Keep the booking. Keep the client. Keep your commission.
GLDS puts independent luxury advisors in direct contact with hotels worldwide — no IATA code, no GDS terminal, no commission distributor taking a cut. Book at net and your commission is already yours, or book gross and we pay by the 5th of the month after your client checks out.
1500+predominantly 5-star hotels live today, from flagged properties to hand-picked boutique addresses
1–2 mintypical time for an advisor to turn a request into a sent offer
Freefor qualified agencies — no membership or service fees
New offer
Villa Cielo, Positano
For the Whitfield family · 4 nights · Ocean Suite
Sent in 0m 58s
Public rate$2,140 / night
Your agencyCompass Travel
Payment termsNet or gross
✓Confirmed instantly
No IATA code needed. Booked under your agency's name, not GLDS's.
Built for travel agents
Not a marketplace you compete inside of. A direct line to the hotel, with your name on every booking.
Direct hotel access
Work with the hotel itself, not a wholesaler standing in between you and the room.
Your agency's name
Every booking carries your agency's name and relationship — never a marketplace's.
1–2 minute offers
Turn a client's request into a sent offer while another channel is still opening a ticket.
Commission that's yours
Commission is already set on every hotel — no negotiation, no reseller taking a share on the way to you.
Bring your own contracts
Already have hotel relationships and negotiated rates of your own? Add them to the platform and book them the same way — your book of business, your terms.
Without GLDS — how it works today
The chain that eats your commission
Before a booking pays out, an independent advisor without a chain-wide contract has to survive an obstacle course built for someone else's agency.
1
The negotiation
Negotiate hotel by hotel
No shared contract and no shared rate — every property is its own negotiation, every time.
2
The transaction
Your client pays the hotel directly
A small agency can't prefinance a five-star stay, so you're left chasing a commission after the fact.
3
The payout
A commission distributor takes its cut first
Without an IATA code, commission has to route through someone who has one — and they keep a share for the privilege.
Route it through a commission distributor or a bigger IATA agency, and each layer keeps a share before any of it reaches you.
With GLDS
The same three steps, without the toll booth
GLDS doesn't add a layer to that chain — it removes the two that were taking your money.
Was: negotiate hotel by hotel
1
The booking
Your agency's name reaches the hotel
Search live rates and book instantly — the reservation carries your agency's name, not GLDS's. We're the technical link, never the agency on record.
Was: client pays the hotel; you chase the commission
2
The transaction
Payment runs through GLDS
One clean transaction, handled by us. You're never the one collecting or chasing money from a hotel.
Was: a commission distributor takes a cut
3
The payout — separate from the transaction
100% of your commission, paid your way
No IATA accreditation, no GDS training, no reseller in between — net or gross, you choose how your commission reaches you.
Two ways to get paid
Choose per booking — whichever fits how you quoted that client.
Net rates
Your commission is built into the rate. You quote your client, pay the net rate, and keep the difference — the day you book.
Book & paid — same moment
No waiting.
Gross rates
Book at the full rate. We pay your commission by the 5th of the month after your client checks out.
BookCheck-outPaid
Always on a fixed date.
Your own interface, not ours
Search under your agency's own name and colors, not a GLDS-branded tool bolted onto your site — premium, curated inventory, with no GDS training required to use it.
Shown here in the branding of one of our own guest-facing sites — proof the shell adapts to a different identity entirely, GLDS included.
A branded offer in seconds, not an afternoon
The moment you find a room, GLDS turns it into a client-ready PDF in your agency's own name and colors — not GLDS's. No formatting a quote by hand, no waiting on a graphic designer.
A real GLDS offer, branded for the American Express Centurion programme.
Your identity, your success
The relationship stays between your agency and the hotel — GLDS just clears the way for it.
Exclusive rates, ready to book
Rates contracted by GLDS and bookable instantly. Bring your own negotiated rates too, if you have them.
Real-time confirmations
No 24-hour wait for a reply while your client is deciding between two hotels.
Concierge services, coordinated ahead
Pre-arrival details pass between your agency and the hotel before your client lands.
A hotel that knows your name
Not a booking number in a queue — the agency that sent them a guest.
From sign-up to payout
Four steps, the same ones a booking always needed — just without anyone standing in the way.
1
Apply for access
Tell us about your agency. We verify against your agency's email domain. Reviewed within one business day.
2
Search live inventory
1500+ hotels worldwide, from flagged properties to hand-picked luxury boutique addresses.
3
Send a tailor-made offer
Contact the hotel directly and quote your client — most advisors send an offer in one to two minutes.
4
Get paid on your terms
Net bookings pay you the moment you book. Gross bookings pay out by the 5th of the month after your client checks out — always a fixed date, never a chase.
A few of the hotels on GLDS
Preferred-partner properties your clients already ask for, bookable the same way as everything else.
And hotel groups worldwide, includingKempinskiOne&OnlyRosewoodJumeirahWaldorf AstoriaRitz-CarltonSt. RegisRafflesConradFairmontSofitelTajBanyan Tree+ many more
Who you're actually dealing with
Built by a travel expert, not a startup that discovered hospitality.
GLDS grew out of Snowtrade Royale, a private travel advisory that spent years arranging stays for ultra-high-net-worth clients across the Alps, one relationship at a time — not a startup that discovered hospitality along the way. Every direct hotel relationship on the platform, and the judgment behind which five-star addresses are actually worth booking, traces back to that decade of on-the-ground advisory work.
As demand from corporates outgrew what a single advisory could arrange by hand, that same expertise became the software behind GLDS — today run by a full team across product, hotel relations and operations.
1500+
hotels live on the platform today
150+
agencies booking through GLDS
800+
travel agents with direct access
Questions advisors actually ask
Do I need an IATA or ARC number?
No. No IATA accreditation, no ARC number, and no host agency are required to get started. On gross bookings we pay your commission directly to your agency's bank account; on net bookings, you simply keep the difference yourself.
How and when exactly do I get paid?
It depends on how you book. At net rates, your commission is already yours the day you book — you've simply kept the difference. At gross rates, GLDS pays your commission by the 5th of the month after your client checks out.
Can I use my own credit card?
Yes. You can pay with your client's card or your agency's own card — your choice, every booking.
Can I choose net or gross per booking?
Yes. Net and gross aren't a plan you sign up for — you pick whichever fits how you quoted that specific client, booking by booking.
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We review every application personally. Reviewed within one business day.
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