{"id":22535,"date":"2020-04-08T10:07:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T10:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/ed-electronic-distribution\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T09:22:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T09:22:03","slug":"ed-electronic-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ed-electronic-distribution","title":{"rendered":"ED &#8211; Electronic Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of ED in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>ED stands for: Electronic Distribution (also called online distribution). It is a type of distribution that uses purely electronic media. E-distribution is an important component of <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/e-commerce\">E-commerce<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality\">hospitality<\/a> it encompasses all the electronic <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/channels\">channels<\/a> of distribution, which can be accessed through internet, intranet or through an interfaced connection. It includes <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/gds-global-distribution-system\">GDS<\/a>, <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ota\">OTAs<\/a> and other Web <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/booking\">Booking<\/a> Engines.<\/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\/extranet\">Extranet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/channel-management\">Channel Management<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Synonyms<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ED<\/li>\n<li>Electronic Distribution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of ED 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-22535","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>ED - Electronic Distribution Definition \/ Meaning - Xotels Glossary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Definition: ED stands for Electronic Distribution (also called online distribution). 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