Hotel Tech Index

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Demand Networks & Affiliation

Collective bodies and intermediaries a hotel joins or sells through: OTAs, consortia, clubs, destination organisations and purchasing groups. Not software, but decisive for margin.

5 categories · 27 vendors listed

Intermediaries that own the guest relationship and charge 15–30% for it. The commercial problem every direct-booking and loyalty argument is ultimately aimed at.

Booking.com Expedia Group Agoda HGV — Hoteliers- und Gastwirteverband Südtirol (Booking Südtirol)

18 listed deployments

Affiliation networks selling independents shared distribution, standards and demand while leaving ownership intact. Chain affiliation often replaces an own loyalty programme — a constraint worth finding early.

Familienhotels Südtirol Leading Spa Resorts Swiss Deluxe Hotels Vinum Hotels Südtirol

17 listed deployments

Subscription communities that aggregate affluent travellers and sell access to hotels as a benefit.

ASMALLWORLD (ASMALLWORLD AG)

Regional tourism boards and their data and availability backbones — the layer that lists a property before any vendor does.

LTS AG (Landesverband der Tourismusorganisationen Südtirols) feratel (Deskline) HGV — Hoteliers- und Gastwirteverband Südtirol (Booking Südtirol)

8 listed deployments

Co-operatives negotiating supplier terms and handling money on members' behalf. The governance shape a shared guest currency needs, already trusted by hundreds of properties.

Gastropool Italien GmbH HOGAST

2 listed deployments

Running several of these systems at once?

Blue connects an existing hotel stack into one guest profile and one loyalty balance across every property — without replacing the PMS.

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