Travel solution · Inventory & marketplace
Travel inventory management system, run as one B2B marketplace
A travel inventory management system holds the stock you sell — contracted rooms, transfers, tours and more — alongside the live supply you connect, then prices and distributes it to every channel. TraveleXe runs both as one B2B travel marketplace: your contracts and 110+ pre-integrated suppliers, sold to agents, travellers and API partners from a single source.
Marketplace · live inventory
Availability in syncSupply in
Contracted stock
Hotels · tours · transfers
Connected suppliers
110+ pre-integrated
Hotel content
Mapped to one record
TraveleXe
Marketplace core
- Normalise & de-duplicate
- Price per partner
- Allotments & stop-sales
- Real-time availability
Sold through
B2B agent portal
Sub-agents · credit
B2C storefront
Your brand
XML / JSON API
OTAs · partners
Corporate buyers
Own price lists
- Service types under contract
- 9
- Pre-integrated suppliers
- 110+
- Sales models priced separately
- 4
- What it is
- One operating layer for the inventory you own and the inventory you connect, priced and sold from a single record.
- Who it’s for
- DMCs, wholesalers, bed banks, OTAs and tour operators that sell to other travel businesses as well as to travellers.
- What it replaces
- Rate spreadsheets, re-keying contracts into each portal, and a separate price list for every partner.
- Products involved
- Invento, APINex, Syncro, OneBook and XML API Out, combined to the scope you need.
01The problem
Why travel inventory breaks as you grow
Most travel businesses are not short of inventory. They are short of one place where it is true.
- 01
Contracts live outside the system
Hotel and ground contracts sit in spreadsheets and email. Every rate change is typed again into each portal, and every re-type is a chance to misprice.
- 02
Owned and connected stock never meet
Contracted rooms and live supplier results are searched separately, so agents cannot compare them — and your best-margin product is often not the one they see.
- 03
Every partner wants a different price
Agents, corporates and API partners each need their own markup, currency and product scope. Without rules, that becomes one price list per partner to maintain by hand.
- 04
Stop-sales arrive late
When a hotel closes a date it has to close everywhere at once. Manual updates leave a window in which rooms that no longer exist are still being sold.
02How it works
Source, standardise, sell — one marketplace in three stages
Each stage is carried out by a TraveleXe product, configured around your contracts, your suppliers and the channels you sell through.
Stage 1 · Source
Bring every source of supply together
Load what you contract and connect what you don’t. Both land in the same inventory, under the same rules.
- Hotel, transfer, tour and ancillary contracts with seasons and allotments
- 110+ pre-integrated suppliers for hotels, flights, transfers and activities
- Your own supplier credentials and negotiated rates brought in
Stage 2 · Standardise
Turn it into one catalogue, priced per partner
The same hotel arriving from several feeds becomes one property, and pricing rules decide what each buyer sees.
- Hotel and room mapping to a single record across feeds
- Markups by partner, channel, market and currency
- Allotments, free-sale, stop-sale and release periods applied once
Stage 3 · Sell
Sell it on every channel you run
The same inventory reaches agents, travellers and API partners, with availability kept in step everywhere.
- B2B agent portal with sub-agents and credit control
- B2C storefront under your own brand
- XML / JSON API out to OTAs, wholesalers and affiliates
03Coverage
What the marketplace covers, service by service
Contracted stock is managed in Invento; connected supply comes through supplier APIs. Both are sold through the same channels.
| Service type | Your contracts | Connected suppliers | B2B portal | B2C storefront | API out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotels & rooms | |||||
| Sightseeing | |||||
| Activities & experiences | |||||
| Transfers | |||||
| Car rental | |||||
| Cruises | |||||
| Meals & dining | |||||
| Guides | |||||
| Visa & ancillaries | |||||
| FlightsThrough supplier APIs |
A tick means the combination can be configured; which suppliers and channels are switched on is agreed per project. Packages can combine any of these services.
04Operating models
Who runs a TraveleXe marketplace
The same building blocks, arranged around how your business earns its margin.
DMC selling to agents
- You sell
- Your contracted hotels, transfers, tours and guides to travel agents and tour operators in source markets.
- TraveleXe sets up
- Invento for contracts and allotments, a B2B agent portal with agent-wise markups, and an XML API for larger buyers.
Wholesaler or bed bank
- You sell
- Hotel inventory — contracted and sourced — to OTAs and agencies at volume.
- TraveleXe sets up
- Supplier connections, hotel mapping to remove duplicates, partner-wise pricing and XML / JSON API out.
Online travel agency
- You sell
- Hotels, flights, transfers and activities to travellers under your brand.
- TraveleXe sets up
- A B2C storefront on OneBook with 110+ suppliers, with your own contracted stock shown beside live results.
Tour operator
- You sell
- Departures and packages built from your contracts and live supply.
- TraveleXe sets up
- Contracted ground services in Invento, packaging rules, and B2B and B2C channels fed from one inventory.
05Rollout
How a marketplace goes live
Every project runs through the same five phases. How long each takes depends on the number of contracts, suppliers and channels in scope, and is quoted before work starts.
Phase 1
Scope
Map your contracts, current suppliers, buyer types and the channels you sell through.
Phase 2
Load & connect
Contracts go into Invento; supplier APIs and your own credentials are connected.
Phase 3
Map & price
Hotel content is mapped to one record and pricing rules are set per partner and market.
Phase 4
Open channels
Agent portal, storefront and API access are configured and tested with real searches.
Phase 5
Run & refine
Go live, watch availability and margins, and add suppliers or channels as you grow.
06Products behind the solution
The software doing the work
This page describes the operating model. Each product page sets out that product’s full feature set.
- InventoHolds your contracts, rates, seasons and allotments — the stock you own.Invento features
- APINexConnects 110+ pre-integrated suppliers and your own supplier credentials through one API.Travel API integration
- SyncroMaps the same hotel from different feeds into one record, so it is sold once.Syncro hotel mapping
- OneBookThe booking engine behind the B2B agent portal and the B2C storefront.OneBook booking engine
- XML API OutLets OTAs, wholesalers and affiliates book your inventory from their own systems.XML API Out
07Questions
Inventory & Marketplace: questions buyers ask
What is a travel inventory management system?
A travel inventory management system is the platform where a travel business keeps everything it sells — contracted hotels, transfers, tours, guides and other services, plus live supplier inventory — with the rates, allotments and rules that apply to each. It prices that stock per buyer and keeps availability in step across every sales channel.
What is a B2B travel marketplace?
A B2B travel marketplace is a platform where travel businesses buy inventory from a seller on trade terms. In a TraveleXe marketplace you are the seller: agents, OTAs and corporate partners search your contracted stock and your connected supplier inventory, each at the prices you set for them.
Why do we need an inventory system if we already have a booking engine?
A booking engine sells; an inventory system decides what there is to sell and at what price. Without one, contracted rates live in spreadsheets and have to be re-entered per channel, which is where pricing errors and overselling originate.
Can contracted rates and live supplier rates be sold together?
Yes. Your contracted stock sits beside inventory from 110+ pre-integrated suppliers, so one search returns both and the same pricing rules apply to every result.
What inventory system do travel agencies and DMCs use?
Agencies and DMCs that contract their own rates use a travel inventory management system to load hotel and service contracts, allotments, stop-sales and seasonal rates once, then sell them on every channel alongside live supplier inventory from APIs.
How is a TraveleXe marketplace priced?
Each project is scoped to your contracts, suppliers and channels and quoted after a free requirement review, with zero per-booking commissions.
Guides and definitions
Plain-English explanations of the terms and decisions behind this product.