They are not even necessarily connecting to the hotel-systems themselves. Often they connect to a middleman, which connects to the global middleman, which conne

They are not even necessarily connecting to the hotel-systems themselves. Often they connect to a middleman, which connects to the global middleman, which connects to the hotel (or maybe has a middleman on this side too). OTA-Business is a whole nest of snakes biting snakes, sometimes you are the first in the line, sometimes, you are the last in the line.