THE ABC OF ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION

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Third (3rd) Party Websites

Websites from external (third) companies such as Expedia or Opodo which offer flights, hotels, rental cars and similar services through a consolidated search functionality.

Travel Agency Consortia

Travel agency chains or franchise organizations such as American Express, BCD Travel, HRG, Carlson Wagonlit or Radius. A distinction is made between internationally and nationally operating consortia.

TinyURL

URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the address of an internet website. TinyURL indicates a service, which can shorten the characters of a URL. TinyURLs are often used for services such as Twitter. It eases propagating URLs in the community.

Turn-away (= Denial)

A turn-away is a specific reservation request that the hotel cannot accommodate for any particular reason.

Tweet

Is a short message on Twitter’s micro blogging platform. Only 140 characters are allowed for each message.