Amadeus study: 63% of travel sellers change bookings due to rate discrepancies

On October 21, 2026, Hospitality Technology summarized multiple hotel distribution and OTA developments. Among them, Expedia Group launched an API-driven self-onboarding process that obtains room types, rates, amenities and media assets directly from connectivity partners such as RateGain, Eviivo and Yanolja, with the goal of shortening hotel onboarding time to within 24 hours. The same summary also mentioned that eDreams established an agentic GDS with Amazon. The report did not disclose the effective date, phased implementation arrangements or covered market scope of the process.