{"id":22509,"date":"2020-04-08T09:26:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T09:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/direct-connect-availability\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T09:22:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T09:22:05","slug":"direct-connect-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/direct-connect-availability","title":{"rendered":"DCA &#8211; Direct Connect Availability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of DCA in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>DCA stands for: Direct Connect Availability.<\/p>\n<p>It is a Sabre\u2019s seamless connectivity product that allows users to check rates, <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/availability\">availability<\/a> and other <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/property\">property<\/a> information drawn directly from <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hotel\">hotel<\/a> <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/crs-central-reservations-system\">CRS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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\/direct-connect\">Direct Connect<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Synonyms<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Direct connect availability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of DCA 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":[35,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-d","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>DCA - Direct Connect Availability Definition \/ Meaning - Xotels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Definition: DCA stands for Direct Connect Availability. 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