Can I add my own directly contracted hotels to my website alongside the ones coming from the API?

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Asked by Naveen Sharma 📅 Nov 8, 2026 11:10 AM

Can I add my own directly contracted hotels to my website alongside the ones coming from the API?

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Answered by Kavita Menon 📅 Nov 8, 2026 11:14 AM

Yes, in most cases you can sell your own directly contracted hotels on the same website and show them in the same search results as the hotels that come through the API, though whether this is included or needs an upgrade depends on your plan.

The way it normally works is that you load each hotel once with its photos, description, address, room types, board options, your net rates by season and your own cancellation rules. After that, when a customer searches that city for matching dates, your hotel appears in the result list next to the supplier hotels, with your markup applied in the same way. A booking on your own hotel arrives in the same booking list your staff already use, so there is no separate system to check.

The honest limit is accuracy. With a supplier, availability and price are checked live at the moment of search, but with your own contracted hotel the website can only show what you have entered. That means you are responsible for loading the rooms the hotel has given you, closing dates when they are sold out, and updating rates when a new season or a new contract starts. If you forget, the website may keep selling a room that is no longer there. It is also worth knowing that if the same hotel is sold by one of your suppliers too, your customer could see it listed twice unless you choose to hide the supplier version.

A good next step is to make a list of the hotels you hold direct contracts for, gather the current rate sheets and allocation details, and ask our team to confirm whether your plan already covers your own inventory.

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