GDS REPRESENTATION

Navarino Services Ltd focuses on providing access to the international community of travel agents who manage both leisure and corporate travel bookings for their clients. These travel agents predominately process their bookings via the GDS networks. These networks are made up of 4 companies; Sabre, Amadeus, Galileo and Worldspan.

Travel Agents will book airline tickets, hotel accommodation, car rental, train tickets, cruises and other forms of travel requirements within one booking segment on a GDS network.

Navarino Services will assist you in reaching these travel agents by assisting you better to manage your representation, working with hotel personnel to manage inventory, rate strategy, marketing relationships with travel agents and account management.

GDS representation for independent hotels falls in to 3 categories:

• hotels who are part of an international brand and commit to annual association fees, commissions and marketing programs
• hotels who wish to be part of a regional soft brand consortium, again committing to annual association fees, commissions and marketing programs
• direct connect contract with a mixture of either annual association fees or commissions
• Navarino Services provides a full range of representation, support and marketing services with no annual fees and only reservation commission fees. Our focus is equally aligned to that of our hotel clients.

Working on the GDS networks is often confusing and time consuming, which in turn leads to uncertainty of how the GDSs can assist hotels in reaching out to and working with Travel Agents. Navarino works closely with independent hotels to strip away the uncertainties and ‘empower’ the hotels to develop and own these relationships with travel agents. Navarino is focused on delivery of service. Too often independent hotels are sold a promise and this is followed up with below average service, Navarino understands that independent hotels are often short of staff, there is often time pressure and not enough experienced staff to manage these systems. Navarino will provide the services as a dedicated member of staff would, focused, experienced, our business objectives are mutually aligned and we strive for success.

To find out more, please contact us