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Empowering Hotels Globally to Master Distribution

What Is The State Of Distribution

The State of Distribution report is a comprehensive analysis designed to demystify these complexities, offering insights into current trends, future forecasts, and actionable strategies for optimizing distribution channels. This initiative, born from the collaboration between HEDNA, RateGain, and NYU, aims to bridge the gap between industry professionals and academic excellence, providing a data-driven foundation for enhancing guest experiences and driving success in the hospitality sector.

About HEDNA

HEDNA is a global community of hospitality professionals, technology providers, educators, and consultants passionate about elevating the role of distribution. Through influence, collaboration, and networking, they elevate careers, harness new business opportunities, and drive the business of hospitality forward, together.

Through their global conferences, local networking events and industry working groups, they help stakeholders appreciate the nuances of today’s technologies, gauge the impact of today’s trends, and prepare for the challenges of tomorrow.

Get Involved with HEDNA

Get involved in your professional community and contribute to the advancement of distribution by sharing your time and talents. HEDNA strives to offer an array of opportunities for member involvement, covering a variety of interests, time commitment, and areas of expertise. Contact us with your interest so we can match your talents and interests with our volunteer opportunities.

About NYU SPS Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality

The NYU School of Professional Studies Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality is a leading center for the study of hospitality, travel, and tourism. Founded in 1995, the Tisch Center was established in response to the growing need for hospitality and tourism undergraduate and graduate education. Its cutting-edge curricula attract bright, motivated students who seek to become leaders in their fields.

About Hospitality Innovation Hub (HI Hub)

The Tisch Center’s Hospitality Innovation Hub (HI Hub) was created to lead and transform experience-driven industries and be the global hub of hospitality, with the mission to develop entrepreneurial leaders who make sustainable differences in the global hospitality and experience economies.

About RateGain

RateGain Travel Technologies Limited is a global provider of AI-powered SaaS solutions for travel and hospitality, working with 14,000+ customers and 700+ partners across 160+ countries. RateGain helps travel and hospitality businesses accelerate revenue generation through acquisition, retention, and wallet share expansion.

Today, RateGain is one of the world’s largest processors of electronic transactions, price points, and travel intent data, enabling revenue management, distribution, and marketing teams across hotels, airlines, destination marketing organizations, online travel agents, metasearch companies, package providers, car rentals, travel management companies, cruises, and ferries to drive better business outcomes.

Founded in 2004 and headquartered in India, RateGain works with 33 of the Top 40 Hotel Chains, 4 of the Top 5 Airlines, 7 of the Top 10 Car Rental companies, and all leading DMOs, OTAs, and metasearch platforms, including 25 Global Fortune 500 companies, unlocking new revenue every day.