Hotel Trader unveils industry-first Hotel onboarding in under 8 minutes

The fastest way for a Hotel to go live, ever.

Hotel Trader has announced HT Supplier Launchpad, an industry-first launch platform that allows Hotels to connect, configure, and start selling in under 8 minutes, down from the traditional industry standard 90-day setup cycle.

This PMS/CRS-agnostic tool is already live with 9 providers including Apaleo, Cloudbeds, D-Edge, Dingus, IBS, Mews, SHR, SynXis and TravelClick, plus a solution for static properties, giving Hotels an instant, self-serve path from connection, configuration and launch.

HT Supplier Launchpad is a solution built to solve the industry’s biggest bottleneck, it replaces manual spreadsheets, back-and-forth emails, and multi-team workflows with a product-led journey that’s fast, intuitive, and scalable.

How it works:

1. Connect via PMS/CRS – Hotels link their property and HT Supplier Launchpad auto-creates a pre-configured journey.
2. Complete the Essentials – Thanks to our lightning-fast API connection, we already have most of what we need to get the Hotel live on The Exchange, such as static data, content, room types and rate plans. So Hotels only need to fill the blanks.
3. Validate & Go Live – Real-time ARI checks and a guided test booking confirm readiness. The Hotel then moves directly into the Supplier Portal, where our distribution architecture becomes the central source of truth – defining which rate plans go to which Travel Buyers, when, and under what terms. No spreadsheets, no conflicting rules, just clean, consistent distribution managed from one unified system.

Hotels go live within minutes and get access to 100s of Travel Buyers, AI-driven demand insights, and promo creation tools, turning connection speed directly into commercial opportunity.

Andy Nyberg – Head of Product comments,“For years, supplier onboarding has been one of the biggest blockers to scaling Hotel distribution. It shouldn’t take 90 days. With HT Supplier Launchpad and our integration with several CRS providers, we’ve turned that entire process on its head. Hotels can now go from zero to live distribution in minutes, not months.

This is a major leap toward a fully automated lodging Exchange where Hotels can connect and start receiving bookings almost instantly, giving them autonomy, eliminating operational noise and laying the foundation for a future where the entire lodging ecosystem is self-serve, automated, and connected by clean, real-time data.”

What comes next

With 9 CRS providers live, plus a solution for static properties, Hotel Trader is actively working to integrate with even more CRSs with Omnibees and Webrezpro next in line, tightening the end-to-end path from onboarding to optimization and conversion for thousands more properties.

HT Supplier Launchpad goes beyond faster launches. It’s the foundation of a fully automated lodging Exchange where Hotels can connect, sell, and scale without delay.

Discover more: HT Supplier Launchpad

Sian Webster

Director of Marketing