- Severity
- Medium
- Status
- Open
Channel A · Deluxe room, breakfast included
- Official rate
- TRY 4,200
- Price seen
- TRY 4,074
- Difference
- −3.0% · −TRY 126
- Stay
- 15 Nov · 1 night
- Detected
- 12 Nov, 06:40
Horecas Parity · Rate parity monitoring
Track rate parity channel by channel, with evidence
Horecas Parity compares your official rate with the prices online sales channels show for the same stay conditions. It brings parity gaps, sales on unauthorised channels, duplicate hotel listings and suspected rate leaks to your team, each with its detection time and evidence.
Parity tableHorecas Park Hotel
Last check: 12 Nov, 06:40
Same stay conditions
- Deluxe room
- 2 adults
- Breakfast included
- 1 night
- TRY
Baseline TRY 4,200Below threshold 4 / 5
- Official siteHotel’s booking engine · official rate sourceTRY 4,200Baseline
- Channel AOTA · contractedTRY 4,074−3.0% · −TRY 126Parity breach
- Channel A · 2nd listingSecond listing of the hotel, same channelTRY 3,880−7.6% · −TRY 320Duplicate listing
- Channel BOTA · contractedTRY 4,250+1.2% · +TRY 50Above official rate
- Channel CTour operator site · contractedTRY 3,864−8.0% · −TRY 336Suspected rate leak
- Channel DSite not in any agreementTRY 3,990−5.0% · −TRY 210Unauthorised channel
- Below threshold
- Above official rate
- Suspected rate leak
Like for like first, then the price
Not every lower number on screen is a parity problem. Parity compares a channel price with your official rate only when the stay conditions match.
Official rate source
The baseline is the price on your hotel’s own booking engine. It is marked explicitly during setup, and every difference is calculated against it.
Matching offer
The channel’s offer is matched on date, room type and meal plan. A price in another currency is not compared while the exchange rate is unknown.
Difference and threshold
The difference is calculated relative to the official rate. Prices more than 1% below it are flagged; a higher price is not counted as a breach.
Offers for check-in on 15 Nov
Sample data- Official siteBaseline
- Room type
- Deluxe room
- Meal plan
- Breakfast included
- Total
- TRY 4,200
- Channel AConditions match · compared
- Room type
- Deluxe room
- Meal plan
- Breakfast included
- Total
- TRY 4,074−3.0%
- Channel ADifferent meal plan · not compared with the breakfast-included official rate
- Room type
- Deluxe room
- Meal plan
- Room only
- Total
- TRY 3,780
How is the difference calculated?
Difference = (Channel price − Official rate) ÷ Official rate
Example(4,074 − 4,200) ÷ 4,200 = −126 ÷ 4,200 = −3.0%
Try it with your own numbers
Findings
Four finding types, each with its own card
Every finding is recorded with the channel, stay date, price seen and detection time, and marked Critical, High or Medium.
Illustrative screen · Sample data
What it shows
A contracted channel shows the same offer more than 1% below your official rate.
Next step
The evidence record gives the channel or your distribution team a concrete example. If the price has been corrected by the next check, the finding closes as resolved.
- Severity
- High
- Status
- Suspicion · not verified
Channel C · Deluxe room, breakfast included
- Official rate
- TRY 4,200
- Price seen
- TRY 3,864
- Difference
- −8.0% · −TRY 336
- Possible source
- Matches the net rate in agency agreement K-2
- Observations
- 1 observation · awaiting a second, independent one
- Stay
- 15 Nov · 1 night
- Nights seen
- 15 Nov, 16 Nov (2 nights)
- Detected
- 12 Nov, 06:40
What it shows
A price seen on a public site matches a net rate you gave an agency, including the small difference specific to that agency. This is an inference; it does not establish that the price came from that agency.
Next step
Until a second, independent observation backs it up, a finding that points to a named agency is kept as a suspicion. Reviewing it and deciding whether to raise it is up to your team.
- Severity
- Medium
- Status
- Open
Channel D · Deluxe room, breakfast included
- Official rate
- TRY 4,200
- Price seen
- TRY 3,990
- Difference
- −5.0% · −TRY 210
- Agreement
- Not a permitted channel
- Stay
- 15 Nov · 1 night
- Nights seen
- 14 Nov, 15 Nov, 18 Nov (3 nights)
- Detected
- 12 Nov, 06:40
What it shows
Your rate appears on a site that is not among the channels permitted in your agreements.
Next step
The nights and amounts it was seen at are on record, which is where tracing the source of the sale begins.
- Severity
- High
- Status
- Open
Channel A · 2nd listing · Deluxe room, breakfast included
- Main listing
- TRY 4,800
- Second listing
- TRY 4,430
- Difference
- −7.7%
- Stay
- 14 Nov · 1 night
- Nights seen
- 14 Nov, 15 Nov, 19 Nov (3 nights)
- Detected
- 12 Nov, 06:40
What it shows
The same channel has more than one listing for your hotel. The second listing may be selling below your main listing.
Next step
Both listings are recorded side by side, so you can see whether the second one undercuts your main listing.
A record behind every finding
From a finding card you can open its evidence record and see where, when and under which conditions the price was seen. The record can be shared as a printable evidence report.
