Thursday 2 June 2016

What is GDS Marketing


A Global Distribution System (GDS) is a system which is operated by an organization that empowers automated transactions of inventory and rates from hotels to travel agents and travel sites.

In today’s world getting your business promoted is a major task and one the most effective technique among all these is GDS marketing. It is a network that puts your hotels rates and room availability in front of more than 4,00,000 travel agents  and millions of people who wants to travel and search travel websites to find a hotel to stay. 

So we can say that GDS is the tool which makes you visible on the travel agents website and the people who are searching for a hotel to stay can see you online and can book rooms online in a very easy and efficient manner.  Moreover, in GDS marketing it is very essential for hoteliers to display appealing images of the hotel with a good content which force people to book a room for them.  

So, this GDS marketing is an important tool for any hotel so as to increase its online booking which results in more revenue for the hotel.