{"id":22653,"date":"2020-04-10T19:01:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T19:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/pcc-pseudo-city-code\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T09:21:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T09:21:17","slug":"pcc-pseudo-city-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/pcc-pseudo-city-code","title":{"rendered":"PCC &#8211; Pseudo City Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of PCC, in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>PCC stands for Pseudo City Code and is a <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/gds-global-distribution-system\">GDS<\/a> code, used to identify the location of a travel agency.<\/p>\n<p>It is a short (usually 3-5 characters long) alpha-numeric (or combination of both) code and differentiates between different travel agency offices. The code is unique to each travel agency.<\/p>\n<p>A PCC code is important to insert <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/negotiated-rate\">negotiated rates<\/a> as these can be defined\/ secured to an agency by using their code. Based on the location of the agency, travel providers can negotiate conditions and restrict or allocate certain privileges.<\/p>\n<p>PCC allows travel agencies to <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/stay\">stay<\/a> anonymous and be identified only by their location. The code also allows the travel agency to see all <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/booking\">booking<\/a> of an individual agent. It is commonly used in the aviation industry.<\/p>\n<p>Synonymous for PCC are Subscriber ID or Office ID (OID).<\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ota\">OTA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/private-label-chain-code\">Private Label Chain Code<\/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>PCC<\/li>\n<li>Pseudo City Code<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of PCC, 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":[9,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glossary","category-p"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PCC - Pseudo City Code Definition \/ Meaning<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Definition: PCC stands for Pseudo City Code and is a GDS code, used to identify the location of a travel agency.\" \/>\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\/pcc-pseudo-city-code\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PCC - Pseudo City Code Definition \/ Meaning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Definition: PCC stands for Pseudo City Code and is a GDS code, used to identify the location of a travel agency.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/pcc-pseudo-city-code\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Xotels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-10T19:01:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-23T09:21:17+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\\\/pcc-pseudo-city-code#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/pcc-pseudo-city-code\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Patrick Landman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f51e882bd553ae1b905fc0214cdca6f5\"},\"headline\":\"PCC &#8211; 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