Evidence recordParity breach
Printable evidence report- Channel
- Channel A · OTA · contracted
- Listing and seller
- Main listing · Channel A
- Stay
- 15 Nov · 1 night
- Conditions
- Deluxe room · 2 adults · Breakfast included · 1 night
- Total seen
- TRY 4,074
- Official rate
- TRY 4,200
- Difference
- −3.0% · −TRY 126
- Checked at
- 12 Nov, 06:40
Check history
- 11 Nov, 06:38Price equal to the official rate · TRY 4,200
- 12 Nov, 06:40Difference −3.0%: finding opened, summary notification created
- Next checkIf the price has been corrected, the finding closes as resolved
Illustrative screen · Sample data
Caution
A suspicion is never presented as a confirmed breach
A false accusation usually costs a channel relationship more than the price gap itself. That is why Parity keeps what it sees apart from what it infers.
Observation
Channel C · 15 Nov · TRY 3,864 · −8.0% · 12 Nov, 06:40
The price seen on screen, recorded with the channel, date, conditions and time of the check.
Suspicion
Possible source: agreement K-2
An inference about which agreement the price may have come from. It stays marked as a suspicion until it is verified.
Guarding against false alarms
A price in another currency is not compared while the exchange rate is unknown.
A finding that names an agency remains a suspicion until a second, independent observation.
An offer whose room name cannot be read is not flagged as an unauthorised room sale.
An official rate that reads unusually high is not used as the comparison baseline.
The parity table: dates against channels
Each night is compared across every channel listing, so cells below the threshold stand out at a glance. In the product, clicking a date opens that night’s breakdown by room.
Sample data
| Channel listingOfficial rate | Fri13Official rate: 4,600 | Sat14Official rate: 4,800 | Sun15Official rate: 4,200 | Mon16Official rate: 3,900 | Tue17Official rate: 3,900 | Wed18Official rate: 4,000 | Thu19Official rate: 4,200 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channel A | 0.0%, Equal | 0.0%, Equal | −3.0%, Below threshold, Parity breach | 0.0%, Equal | 0.0%, Equal | −0.5%, Within threshold | 0.0%, Equal |
| Channel A · 2nd listingDuplicate listing | No price seen | −7.7%, Below threshold, Duplicate listing | −7.6%, Below threshold, Duplicate listing | No price seen | No price seen | No price seen | −7.6%, Below threshold, Duplicate listing |
| Channel B | +1.1%, Above official rate | +1.0%, Above official rate | +1.2%, Above official rate | 0.0%, Equal | 0.0%, Equal | 0.0%, Equal | +1.2%, Above official rate |
| Channel C | 0.0%, Equal | 0.0%, Equal | −8.0%, Below threshold, Suspected rate leak | −8.0%, Below threshold, Suspected rate leak | 0.0%, Equal | 0.0%, Equal | 0.0%, Equal |
| Channel DUnauthorised channel | No price seen | −5.0%, Below threshold, Unauthorised channel | −5.0%, Below threshold, Unauthorised channel | No price seen | No price seen | −4.0%, Below threshold, Unauthorised channel | No price seen |
- Equal or within threshold
- Above the official rate
- Below threshold
- Suspected rate leak
- No price seen
- Nights checked
- 7
- Channels monitored
- 45 listings
- Prices compared
- 27
- Below threshold
- 9/ 27
- Findings opened
- 4
- Parity breach 1
- Suspected rate leak 1
- Unauthorised channel 1
- Duplicate listing 1
- Equal or within threshold14
- Above the official rate4
- Below threshold9
Parity doesn’t set your rates; it watches how they appear
What Parity does
- Compares your official rate with channel prices under the same stay conditions.
- Opens separate findings for gaps beyond the threshold, points of sale without an agreement and second listings on the same channel.
- Shows prices that match agency net rates as suspected rate leaks.
- Keeps every finding with its detection time and evidence.
What Parity does not do
- It does not set room rates or change prices automatically.
- It does not track competitor hotels or recommend prices.
- It does no channel management: rate and availability distribution stays in your current system.
- It does not accuse a channel or agency on its own; decisions stay with your team.
For how rate parity works inside the hotel: Rate Parity and Distribution Control
Questions about Parity
Have a question that isn’t covered here? Write to us: info@horecas.com
Four steps to start monitoring
You set Parity up together with the Horecas team. The most important step is marking the official rate source correctly, because every comparison rests on it.
Mark your official rate source
Your hotel’s own booking engine is set as the comparison baseline. Every difference is calculated against it.
Add the channels to monitor
Public sites where your hotel is sold are added to the list. Search suggestions help you find points of sale you may have missed.
Enter your agency agreements
With agency net rates, permitted channels and publication terms in place, the unauthorised channel and suspected leak findings can run too.
Set up your team and notifications
Add colleagues as Managers or Viewers. Check results appear in the product as one summary notification.
Does Parity change my room rates?
No. Parity does not set prices, make automatic rate changes or push rates to channels. Pricing decisions and channel settings stay in the systems you already use; Parity only monitors how your rate appears on channels.
Does it track competitor hotels?
No. Parity only monitors your own hotel’s rate. It does not offer competitor rate analysis or price recommendations.
Which price is used as the baseline?
The price on your hotel’s own booking engine, marked as the official rate source during setup. Comparisons match room type and meal plan.
What is a suspected rate leak based on?
When agency net rates and the small agency-specific differences are entered as agreement details, prices seen on public sites are checked against them. A match is only a suspicion; where it points to a named agency, it stays one until a second, independent observation.
Which channels can be monitored?
OTAs and agency sites where your rate is publicly visible. Closed, password-protected agency portals cannot be checked; prices that leak from them can still be caught through the net rate trail when they appear on a public site.
How often are checks run, and how am I notified?
How often checks run, and from when, is agreed during setup. The result of each check appears in the product as one summary notification; you can also have a specific date range checked.
Who on the team can use it?
Parity has Manager and Viewer roles. Your revenue or sales manager handles the findings, and other team members can follow the table and the evidence as viewers.
Reading on rate parity and sales
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