Tas e-Connect: Taking Tasmania to the world

Glossary

The following glossary defines the more commonly used terms related to online booking.


Commission A percentage of a sale price paid to a distributor for making a sale
Consumer A person who purchases a product or products.
Distribution The process or means through which products are delivered to the consumer
Distributor Consumer facing business that provides content or the ability to make a booking or both.
E-commerce enabled When businesses can directly or indirectly (through a third party) undertake a commercial dealing via the Internet. An e-commerce enabled tourism operator is a 'supplier'.
Open Booking Exchange (OBX) The inventory management technology developed by V3 for the electronic distribution of Tasmanian tourism product, including but not limited to Discovertasmania.com.
Property Management System (PMS) A system provider to manage the inventory of a business.
Supplier A business that can commit to real-time availability and transact for a real-time booking (“e-commerce enabled” tourism operator).
Tourism operator A tourism business.