The Benefits of Using Channel Manager for Hotel Businesses

Posted by Ramesh Saruvamalai on December 5th, 2018

A channel manager allows hotel businesses distribute their rooms through multiple agents. It helps get bookings by giving a small fee for the booking. Earlier hotels used dedicated channel manager for this. But now it is available on the hotel management software used by the hotels comes with channel manager. So, there is no need of separate channel manager.

When a hotel distribute rooms through multiple channels or agents, it is essential to update the status of the availability of rooms in real time. Otherwise, the hotel may get more bookings than the rooms they have. It’s where a channel manager comes to the rescue.

The channel manager can also help you to get booking from people from the markets beyond your reach. The agents (online travel agents) to whom you distribute your rooms will have more visibility than you. So, you can get bookings more through them.

A good channel manager should sync the data so other parties also get the real time information of the availability and booking status of your rooms.