{"id":22601,"date":"2020-04-08T17:22:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T17:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/ids-internet-distribution-system\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T12:14:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T12:14:32","slug":"ids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ids","title":{"rendered":"IDS &#8211; Internet Distribution System"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><b>What is the meaning \/ definition of IDS in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>IDS stands for: Internet Distribution System.<\/p>\n<p>\nThis term is generally used to express the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/blog\/hotel-distribution-channels\"><b>hotels distribution channels<\/b><\/a> via Internet, Intranets, Extranets and other online services.<\/p>\n<p>It is also known as a synonym for <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ads-alternative-distribution-system\">ADS<\/a> (Alternative Distributions System).<\/p>\n<p>IDS describes the distribution via 3rd party websites. This includes online travel agencies (<a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ota\">OTA<\/a>), travel portals, travel search engines\/ directories, online hotel consolidators, airline websites with online reservation options.<\/p>\n<p>Examples: Expedia, Orbitz, Priceline, Hotwire, <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/booking\">Booking<\/a>.com, Opodo<\/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\/gds-global-distribution-system\">GDS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/e-commerce\">E-commerce<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Synonyms<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IDS<\/li>\n<li>Internet Distribution System<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glossary","category-i"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IDS - Internet Distribution System Definition - Xotels Glossary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Definition: IDSis generally used to express the hotels distribution via Internet, Intranets, Extranets and other online services.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ids\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IDS - Internet Distribution System Definition - Xotels Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Definition: IDSis generally used to express the hotels distribution via Internet, Intranets, Extranets and other online services.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ids\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Xotels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-08T17:22:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-12T12:14:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Patrick Landman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@xotels\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Patrick Landman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/ids#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/ids\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Patrick Landman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f51e882bd553ae1b905fc0214cdca6f5\"},\"headline\":\"IDS &#8211; 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