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May 31, 2025 8:15:19 AM
🌍 Travel Management Systems (TMS) vs. (OTA): What Vacation Rental Managers Need to Know?
For most vacation rental managers, platforms like Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com are familiar territory. These are known as Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) — consumer-facing marketplaces that serve millions of leisure travelers worldwide.
But there’s an entirely different world of travel that most managers haven’t tapped into yet — and it’s worth over $700 billion per year.
Welcome to the world of TMS and the leading corporate travel ecosystem!
These are the platforms global enterprises use to book all employee travel and responsible for $75B in annual bookings.
TMS | Annual Booking Volume |
---|---|
Amex Global Business Travel (GBT) | $30.1 Billion |
CWT | $24.8 Billion |
Booking.com for Business | $25.6 Billion |
Egencia | $5 Billion |
Serko (Zeno) | $Hundreds of Millions |
These systems are how companies like Google, Pfizer, Deloitte, and others book hotels, flights — and now, vacation rentals.
Corporate travel isn’t just about suits and meetings anymore. The demand comes from traveling nurses, relocation clients, government contractors, production crews, and more — but at the core of it all are enterprise booking platforms used by Fortune 500 companies.
This segment of the travel industry is:
4X larger than Vrbo
Focused on policy compliance, expense tracking, and traveler safety
Inaccessible to individual property managers — unless you have the right partner
Unlike OTAs, these platforms are built for businesses, not consumers. Key differences include:
OTAs (Airbnb, Vrbo) | Corporate Travel Platforms (Amex GBT, CWT, etc.) |
---|---|
Open marketplaces | Closed, invite-only systems |
Travelers book directly | Only employees of approved companies can book |
No policy controls | Strict travel policy enforcement |
No centralized oversight | Full expense management, reporting, duty of care |
Anyone can list | Only vetted suppliers via enterprise integrations |
Employees cannot book on Airbnb or Vrbo for business trips if their company mandates bookings via a managed platform — which most do.
Livly is one of the first platforms certified and integrated with the top business travel systems in the world:
✅ Amex GBT
✅ CWT
✅ Egencia
✅ Serko
✅ Booking.com for Business
We connect professionally managed vacation rentals to these networks, unlocking corporate demand that was previously out of reach for most managers.
Corporate travel platforms do not onboard individual hosts or small operators.
They require:
Platform-level compliance and certifications
Data security and booking flow integrations
Verified lodging partners
Even if you’re listed on Booking.com, that doesn’t give you access to Booking.com for Business, CWT, or Amex GBT. You need a partner like Livly to get in.
If your properties are:
Professionally managed
In business travel markets
Offer high-quality stays and reliable service
…you may be leaving serious revenue on the table.
With Livly, you can:
✅ Tap into Fortune 500 travel budgets
✅ Win bookings with 10–30% corporate discounts
✅ Get listed in portals used by enterprise travel teams worldwide
Livly handles:
Integration with your PMS
Compliance and credentialing
Distribution across corporate travel networks
All you have to do is keep delivering amazing stays.
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