Key Takeaways
- Travelgate is a B2B hotel connectivity network: it connects hotel buyers and sellers through one API.
- It covers hotels; it is not a booking front end, itinerary builder or accounting system.
- Its DMC page describes a success-fee model; figures are not published.
- If you need connectivity only, compare networks. If you also need the platform your team sells from, compare full suites.
Travelgate (formerly XML Travelgate and TravelgateX) is a Spanish hotel distribution network that connects buyers such as OTAs and tour operators with sellers such as bed banks and DMCs through a single API, on a success-fee model. Alternatives are either other connectivity providers or all-in-one platforms like TraveleXe, which combine supplier API connectivity with a booking engine, DMC operations, contracting and accounting.
Travelgate is one of the best-known hotel connectivity networks, especially in Europe. Many DMCs and bed banks look at it when they want to sell hotels to more buyers — or buy from more suppliers — without building every connection. This page explains what it is and when an alternative makes more sense. Facts are from Travelgate’s website as of October 2026.
What Travelgate publicly offers
- Demand and supply APIs connecting hotel buyers and sellers, plus push-to-pull conversion.
- A self-service platform for monitoring connections and reports.
- Based in Palma, Spain; founded 2012; part of Travelsoft Group since 2024, according to its website.
- Pricing: “connect for free”, then a success-fee model described on its DMC page; amounts not published.
Connectivity network or full platform?
| You need… | A connectivity network gives you | A full platform adds |
|---|---|---|
| More hotel suppliers | One API to many suppliers | The same, plus hotel mapping and markups |
| To sell your contracts to buyers | Distribution to connected buyers | Contracting and XML API Out from your own system |
| A site or portal to sell from | — | Booking engine and B2B portal |
| Itineraries and operations | — | DMC operations |
| Invoices and supplier payments | — | Accounting |
Travelgate covers hotels; flights, transfers and activities need other connections.
Questions to ask any connectivity provider
- Is pricing a success fee, per booking, per search or flat — and what is it at my volume?
- Which of my current suppliers and buyers are already connected?
- Who handles mapping, and how are mismatched rooms fixed?
- Which products are covered beyond hotels?
- Who do I call when a booking fails at 2 a.m.?
TraveleXe connects 100+ suppliers through APINex and sells them from your own booking engine and portal for a fixed monthly fee instead of a success fee. See also bed bank software and travel software pricing models.
Last reviewed 27 October 2026. Corrections welcome at info@travelexe.com.