Travel agents in China can now perform electronic bookings of some Starwood properties because Pegasus Solutions and TravelSky, the Chinese govenment-owned global distribution system, established a tie-in to the Pegasus hotel switch May 3.
“We want to roll our whole inventory in,” says Steve Lapekas, executive vice president of corporate business development for Pegasus, referring to its hotel inventory of almost 100,000 properties. “The challenge is you just don’t flip it on.”
One of the challenges for big chains seeking to take advantage of the new ties is that they have to ensure their product is available in Chinese, Lapekas says.
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