A wholesaler or bedbank buys rooms at a net rate and resells them to agencies, tour operators and other OTAs worldwide. It gives reach into distant markets, but it is a classic source of disparity when those rates end up leaking into public channels below price. Hotelbeds is the best known example.
Example A net rate given to a wholesaler resurfaces on an Asian OTA 12 euros below the hotel's own site.
Disparity happens when the same hotel shows different prices across channels for the same dates. It usually...
DistributionIn the merchant model, the OTA charges the guest upfront and then pays the hotel its net rate, keeping the...
DistributionAn allotment is a block of rooms the hotel holds for an intermediary or group under agreed terms. Tour...
DistributionRate parity is the commitment to offer the same public price across all channels. Many OTAs require it by...
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