Revenue, Distribution & Commerce
Channel Manager & Rate Parity
The connective tissue between PMS, booking engine and the OTAs, keeping inventory and rates synchronised across every channel — and flagging where parity has broken.
11 vendors, by listed deployments
| Vendor | Headquarters | Founded | Properties | Rooms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seekda | Innsbruck, Austria | 2007 | 1 | 70 |
| ASA Hotelsoftware (ASA) | Kaltern an der Weinstraße, South Tyrol (Italy) | 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| Beddy (Zucchetti Hospitality) | Italy | — | 0 | 0 |
| Cloudbeds | San Diego, USA | 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| DerbySoft | Dallas, Texas, United States | 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| GlobRes (Globres Global Reservation Agent AG) | Hirschmattstrasse 28, CH-6003 Lucerne, Switzerland | 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| Mews | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| RateParity | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| SiteMinder | Sydney, Australia | 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| vioma GmbH | Offenburg, Germany | — | 0 | 0 |
| Yanovis S.r.l. | Bolzano (NOI Techpark), South Tyrol (Italy) | — | 0 | 0 |
Who runs what
Every listed property that has a channel manager & rate parity on record, and the vendor filling that role. Confidence is shown where the finding is not directly confirmed.
| Property | Location | Vendor | Role | Rooms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schlosshotel Ischgl | Ischgl, Austria | Seekda | Channel manager | 70 |
Seekda
All-in-oneAustrian all-in-one hotel tech ecosystem built for independent and Alpine properties: PMS, Channel Manager (300+ OTAs incl. Booking.com, Expedia, Google, Trivago, TripAdvisor), the KUBE booking engine, Metasearch integration and Seekda Pay for payments. Founded 2007 in Innsbruck; ~104 employees.
ASA Hotelsoftware (ASA)
PMSThe dominant South Tyrolean hotel property management system, founded in Kaltern in 1989 and now selling across Italy, Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Sells a full suite around the PMS — reservations, front office and folio, plus booking, channel and CRM/marketing modules — and in 2025 became the PMS partner of Romantik Hotels, its first large multi-property European win. Family-owned rather than PE- or exchange-backed, which shows in a slow, integration-friendly product cadence.
Beddy (Zucchetti Hospitality)
All-in-oneAll-in-one Italian hospitality platform operated by Zucchetti Hospitality S.r.l. (P.IVA 02894171202): PMS, channel manager, booking engine, quotations, rate checker, metasearch, brand protection and CRM/newsletter. Multi-property and multi-VAT capable; sold to hotels, B&Bs, residences, farmhouses, apartments and property managers across Italy.
Cloudbeds
PMSAll-in-one hospitality platform bundling PMS, channel manager (Cloudbeds Distribution / myallocator), booking engine and Cloudbeds Payments into a single subscription. Strong with independent properties worldwide.
DerbySoft
Channel mgrConnectivity and distribution middleware specialising in hotel-to-OTA integration, content distribution and metasearch delivery. Positions itself as a travel commerce accelerator spanning connectivity, AI-driven marketing and an end-to-end content platform.
GlobRes (Globres Global Reservation Agent AG)
CRSGlobRes is a Swiss hotel e-distribution and online-marketing company founded in Lucerne in 2003, trading as Globres Global Reservation Agent AG. It runs central reservation, booking-engine, channel-management and GDS/IDS connectivity for independent and small-group hotels, largely as a managed reseller/partner of the Sabre SynXis Central Reservation System, which pushes rates and inventory to Sabre, Amadeus, Galileo/Worldspan (Travelport) and the Pegasus IDS — the company cites reach to over 650,000 travel agents. Alongside the technology it sells demand-side services: corporate RFP and consortia placement (its Nexus database claims to answer a corporate/consortia bid in five minutes, supporting 30 consortia formats), an exclusive commission-based booking channel called X-Direct, analytics and hotel website design. It is a privately held Swiss AG with no disclosed funding.
Mews
PMSModern API-first cloud PMS and 'hospitality operating system' with a large marketplace of integrated apps. Beyond the PMS core it ships Mews Distributor (its own commission-free booking engine, served from app.mews.com/distributor/<id>), Mews Payments, Mews POS and Mews Kiosk. Named #1 PMS by Hotel Tech Report three years running; widely deployed across European boutique and mid-scale hotels, including small independent Alpine houses.
RateParity
Direct bookingConversion-optimisation suite for hotel websites: live rate comparison against OTAs, price-match messaging, exit-intent offers and booking-abandonment recovery, deployed as widgets on the booking path.
SiteMinder
Channel mgrThe largest hotel channel manager and distribution platform globally, with deep Booking.com and Expedia partnerships, a booking engine (Properties Plus) and growing revenue-management/AI features.
vioma GmbH
IBEGerman hotel software house and web agency (Offenburg, Baden). Product line: vioma CST7 (reservation/administration system), vioma BOOKING (its IBE / booking engine, embedded via the VRI widget), vioma CHANNELS (channel manager) and vioma VOUCHER (online gift vouchers). Also builds hotel websites, so at many clients it owns the site AND the booking path AND the voucher shop. Managing directors Gerald Sandu and Swen Laempe; HRB 472438, Amtsgericht Freiburg.
Yanovis S.r.l.
IBESouth Tyrolean hospitality technology company at the NOI Techpark, Bolzano. Sells the Yanovis Travel Suite — easiBooking (booking engine), easiChannel (channel manager), easiPortal, applogin.com and Zerberus — covering correspondence, payment processing, newsletters, customer profiling, coupon management and privacy compliance for hotels and destinations.
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