| ALEXANDRIA, Va. - March 14, 2001--The Hotel
Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA) reported today that
hotel bookings made through Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre, Sahara and Worldspan
grew 11.4% in 2000.
These results are part of HEDNA�s 7th annual poll conducted to determine
the net hotel reservations generated by Global Distribution Systems (GDSs).
Net hotel reservations delivered by GDSs totaled 48,787,000 bookings
in 2000, an increase of over 5,000,000 bookings in comparison with the
1999 total of 43,781,000 net reservations.
| Based on an average daily rate of US $130 and
an average length of stay of 2.2 days, 2000 GDS hotel bookings produced
over US $13.95 billion in revenue for hotels worldwide.
Hotel bookings have grown every year since HEDNA began its survey in
1994. Since 1993 (when 16,331,600 reservations were delivered), annual
GDS hotel reservation production has increased 199%.
HEDNA President Caryl Helsel, who is also Vice President of Reservations
& Distribution for San Francisco-based |
The mission of HEDNA
is to increase hotel industry revenues and profitability from electronic
distribution channels and to be the foremost travel industry association
advancing hotel electronic distribution. This will be done by:
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Optimizing the use of current technology
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Influencing development of current and emerging electronic
distribution channels
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Education
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Providing an opportunity for open exchange among members
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Kimpton Hotel and Restaurant Group said, �HEDNA is excited to see the continued
growth of electronic distribution. This illustrates that GDSs are still
powerful tools, whose usage continues to grow at an enormously rapid pace.
HEDNA is heavily involved in working with hotels, GDSs and travel agents
to push as many reservations as possible through electronic channels. We
look forward to continuing to advance electronic reservations through all
distribution channels in the future.�
John Burns, president of Scottsdale-based Hospitality Technology Consulting,
which conducts the survey annually for HEDNA said, �The interest on the
part of both travel agents and the general public in booking hotel accommodation
through electronic channels is indisputable. Our challenge now, as an industry,
is to facilitate the process, using this channel to appealingly present
our lodging product.�
About HEDNA
The Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA) is a
not-for-profit trade association whose worldwide membership includes executives
and managers from over 200 of the most influential companies in the hotel
distribution industry. Founded in 1991, HEDNA strives to stimulate the
booking of hotel rooms through the use of GDSs, the Internet and other
electronic means. HEDNA brings all segments of the hospitality industry
together to determine how to most effectively evolve their systems and
services to contribute to the success and revenue growth of electronic
distribution for hotels. |
