Why do direct sales matter?
Every booking from online travel agencies costs a commission. Even when guests find the hotel on these platforms, they often check the hotel's own website; if there is no booking engine where they can pick dates, see prices and pay right away, they go back and book on the platform.
A booking engine on your own website brings that sale to you without commission: you can offer the same room on better terms (free breakfast, late check-out, direct booking discount) and you own the guest data.
Booking engine and management panel
- Room types: capacity, adult and child rules, room features and gallery
- Availability and rate calendar: nightly rates, seasons, weekends, bulk rate updates
- Sales rules: minimum stay, closed to arrival and closed to departure, stop sale
- Board types: bed and breakfast, half board, all inclusive
- Promotions: early booking, long stay, coupon codes, non-refundable rates
- 3D Secure payment, deposit or pay at the hotel; bank installments and virtual POS integration
Booking confirmations go to the guest by email and WhatsApp, and to the hotel as a panel notification and email. The multilingual, multi-currency setup sells to foreign guests in their own language and currency.
Channel manager, PMS and legal records
If you sell your rooms on more than one platform, availability and rates need to update everywhere at once. If the channel manager or front office (PMS) system you use provides an API, the booking engine synchronizes with it; if not, availability is managed from the panel and bookings are transferred to the front office.
Identity details of staying guests must be reported to KBS (Turkey's guest identity reporting system). The system keeps guest identity details ready for reporting; a hotel check-in kiosk can be added for ID scanning and data entry at check-in.
Hotel sales websites for agencies
For travel agencies that sell hotels, the booking website works the other way around: rooms and rates of contracted hotels are entered from the panel or hotel suppliers' XML/API services are connected, and customers search by region and date and book. Custom prices and commissions for sub-agents, margin rules and account tracking are added.
For selling flights, transfers and tours in the same cart, the flight booking software, transfer booking software and tour operator software modules work together.
A hotel website that is visible on Google and in AI search
A booking engine creates value when it sits inside a fast, SEO-friendly hotel website. Room, area and experience pages are structured separately; hotel, room and rate information is marked up with schema.org data so that Google and AI assistants can recommend the hotel with accurate information. Mobile speed is prioritized so guests don't abandon the booking halfway.
What I offer
Commission-free sales
Direct bookings from the hotel's own website.
Rate calendar
Nightly rates, seasons and bulk updates.
Sales rules
Min. stay, stop sale, closed days.
Online payment
3D Secure, deposits and bank installments.
Channel sync
Channel manager and PMS integration.
KBS-ready records
Guest identity details and check-in kiosk.
Technologies I use
Example projects
A selection of live projects serving real users.
ucakbiletcisi.com — Online Flight Booking Platform
Flight search with BiletBank integration, 3D Secure payment, real bank installments, PNR lookup and online check-in.
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Advanced E-Commerce Software
E-commerce platform with marketplace integrations.
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Kassa Restaurant — One-Panel Orders, Kitchen and Courier System
Yemeksepeti, Getir Yemek and Trendyol Yemek orders, QR menu, table billing, kitchen display, live courier tracking and cash-on-delivery reconciliation in one cloud restaurant POS.
ViewHow we work
Free intro call
We clarify needs, existing systems and goals together.
Quote & roadmap
Scope, technology, timeline and budget within 24 hours.
Staged development
Weekly demos and a live test environment.
Launch & support
Go-live, training and ongoing maintenance.
Free pre-analysisThe first meeting and roadmap are completely free, with no obligation.
Staged delivery and approvalYou review each module on a test environment before we move on.
Written scope and rightsScope, delivery and source code rights are defined in the contract.
Frequently asked questions
What does a hotel booking engine do?
It enables commission-free bookings from the hotel's own website by showing availability and rates and taking online payment; rooms, rates and promotions are managed from a single panel.
Will there be conflicts with Booking.com and other channels?
If your channel manager or PMS provides an API, availability and rates are synchronized, so the same room isn't sold through two channels.
Can it be added to our existing hotel website?
Yes. The booking engine can be embedded in your existing website; if you want a new website, it is built from scratch, fast and SEO-friendly.
Can we take a deposit from guests?
Yes. Full payment, deposit or pay-at-hotel options are defined; payment is taken with 3D Secure and cancellation rules are tied to the rate type.
Do you build hotel sales websites for agencies?
Yes. I develop B2C and B2B hotel sales websites where contracted hotels are managed from the panel or hotel suppliers' XML/API services are connected.
How is the price determined?
An itemized quote is prepared based on the number of room types, integrations (channel manager, PMS, payment), languages and website scope.