{"id":22718,"date":"2020-04-14T08:35:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T08:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/switch\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T09:21:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T09:21:13","slug":"switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/switch","title":{"rendered":"Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of Switch in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>The term Switch refers to the \u2018<a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/pegasus\">Pegasus<\/a> Swich\u2019 \u2013 a tool which is used to deliver rates and <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/availability\">availability<\/a> for <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hotel\">hotel<\/a> rooms to the Global Distribution Systems (<a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/gds-global-distribution-system\">GDS<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>THISCO \u2013 the previous name of Pegasus Solutions and an acronym for The <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hotel-industry\">Hotel Industry<\/a> Switch Company was established in 1989 by 17 leading hotel companies with the mandate to provide electronic connectivity between hotel CRSs and the five global distribution systems. 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