Online expense and travel management firm KDS has added Premier Inn’s 600 hotels to its inventory.
KDS has opted to access Premier Inn’s reservations system Premier Connect directly, bypassing the global distribution systems (GDSs).
According to Dean Forbes, KDS’s EVP sales and marketing, this is saving on costs.
“By teaming up with Premier Inn we are adding a great value hotel chain to our inventory,” he said.
“What’s more, we are doing this by accessing the supplier directly, bypassing the GDSs and thus reducing transactions cost."
Luke Goggin, head of sales for Whitbread, said: “Via Premier Connect we have developed an automated solution which enables our partners to fully integrate our content seamlessly into their own reservation and booking systems.”
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