REACH NEW CUSTOMERS AND GROW SALES
Accommodations, attractions, tours and events can reach new customers through a broad range of distribution channels and unique campaigns, brought together in one platform.
EXPAND VISIBILITY AND BOOKINGS GLOBALLY
The Exchange works with a diverse range of suppliers to help these businesses make product visible in more places where consumers buy travel.
ACCOMMODATIONS
From boutique hideaways and luxury spa resorts to family-run guesthouses and vacation rentals
ATTRACTIONS
Museums, zoos, discovery centers and family-run activity farms
TOURS & ACTIVITIES
Mountain bike tours, cooking schools, large-scale activity centers and more
EVENTS & FESTIVALS
Music festivals, conferences and cultural events
START TAKING ONLINE BOOKINGS.
The Exchange offers simple tools enabling offline businesses to start taking direct online bookings through their website and social media. Businesses can manage rates and inventory, easily accept credit card payments for reservations and connect to wider product distribution.
SIMPLE AND TRANSPARENT PRICING.
Pay nothing until you get an online booking. You can opt in to as many distributors as you like and make as many updates as you want. For each online booking, you pay the Exchange a small fee of 3.5% along with any distributor commission due.
A CLICK AWAY.
Trying new channels and reaching new customers has never been easier. Opt in or out of any distribution partners, whether that’s local Destinations, domestic Distributors or international OTAs in harder-to-reach markets.
STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?
Here are some of the top ones we get asked.
What’s the difference between Tourism Exchange USA and a channel manager?
Simply put, Tourism Exchange USA offers much more functionality than a channel manager, and we have solutions for suppliers, distributors and technology systems.
Tourism Exchange USA is a digital toolkit designed to help improve connectivity and expand distribution opportunities for US-based travel businesses. TXUSA includes some channel management capabilities, because connected suppliers have the ability to opt-in to specific distribution channels to share rates and availability. However, our platform offers more functionality in total, including the ability for offline suppliers to start taking bookings online using customizable booking pages, manage inventory and product content via TXLoad, and enable creation of new distribution channels via API integration or out-of-the-box tools.
Channel management solutions are often add-on subscriptions to a booking management tool, or they may be standalone products that integrate with a supplier’s booking system. As with most software, these tools require a subscription while TXUSA only charges suppliers a small commission on bookings they receive directly from their Exchange connections. This reduces risk and upfront costs for suppliers.
How much does it cost to use?
Tourism Exchange USA operates on a simple commission model. Suppliers load gross rates. Suppliers then pay a 3.5% booking fee to the Exchange for each Exchange-originated online booking and commission to distributors as agreed when you opt into their channels. Distributor commission is clearly displayed prior to opt-in and the 3.5% booking fee is only paid out when a Tourism Exchange USA-originated online booking takes place, never before. There’s no cost to register.
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