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What is the difference between a Retail listing and a Merchant listing on an online travel site?

April 26, 2017difference listing merchant online retail site Travel

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What is the difference between a Retail listing and a Merchant listing on an online travel site?

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Some internet travel sites offer both retail listings and merchant listings. Retail listings pull from general distribution, where the hotel lists inventory at the same price that it is sold to the consumer, and the hotel pays the distributor an agreed upon commission.