{"id":22656,"date":"2020-04-13T13:08:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T13:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/price-match-guarantee\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T09:21:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T09:21:17","slug":"price-match-guarantee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/price-match-guarantee","title":{"rendered":"PMG &#8211; Price Match Guarantee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of Price Match Guarantee (PMG) in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>PMG is short for Price Match Guarantee. It is something that all hotels seeking to seriously compete should consider offering. What\u2019s more, consumers love it! Why? Because they can make reservations knowing that they are getting rooms and perhaps other services without paying more than absolutely necessary.<\/p>\n<p>In Hospitality, <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hotel\">hotel<\/a> reservations, products, services and special offers are advertised and sold across numerous <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/channels\">channels<\/a>, including:<\/p>\n<p>Hotels themselves \u2013 through offline printed marketing material, and internet promotion: their website, blog, online competitions, etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ota\">OTAs<\/a> \u2013 Online travel agencies, of which there is an abundance<\/li>\n<li>High Street travel agencies \u2013 still relevant, but always struggling against online agencies to win business these days<\/li>\n<li>Social Media platforms \u2013 Facebook, Twitter, YouTube\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Online <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/booking\">booking<\/a> search engines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The channel that can offer the lowest rate, or match the lowest available rate, will, of course, generally win the business. If a hotel offers a Price Match Guarantee via its brand website (or printed marketing material), it will beat to the business other channels inside or outside its own distribution channel network. But only if it keeps its promise, of course!<\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/brg-best-rate-guarantee\">Best Rate Guarantee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Synonyms<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Price Match Guarantee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of Price Match Guarantee  [&#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-22656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glossary","category-p"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PMG - Price Match Guarantee Definition \/ Meaning<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Definition: PMG is short for Price Match Guarantee. 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