Market research company Phoenix Marketing International and Travelclick [read: Travelclick boostin

Market research company  Phoenix Marketing International  and Travelclick [read: Travelclick boosting revenue, staff ] surveyed more than 650 travel agents (from 34 countries) worldwide that use Amadeus , Galileo , Sabre and Worldspan .
"The GDS is more popular with travel agents than ever. This year the GDS is on pace to produce 58 million hotel reservations, up 5 million from 2011. As key influencers in booking decisions, hotels need to merchandise themselves to travel agents at the point of sale through the GDS."
Over four out of five (81%) of agents stated that rate parity is very important in their day-to-day work, with 62% stating that they would book away from hotel properties that do not offer full rate parity santa cruz vacation rentals within the GDS.
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