Hoteliers can no longer ignore the explosive growth of Internet Sales and Marketing.

The Internet Distribution Systems (IDS) are a collection of online travel portals or travel agencies, travel search engines/directories, online hotel consolidators and airline websites that offer online travel reservation to consumers.

Today there are more than 3,000 internet reservation systems and travel websites on the Internet. These online systems have distinctive features that can be used to drive potential travellers from anywhere in the world to your hotel.

By signing up for T-Connect’s GDS/IDS connectivity your hotel will be simultaneously referenced by the most productive travel reservation websites.

T-Connect aggressively markets and distributes your property across countless Travel Websites to maximise your exposure as the more Internet channels a property is available on, the more likely it is to be booked.

Offering your inventory to these online distribution channels is an effective method to capture new market share. Your property will gain online booking capability through the world’s leading hotel booking Internet sites such as Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz, Priceline, Hotwire as well as those of Pegasus Onward Distribution that includes many hundreds of sites offering travel and hotel booking capabilities.

T-Connect’s Central Reservation System, t-CRS, is seamlessly connected to both the GDS and the IDS. It enables you to implement an online distribution strategy 24 hours a day seven days a week by allowing for rate and availability management and inclusion of multiple pictures of various areas of the hotel and amenities, delivering reservations and confirmations in real-time by email.