{"id":22576,"date":"2020-04-08T16:29:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T16:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/hedna-hotel-electronic-distribution-network-association\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T15:40:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:40:25","slug":"hedna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hedna","title":{"rendered":"HEDNA &#8211; Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hedna\" class=\"glossary-only-link\">HEDNA<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\" class=\"glossary-only-link\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hedna\" class=\"glossary-only-link\">HEDNA<\/a> stands for: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hedna\" class=\"glossary-only-link\">Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association<\/a>.&nbsp;The non-for-profit organisation, founded in 1991, is dedicated to the advancement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality\" class=\"glossary-only-link\">hospitality<\/a> distribution through strategic collaboration and knowledge sharing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hedna\" class=\"glossary-only-link\">HEDNA<\/a> brings together <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\" class=\"glossary-only-link\">hospitality industry<\/a> leaders and innovators to explore and influence the world of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ed-electronic-distribution\" class=\"glossary-only-link\">electronic distribution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Members represent all areas of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ed-electronic-distribution\" class=\"glossary-only-link\">electronic distribution<\/a> including hotels, representation and management companies, GDSs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/switch\" class=\"glossary-only-link\">switch<\/a> companies, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ota\" class=\"glossary-only-link\">OTAs<\/a>, tour operators, software and payment service providers, industry consultants and educational institutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/distribution-strategy\" class=\"glossary-only-link\">Distribution Strategy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/e-commerce\" class=\"glossary-only-link\">E-commerce<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Synonyms<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hedna\" class=\"glossary-only-link\">HEDNA<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Horel Electronic Distribucion Network Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of HEDNA 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":[39,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-h","category-glossary"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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