{"id":22519,"date":"2020-04-08T09:25:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T09:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/direct-connect\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T09:22:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T09:22:05","slug":"direct-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/direct-connect","title":{"rendered":"Direct Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/direct-connect\">Direct Connect<\/a> in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Direct Connect is a synonym of <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/interface\">Interface<\/a>. A point where two systems or organisations, meet and interact.<\/p>\n<p>In the tourism\/hospitality industry Direct Connect is a technological connection that interchanges and synchronises data across multiple distribution <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/channels\">channels<\/a>, such as between a <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> (or <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/pms-property-management-system\">PMS<\/a>) and <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ota\">OTAs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A commonly used standard interface is the so called XML, which enables real-time, two-way communication link between a hotels reservation system and a third party (for direct rate and <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/availability\">availability<\/a> updates). It means that the OTA reservations are then automatically sent to the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hotel\">hotel<\/a> via the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/crs-central-reservations-system\">CRS<\/a> \/ <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/pms-property-management-system\">PMS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The advantage of direct links is reduced maintenance for rates and availabilities. Meaning reduced workload and minimisation of human mistakes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/extranet\">Extranet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Synonyms<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Direct Connect<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of Direct Connect in  [&#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-22519","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>Direct Connect Definition \/ Meaning - Xotels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Definition: Direct Connect is a synonym of Interface. 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