Building the infrastructure behind modern Hotel Distribution
Advancing The Exchange for faster, more efficient global distribution
Behind every fast, seamless booking experience is an infrastructure decision most people never see.
As hotel distribution becomes increasingly global, the pressure on underlying systems continues to grow. Hotels and Travel Buyers need technology that can move inventory, pricing, and availability data instantly and reliably, without adding operational complexity or compromising control.
At Hotel Trader, we believe the future of distribution depends on building infrastructure designed for the realities of modern travel commerce, instead of adapting systems built for a different era. That means continuously evolving The Exchange to deliver greater speed, efficiency, and scalability as our partner ecosystem expands worldwide.
Working with AWS, the Hotel Trader engineering team, led by VP of Technology Sundeep Kumar, optimized the systems that power hotel distribution behind the scenes – cutting inter-AZ data transfer costs by 95% while making responses nearly 50% faster for partners using the platform – all without disrupting partners or requiring major changes to existing integrations.
The migration was completed gradually with zero downtime, reinforcing Hotel Trader’s ‘flow without friction’ approach – modern infrastructure that works seamlessly within existing Hotel and Travel Buyer ecosystems.
“This is the kind of optimization that defines great engineering – sharp problem identification, careful design, and disciplined execution with zero downtime. The team did exceptional work, and AWS was a valuable partner along the way.”
– Sundeep Kumar, VP of Technology at Hotel Trader.
Explore exactly how Sundeep and Deepak Prasad, who led this initiative end-to-end, with support from Hemanth Nimmagadda, Kaushal Agrawal, Pratik Kumar and Rishi Jain from our engineering team, worked with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to optimize a critical part of The Exchange architecture, significantly improving platform responsiveness for partners globally.
It’s another example of how purpose-built infrastructure can help hotel distribution flow with greater clarity, performance, and accountability at scale.
Read the full AWS article here.
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