Hotel Trader

Hotel Trader runs The Exchange, a marketplace that connects hotels with travel buyers directly, without a wholesaler sitting between them. It positions itself as neither a channel manager nor a wholesaler: rates and availability come from the hotel's own systems, and the hotel decides which travel buyers get access to its inventory. One agreement covers distribution, payments, rate setup and support. Hotels can offer community rates open to the network alongside exclusive rates for chosen partners, see booking and pricing behaviour for each buyer, and use the platform's rate-governance tools to catch leaks and undercutting. Hotel Trader says a hotel can be onboarded in under eight minutes, and it works with independents, hotel groups and global chains.