Making Agent URLs

Any customer who using the Global Booking Network can work directly with Agents to display availability and rates specific to a specific channel. This allows a property to create and seamlessly manage Agents without relying on the GDS systems. Direct bookings are nearly always the most profitable, and enabling Agents to book directly with your business will entice Agents to work with you.

To make an Agent URL, you place the booking code that can be found in your Members Area and add the code "&agent=" with your SITE pre-pended with the Agent ID. For example, you could use http://requests.bookingcenter.com/enquiry.phtml?site=DEMO&agent=DEMOAT for an Agent with a BookingCenter ID of AT. To see an interactive demonstration using Agents as a marketing tool on the Internet, click here. You can also publish your rooms at special 'agent prices' and assign them a percentage (%) of any of your room inventory.

For example: You might choose to 'load' (increase) your default rates by 10% to a specific Agent, and only sell the agent 40% of a specific Room Type. When the Agent went to their special web address, they would see 10% higher prices and only 40% of the available rooms.

How your Agent channels are managed depends upon the BookingCenter product used.

For a demonstration of how this is done in MyPMS, click here.

For a demonstration of how this is done in the Desktop Pro product, click here.

Flexible Business Model

You can choose to give agents commissions, flat fees, or nothing at all for making bookings. With complete payment and booking history, this Agent power in BookingCenter provides a complete affiliate program to reward websites for sending you business.