Free LeisureLink 2-Way GDS Interface (Free)

2-19-2016 RDP has established a preferred partner relationship with LeisureLink to provide a free two-way interface to the Global Distribution System (GDS) and On-line Travel Agents (OTA's). Other GDS interfaces from RDP cost $100/month for installation, support, and updates. The RDP-LeisureLink interface can work with both "Room Type" distribution partners such as Expedia and "Unit Number" distribution partners such as Home Away, VRBO, etc. The interface works as follows:

Rates and Availability are automatically sent from RDP to LeisureLink, who passes this on to all their Distribution Partners (both GDS and OTA's)
Reservations made with any GDS or OTA Distribution Partner are automatically sent to LeisureLink and then on to RDP. The reservation ends up in the RDP system without any manual entry by the RDP customer.
If a reservation is changed or canceled by the guest on any GDS or OTA channel, the change or cancelation flows to LeisureLink and the RDP system. Again, no manual entry required by the RDP customer
If you sell out of a given room type or room number the RDP interface immediately notifies LeisureLink, who then passes this information on to all Distribution Partners.

LeisureLink Overview

Salt Lake City based LeisureLink is a single “LINK” that integrates RDP with all leading online travel agencies (OTA), travel agents, tour operators and vacation rental channels. This offers a combined access to over 80 million visitors per month.

By pioneering, developing and delivering industry-leading distribution solutions, LeisureLink has delivered over $1 billion in bookings. LeisureLink combines best-in-class software tools and services to intelligently track competitive pricing, dynamically adjust unit prices as market factors change, maintain price parity across online channels, intelligently allocate pooled inventory, and so much more.

Suppliers can manage their distribution from one platform – optimizing rates, availability, specials, and even content changes. Furthermore, LeisureLink consolidates all accounting, payables and receivables with a single, reliable source of payment, providing order and clarity to the often complex accounting issues in the world of travel distribution

If you are not currently a LeisureLink customer, visit their website to learn more about their products and services. Some of the ways they can help you book more reservations include:

Use of their website booking engine.
Distribution of your inventory to traditional travel agents.
Internet Marketing and Consulting Services.
Distribution of your inventory to online travel agents such as: Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz, etc. Here are some of the distribution partners that will display your availability using LeisureLink. Click on the logos to visit the partner's site.

Contact Information

For more information on LeisureLink, please use the webpage: http://www.leisurelink.com/partners/rdp/ or contact:

Contact: Michael Charalambous
Phone: 818-913-1399
Email: MichaelC@Leisurelink.com

http://www.leisurelink.com/

http://www.leisurelink.com/partners/rdp/

For information from RDP, please contact Sandra at 970-845-1141.

LeisureLink Distribution Partners - as of 2-19-2016

LeisureLink has a large variety of distribution partners, and the list grows all the time. The active partners as of 2-19-2016 are shown below. A current list can be found from: www.leisurelink.com/partners/. If you require a distribution partner that is not on the list, the RDP-LeisureLink preferred partner relationship allows us the chance to add it for you!

Implement LeisureLink

Sign a contract with LeisureLink for their GDS services. See:
http://www.leisurelink.com/partners/rdp/
Contact Sandra at RDP for RDP update information

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