What is a Channel Manager?
A Channel Manager in the hospitality industry is a software that automates the distribution of hotel rooms, B&Bs, Vacation Rentals and other accommodation types, onto listing websites (channels) where travellers can book. A Channel Manager will instantly update rates, calendar and often also content, and therefore saving the property manager a lot of time, reducing manual mistakes and increasing the number of bookings.
Below is a list of 40 worldwide channel managers. When choosing a Channel Manager it's important to look at their core business, whether it's hotels, vacation rentals, B&Bs etc... as this will dictate the type of consumer-focused websites they can connect to.
| Name | Country | Channels integrated | Core business VR or Hotels | Works with Vacation Rental websites? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rentals United | Spain | 60 | VR | Yes and hotel sites |
| Octorate | Italy | 120 | Hotels | Yes |
| Siteminder | USA | 400 | Hotels | No |
| DIRS21 | Germany | 31 | Hotels | No |
| BeMyGuest | Italy | 250 | Hotels | No, only iCal |
| Guestdiary | Ireland | 12 | Hotels | No |
| Novaresa | France | 250 | Hotels | No, only iCal |
| KE-Booking | France | 9 | Hotels | No |
| FlatsWire | France | 6 | VR | Yes |
| D-edge | France | 300 | Hotels | No |
| Elloha | France | 100 | Hotels | Yes |
| AmicHotel | Italy | 120 | Hotels | No, only iCal |
| SimpleBooking | Italy | 100 | Hotels | No |
| BookingOne | Italy | 250 | Hotels | No, only iCal |
| Booking Expert | Italy | 200 | Hotels | Yes |
| Reseliva | Turkey | 60 | Hotels | No, only iCal |
| Eviivo | UK | 100 | Hotels | Yes |
| Hotetec | Spain | 60 | Hotels | No |
| Wubook | Italy | 60 | Hotels | No |
| Cubilis | Belgium | 200 | Hotels | No |
| Channel-Manager | Italy | 2 | Hotels | No, only iCal |
| Avantio | Spain | 60 | VR | Yes |
| Guestcentric | USA | 300 | Hotels | Yes |
| Easybooking | Austria | 30 | Hotels | No, only iCal |
| Beds24 | Germany | 60 | B&B | Yes |
| ResOnline | Australia | 100 | VR | Yes |
| Red Awning | USA | 100 | Hotels | Yes |
| Kigo | Spain | 35 | VR | Yes |
| RateTiger | USA | 30 | Hotels | No |
| AxisRooms | India | 50 | Hotels | Yes |
| Staah | New Zealand | 250 | Hotels | No, only iCal |
| NextPax | The Netherlands | 150 | VR | Yes |
| RMS | Australia | 70 | Hotels | No |
| Booking Manager | The Netherlands | 30 | Hotels | Yes and hotel sites |
| Myallocator | USA | 100 | Hotels | Yes |
| Supercontrol | UK | 50 | VR | Yes |
| MyBookingPal | USA | 40 | VR | Yes |
| Sirvoy | Ireland | 14 | Hotels | No, only iCal |