Travel Link (TLM) is a Guangzhou-based travel marketing and representation agency with six offices across Greater China, working for destinations, attractions and tourist boards that want visibility with Chinese buyers and travellers. It has held representation mandates for national and city tourism organisations selling into the Chinese source market. For operators it brings the Chinese outbound source market: tour operators, agencies and online channels across Greater China that package or resell represented attractions and tours.
Connecting Travel Link Marketing to Ventrata lets you sell your products on Travel Link by syncing your availability and prices and receiving bookings, changes and cancellations, with tickets issued automatically.
To learn more about Travel Link Marketing, visit tlmchina.com.
Primary website | |
Tags | Marketing & Advertising |
Connection features | Availability Sync · Pricing Sync · Bookings Sync |
Developed by | Travel Link Marketing (using Ventrata's OCTO API) |
Travel Link Marketing is a service partner for Ventrata clients. Services they offer include:
Travel marketing – gives you visibility with Chinese travel trade buyers and travellers.
Representation – represents destinations, attractions and tourist boards in the Chinese market, including national and city tourism organisations.
Their app connection links your Ventrata account with Travel Link Marketing so it can sell your products to Chinese travel trade buyers and travelers. Features of this connection include:
Syncs your availability and prices – for your Travel Link products with Ventrata.
Sends bookings to Ventrata – including updates and cancellations.
📗 TIP
Travel Link can access all products enabled on the connection, but you can also give the Product and Option IDs from the connection page when contacting them to say what to map.
📒 NOTE
Travel Link is both a marketing agency and a reseller-style connection: set it up as a Reseller first.
‼️ IMPORTANT
Travel Link Marketing will process your guests' personal data. Review your privacy policy and terms before connecting.
Working with Travel Link Marketing
Get in touch with Travel Link Marketing through tlmchina.com.
Agree the scope and pricing directly with them.
Give them access if needed. See below.
Creating the Travel Link Marketing Connection
🔐 Required Role Permissions: See Connections, Modify Connections, See Connection Key
Before you begin:
You need a commercial agreement with Travel Link for them to sell your products.
You must have created Travel Link as a Reseller in Ventrata, with retail and wholesale or commission pricing correctly configured.
In Ventrata Dashboard, go to Connections → Connections, click + New Connection, and select Travel Link Marketing from the list of partners.
Select 'Travel Link' from the list of your resellers (the reseller must be created before the connection). The connection inherits the reseller's configuration, such as pricing, allowed destinations and products.
If you have several Travel Link connections linked to one reseller, you can also allow or disallow products or destinations on the connection level, in addition to the reseller's settings.
(Optional) You can also set the connection Name of your choosing, which may be helpful if you plan to have multiple Travel Link Marketing connections and would like to differentiate between them more easily in the future.
Press the Create Octo Connection button.
📗 TIP
If needed, you can also allow or disallow products or destinations on the connection level to limit what Travel Link Marketing can access.
Sharing Access with Travel Link Marketing
Securely share the OCTO API key shown on the connection you've created with your Travel Link contact and ask them to map your products using Ventrata's OCTO API. Your Ventrata configuration is then complete. Typically, it takes no longer than a few business days for their team to complete this.
Your Ventrata configuration is complete. You can revoke access at any time by deactivating the connection.
Sharing Dashboard access. If Travel Link Marketing also needs the Dashboard, create a Ventrata user for them with a role that has only the permissions they need (see How to Set Up Roles), and remove it when you stop working with them.
Managing the Travel Link Marketing Connection
Revoke access by deactivating the connection.
Allow or disallow products: limit which destinations, products and options Travel Link Marketing can access. See how to allow or disallow products.
Rename the connection to tell several Travel Link Marketing connections apart.
Connection Features Detailed
This section is for anyone who wants to know exactly how the Travel Link Marketing connection works: what Travel Link Marketing does with your Ventrata data, and which Ventrata OCTO API calls it makes.
Syncs availability | ✅ |
Your availability syncs between Ventrata and Travel Link. Covers your Travel Link products.
What this means for you: Travel Link sells only what you have open. |
Syncs prices | ✅ |
Your pricing syncs between Ventrata and Travel Link. Pricing comes from the reseller's retail and wholesale or commission pricing.
What this means for you: Prices follow your reseller setup. |
Receives bookings | ✅ |
Bookings, updates and cancellations from Travel Link arrive in Ventrata. Tickets are issued automatically.
What this means for you: Bookings from Chinese trade buyers appear in Ventrata. |
✅ supported
FAQs
Travel Link Marketing can't see some of my products.
Travel Link Marketing can't see some of my products.
Check which destinations, products and options are allowed on the connection, and confirm that your products and options are enabled for sale on the Direct API source. If the issue persists, contact our Technical Support.
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Partner Information
Travel Link Marketing
Ventrata Partner ID: 083bb003-4a93-4467-89a6-ebdaf18a5f4c