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Pegasus Solutions and TravelSky Technology
Limited, China’s state-owned global distribution system (GDS),
have completed a connection that makes Pegasus’ global hotel
inventory of nearly 100,000 hotels available for booking in China.
With more than 1,000 hotels under nine brands, Starwood Hotels &
Resorts is the first Pegasus customer to go live on the
connection.
“As the largest global operator of upscale
hotels in China, we have long recognized the hospitality business
opportunity in the country,” said Qian Jin, senior vice president,
operations, Greater China for Starwood. “Today, the burgeoning
middle class is not only traveling domestically, but has also
expanded their travel beyond Chinese borders. Our hotels in China
will continue to reap the rewards of domestic and inbound travel,
and our global portfolio will tap growing outbound demand through
the Pegasus/TravelSky connection.”
As the number of
domestic and international Chinese travelers surges, the agreement
makes Starwood properties available to the 7,000 travel agents who
work with TravelSky managing the country’s growing demand.
TravelSky also now has full access to the Pegasus Hotel Content
Database (HCD), one of the largest repositories of hotel descriptive
content in the world, which houses nearly 1.5 million images,
videos and virtual tours, as well as property and room
descriptions.
“TravelSky, often referred to as the
fifth GDS, has gone global from a hospitality perspective,” said
Steve Lapekas, executive vice president, corporate business
development for Pegasus Solutions. “As established global chains
expand into Greater China, and Chinese outbound travel maintains
double-digit growth, this partnership provides a valued and
reliable connection to our established distribution network of
nearly 100,000 properties. We have completed the certification
process to drive immediate value to Starwood, as well as the
entire Pegasus distribution network.”
QiangXue, vice president,
tour and transport solutions, Travelsky Ltd, said, “TravelSky has
long-dominated the airline market in China, now recognized as both
the second largest travel market in the Asia Pacific region and
the world’s second largest economy. According to PhoCusWright,
China’s total travel market in 2012 is projected to approach US$74
billion. As travelers from the country’s exploding middle class
clamor for international bookings, the new connection with Pegasus
offers accessibility to the single largest collection of
electronically bookable hotels.”
“We
maintain more than 100,000 terminals in over 300 Chinese cities.
Additionally, 7,000 travel agencies and all the global distribution systems depend on access to our air central
reservation systems,” added QiangXue. “With Pegasus, we now address the hospitality needs of our 1.2 billion customers by allowing
them to book a variety of hotels anywhere in the world.”
TravelSky completed the Pegasus Distribution certification
process the week of 30 April 2012.
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