MarketVision's® Price Position is a reliable, comprehensive source of publicly available hotel, car, and air rates, shopped directly from the booking sources on a consistent, time-sensitive basis. Price Position provides access to the most up-to-date rates available across channels such as hotel websites, Global Distribution Systems (GDS), and online travel agencies (OTAs). This service delivers the market's most accurate set of current and historical rate data, even down to the rate code details.

Price Position Features

• Competitor rate comparisons, color-coded, in horizontal, vertical, and graphical formats
• Trending and rate pace analysis of competitors' rate changes for future and past dates
• Alerts for rate parity, competitor closed status, and others based upon user definition
• Complete rate detail allowing like-for-like comparisons such as advance purchase, breakfast included, ocean view, government, and more
• Rate screen captures for rate confirmation and auditing
• Scheduled and on-demand rate shopping
• Multiple report formats and viewing options—by length-of-stay, restricted, non-qualified, number of guests, channels, and more
• Multiple location access allowing a single user to effectively manage multiple hotels
• Corporate and regional reporting across multiple properties for rapid evaluation of property portfolio performance

Price Position Benefits

• Quickly identify rate trends, closed status, and compression in the market
• Allows for increased revenue based upon more precise positioning—length-of-stay, channel, and more
• Fully integrates with the most popular revenue optimization systems
• Saves tremendous time and effort in staying current with changing market conditions

Price Position Quick Facts

• Description
  Shops rates to provide comprehensive reporting of competitive rates for future and historical arrival dates, from Global Distribution System (GDS), online travel agencies (OTAs), travel supplier websites, and other channels of rate distribution.
• Source
  GDS, OTAs, and travel supplier websites
• Future Time Horizon
  From 1 to 365 days into the future
• Historical Rates
  Up to 4 years based upon past specific hotel shopping history
• Frequency of Delivery
  On-demand, daily, weekly, or as scheduled by user
• Report Format
  Online, PDF, HTML, Microsoft Excel. Data feeds are also available for revenue optimization systems and data warehouses
• Report Distribution
  Email or online
• Channels Supported