{"id":22468,"date":"2020-04-07T10:52:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T10:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/booking\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T09:22:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T09:22:11","slug":"booking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/booking","title":{"rendered":"Booking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of Booking in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Booking is an act of reserving an <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/lodging\">accommodation<\/a>, a table, a seat, a flight, a trip etc. in advance.<\/p>\n<p>A <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/booking\">booking<\/a> can have different conditions like: payments upon arrival, cash payment, non-refundable, etc. Mostly used for services provided in the travel and hospitality industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ota\">OTA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/gds-global-distribution-system\">GDS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/crs-central-reservations-system\">CRS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/cro-central-reservations-office\">CRO<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Synonyms<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Booking<\/li>\n<li>Reservation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of Booking in the  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-b","category-glossary"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Booking Definition \/ Meaning - Xotels Glossary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Definition: Booking is an act of reserving an accommodation, a table, a seat, a flight, a trip etc. in advance.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/booking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Booking Definition \/ Meaning - Xotels Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Definition: Booking is an act of reserving an accommodation, a table, a seat, a flight, a trip etc. in advance.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/booking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Xotels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-07T10:52:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-23T09:22:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Patrick Landman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@xotels\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Patrick Landman\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/booking#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/booking\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Patrick Landman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f51e882bd553ae1b905fc0214cdca6f5\"},\"headline\":\"Booking\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-07T10:52:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-23T09:22:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/booking\"},\"wordCount\":65,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"B\",\"Hotel Terminology &amp; 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