What Is a Bedbank? How Wholesale Hotel Supply Works
Short answer: a bedbank is a wholesale hotel supplier. It contracts rooms from hotels and resells them to travel businesses, such as agencies, tour operators, and online travel sites, at net rates they can mark up. Travellers never book with the bedbank directly; they book with the travel business, which stays the brand they see.
Part of our guide for travel agencies booking hotels in Vietnam.
How a bedbank sits in the chain
Hotel
Contracts rooms and rates with the bedbank.
Bedbank
Holds the contracts, loads availability, and sells net rates to the trade.
Travel business
Adds its margin and sells under its own brand.
Traveller
Books and pays the travel business, not the bedbank.
Why agencies use one
One contract, many hotels
Instead of negotiating hotel by hotel, the agency signs once and books across the bedbank's inventory.
Net rates
The agency sets its own selling price on top of the net rate.
Local handling
Amendments, invoices, and in-stay issues are handled by a team in the destination.
Bedbank, OTA, or the hotel directly?
| Bedbank | Consumer OTA | Hotel direct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sells to | Travel businesses only | Travellers | Anyone |
| Rates | Net, confidential | Public | Public or negotiated |
| Brand the traveller sees | The agency's | The OTA's | The hotel's |
| Best for | Agencies selling many hotels | Individual travellers | A single hotel you use often |
Bedtara as a bedbank for Vietnam
Bedtara supplies hotels in Vietnam to travel agencies, tour operators, companies, and OTA partners. It is B2B only, partner rates stay confidential, and partners resell under their own brand. Established partners with a steady booking history can ask about a direct connection; see Partner API.
Questions
What is a bedbank in travel?
A wholesale hotel supplier that contracts rooms from hotels and resells them at net rates to travel businesses, which sell them on under their own brand.
Can travellers book with a bedbank directly?
No. Bedbanks sell only to travel businesses. Travellers book through the agency or operator.
Is Bedtara a bedbank?
Yes. Bedtara is a B2B hotel supplier for Vietnam, operated by Dong Thi Co., Ltd, selling to travel businesses and companies, not to individual travellers.
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