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1. Account Number (Site ID) - Each organization's account (Master
ID) has an associated Site ID or multiple Site IDs. The Site ID is used
by our system to invoke specific rules and the look and feel of your
site. Site IDs are also used to track reservations. When you registered,
you were provided one Master ID associated to a site ID.
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2. Affiliate Administration Tool - This advanced application is accessible by request only for Partners needing to add or manage multiple Site IDs, analyze conversion data or other site statistics, or track and monitor advance search customer data.
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3. Partner aka Affiliate or Distributor - Individual or organization
who signs a contract with Alliance to use their booking engine technology
or associated services. |
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4. Central Reservation System (CRS) - A system used by the hotel
brands or chains to centrally manage rates and availability for all
the hotels associated with their brand or chain. |
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5. Commissionable Content (Pay at hotel rates) - Guest pays hotel,
hotel pays Alliance a commission, Alliance pays Parnter a commission. |
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6. Gross Commission - The gross amount of commission calculated
before any processing of any fees or reductions. |
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7. Hotel Commission Percentages - Varies by supplier, but typically 10% of the room rate before taxes.
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8. Global Distribution System (GDS) - A system used travel agencies to see and book rates and availability for hotels, air, car rental, cruises etc. |
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9. Integration Options - Alliance provides Partners several
options to display bookable hotel inventory from one or more Inventory Suppliers on their public or private
site for their customers. |
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10. Inventory Supplier - Alliance displays rate and availability from multiple suppliers of commissionable and merchant rate inventory. This allows Alliance the ability to guarantee the lowest available rates. |
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11. Merchant Rate Inventory (Net rates, Pre-pay rates) - Unlike commissionable
inventory where guest pays hotel, using merchant rate the guest pays Alliance at
time of purchase. Alliance then pays the hotel a percentage of this
amount and the balance iss the mark-up or gross commission. |
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12. Property Management System (PMS) - A single hotel's system
that contains rates, availability, rate plan codes, and that controls
how those are provided to the hotel chain's CRS. |
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13. Realization Percentage - The net percentage of commissions
realized or p[aid by supplier compared to the percentage of commissions expected
from gross commissions booked. |
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14. Remittance Packet - Bank information for remitting electronic
deposits and IRS requirements for US entities. |
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15. Service Fees - A fee, defined by Partner, that is automatically
charged to the guest at time of booking, and is non-refundable. The
Service Fee is additional commission added to the commissions distributed to the Partner. |
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16. Skin - Refers to the look and feel of the information on the booking engine. This is customizable per site id. Each site id can have multiple skins which are controlled by themes. |
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