{"id":22534,"date":"2020-04-08T09:52:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T09:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/e-commerce\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T09:22:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T09:22:04","slug":"e-commerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/e-commerce","title":{"rendered":"E-commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of E-commerce in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>E-commerce is also known as Electronic Commerce (or EC). It refers to commercial transactions conducted electronically on Internet. It means basically any form of business transaction in which the parties interact electronically rather than by physical exchanges or direct physical contact.<\/p>\n<p>There is a wide range of online business activities such as online marketing, social media management, <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hotel\">hotel<\/a> online bookings, etc.<\/p>\n<p>E-commerce in the travel industry brings a similar idea. It focuses on the virtual and electronic marketplace in connection with online sales.<br \/>\nEspecially in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality\">hospitality<\/a> online business plays a significant role.The trade and service relationship between the hotel and their guests and partners is mainly based on sales made via the hotel\u2019s website and the partner <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ota\">OTAs<\/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\/distribution-strategy\">Distribution Strategy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ads-alternative-distribution-system\">ADS \u2013 Alternative Distribution System<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/obe-online-booking-engine\">OBE \u2013 Online Booking Engine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of E-commerce 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":[36,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-e","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>E-commerce Definition \/ Meaning - Xotels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Definition: E-commerce is also known as Electronic Commerce (or EC). 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