive hotel distribution, shopping and booking systems, supporting a global network of hotel companies, travel agencies, websites, tour operators and corporations worldwide. Integrated Worldspan Hotel Source™ with Rate Range, the highest level of connectivity for hotel companies through the Hotel Select system, gives you real-time, first-screen availability and rate range information for hotel properties across the globe.
The Worldspan Go! Hotel Booking Tool lets you shop and book hotels in a rich media, browser-based environment with Web-like displays, point-and-click functionality, interactive features and thousands of hotel images from suppliers. The Go! Hotel Booking Tool is powered by the global Hotel Select system, providing the same real-time supplier connectivity and robust hotel content.
Worldspan’s industry-first hotel mapping and booking tool allows you to view, shop, compare and book hotel properties based on their proximity to landmarks or points of interest, and also use property images, hotel videos, 360° virtual tours and more to make the best selections.
Even more competitive advantagesGet the Lowest Public Rate: You receive both restricted and unrestricted rates from over 48 participating hotel chains.
Offer Complete Pricing: The approximate total cost of a stay is displayed in the rate rules section, including all rate changes, taxes and surcharges, improving the customer experience.
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REACH FOR MORE THROUGH TRAVELPORT Maximise supplier agreements with agency-wide search parameters: The Worldspan Hotel Default Record allows you to establish your own system defaults, such as distance, directions, preferred suppliers and negotiated rates.
Expand your online business: The Worldspan XML Pro™ Web-based GDS interface allows you to interface your unique travel applications to the Worldspan GDS and create e-commerce opportunities through the sale of hotels via your website.
Shop the world’s hotels right from your desktop
For more information about Worldspan hotel shop-ping and booking solutions, contact yourTravelport representative or visit:www.travelport.com
