Global Distribution System (GDS)

Portals

There are thousands of portals that pull information from the GDSs to establish booking capabilities. This list is always changing as new players enter the market. If you ever wonder – How did I get listed here? – it’s probably a portal site. Some examples are displayed here.
	Tourism Bureaus at both the state and local levels including many convention and visitors bureaus are accessible through a GDS connection.
	Travel Search Engines aggregate information from the web to provide consumer booking capabilities.
	World Choice Travel and other distributors forward reservation information to independent sites for hotel reservations. Sabre powers WCT one of the largest distributors.
Corporate Travel Sites	The GDSs power many corporate travel agents in addition to the thousands of independent travel agencies they serve.