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YOUR CONTRACTED INVENTORY
DIGITIZED & API DISTRIBUTABLE.

Digitize your hotel and tour operator contracts. Manage allotments, seasonal rates, and stop-sales in real time. Distribute your negotiated deals with/without supplier inventory, with full margin control.

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Real-TimeStop-sale enforcement across all channels
ZeroManual errors in allotment management
B2C, B2B and APIAll channels from one contract upload
Contracting ModuleUpdate and create new contracts with all configurations
Private Inventory Management

LOCAL EXPERTISE AND PRIVATE DEALS
ARE YOUR MOST VALUABLE ASSETS.

Estea's Direct Contracting platform digitizes your exclusive inventory so you can manage, distribute, and protect it at scale - without operational overhead.

Most tour operators and OTAs with direct hotel relationships manage them in spreadsheets, shared drives, or legacy extranet tools that don't talk to their booking engine. The result: manual rate loading, missed stop-sales, and lost margin because private deals can't compete with supplier API speed.

Estea's Direct Contracting platform changes that. Your contracts are uploaded once and are immediately available across your entire booking and distribution stack - B2B/C site, agent portal, and API-out channels - with pricing, availability, and rules all governed centrally in real time.

Sell your own negotiated deals alongside global content from GDS and bed banks. Increase margins by prioritizing direct inventory where it's strongest. Eliminate manual errors with rules-based automation from allotment to confirmation.

See it in action
Contract Manager - Estea Dashboard
La Mamounia, Marrakech
● Active
Rates
Allotment
Rules
Channels
High Season
Superior Room
€420/night
B&B Included
Shoulder
Superior Room
€310/night
Room Only
Early Bird
Garden Suite
€560/night
B&B + Transfer
Min stay (high season)3 nights
Release period14 days
Cancellation policyStrict (Dec-Feb)
Stop-sale status● Open for sale
Distribution Channels
B2C Site
● Live
Agent Portal
● Live
API-Out
● Live
Loyalty
○ Off
Contract Configuration

BUILT FOR REAL-WORLD
HOTEL AGREEMENTS.

Hotel contracts are rarely simple. Estea models real commercial agreements - not simplified rate tables.

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Inventory and Room Structure
Configure the full complexity of a hotel contract - from room type definitions to occupancy rules and inventory pools.
  • →Multiple room types, occupancies, and inventory pools per property
  • →Contract-specific inclusions: meal plans, supplements, and add-ons
  • →Inventory visibility control across B2C, B2B, and partner channels
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Pricing, Discounts and Promotions
Full seasonal pricing architecture with conditional discount logic and nationality-based pricing built in.
  • →Seasonal rates, blackout periods, and market-specific pricing
  • →Early-booking discounts, long-stay offers, and conditional promotions
  • →Nationality-based pricing and contract-specific markup rules
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Sales Rules and Policies
Define the commercial rules that govern each contract. Enforced automatically across all channels - no manual monitoring required.
  • →Cancellation policies, release periods, and minimum stay rules
  • →Contract-level stop-sales enforced automatically across all channels
  • →Real-time availability and seamless confirmations without manual intervention
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Blended Distribution with Full Control
Your direct contracts sell alongside GDS and bed bank content - with your own inventory prioritized where margins are strongest.
  • →Direct contracts blended seamlessly with third-party supplier content
  • →Prioritize direct inventory to increase margin and visibility
  • →Full control over which inventory is exposed to which sales channels
Why Estea

NOT JUST RATE LOADING.
A FULL CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

Most platforms let you upload rates. Estea models the full commercial relationship - policies, rules, promotions, and channel logic included.

✓
Eliminate Manual Stop-Sale Errors
Stop-sales defined at contract level are enforced automatically across every channel the moment they're triggered - no manual updates, no out-of-sync confirmations, no embarrassing oversells.
✓
Distribute to Sub-Agents Immediately
Once a contract is loaded into Estea, it becomes available through your API-out distribution layer. Sell to sub-agents and third-party networks without any additional integration work.
✓
Blend with Global Supplier Content
Your direct contracts sit alongside GDS and bed bank inventory in the same booking engine. Prioritize direct rates where margins are strongest. Present a seamless catalogue to users regardless of source.
FAQ

FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS

Common questions about Estea's Direct Contracting platform..

Yes. Once your contracts are in Estea, they become part of your API-out distribution layer, allowing you to sell them to sub-agents and third-party networks with your own markup rules applied on top.

Stop-sales configured at contract level are automatically enforced across all connected channels in real time. There is no manual monitoring required.

No. Estea's Direct Contracting platform layers with your existing booking engine and supplier stack. Your current technology infrastructure is preserved - direct contracts are added as an additional inventory source, not a replacement.

Yes. When used with Estea's Curated Packaging layer, individual component prices from direct contracts are masked at the bundle level - satisfying supplier parity requirements while protecting your margins from competitive visibility.

Ready to move
YOUR CONTRACTS DESERVE
BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE.

Tell us how many direct contracts you're managing and where the current friction is. We'll show you exactly how Estea replaces the spreadsheet.

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