“Every corporate client and travel management company I’ve talked with says there is huge leakage in hotel bookings,” said Travelport CEO Gordon Wilson, who spoke with Travel Market Report after Travelport reported its second-quarter earnings. A corporation doesn’t always use major chain properties, he said. It may, for example, use an independent property located next to one of its factories, and independents are less likely to participate in the GDS channel. That’s where Hotelzon, which has extensive independent hotel content, comes in. “We’ve plugged that gap,” Wilson said. Get the full story at Travel Market Report