Client Overview

Expedia operates one of the world’s largest online travel marketplaces, aggregating hotel inventory across thousands of cities globally. Hotel prices and availability fluctuate frequently based on demand, seasonality, events, and competitive pricing strategies.

To maintain pricing accuracy, rate competitiveness, and availability visibility, Expedia required a scalable, automated hotel pricing and availability intelligence solution.

Industry & Geography

Industry: Online Travel / Hospitality

Geography: Global (multi-country, multi-city)

Business Challenges

Highly Dynamic Hotel Pricing

Hotel rates change multiple times daily based on occupancy, demand spikes, and promotional strategies.

Availability Volatility

Room availability fluctuates rapidly during peak seasons, weekends, and city-level events.

Competitive Rate Benchmarking

Tracking competitor rates across cities and room types at scale was difficult with manual processes.

Data Scale & Consistency

Millions of rate points needed to be collected, normalized, and refreshed frequently.

Project Objectives

Expedia partnered with Actowiz Solutions to:

• Track real-time hotel pricing and room availability
• Enable city-wise and hotel-wise rate benchmarking
• Capture frequent rate changes across competitors
• Support pricing strategy and demand analysis

Actowiz Solutions Approach

Hotel Rate & Availability Data Collection

Automated extraction captured:

• Nightly room rates
• Room types and occupancy
• Availability status
• Taxes and fees

City & Property-Level Mapping

Hotels were mapped by:

• City
• Property ID
• Room category

High-Frequency Monitoring

Rates were refreshed multiple times per day to capture intraday changes.

Structured Data Delivery

Data delivered in CSV, JSON, and API formats for analytics and pricing teams.

Key Features

• Real-time hotel pricing intelligence
• Room-level availability tracking
• City-wise competitive benchmarking
• High-frequency rate monitoring
• Scalable global coverage

Business Impact

• Improved visibility into hotel pricing dynamics
• Faster reaction to competitor rate changes
• Better availability forecasting during peak demand
• Stronger pricing and revenue strategy support

Conclusion

In travel marketplaces, pricing accuracy and availability visibility drive conversions.

Actowiz Solutions empowered Expedia with scalable hotel pricing and availability intelligence, enabling smarter pricing decisions and improved traveler experience.

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