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Amadeus Selling Platform Connect vs Little Hotelier

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Amadeus Selling Platform Connect

Travel

Browser based agent booking desktop on the Amadeus GDS

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Little Hotelier

Travel

SiteMinder owned front desk and distribution system for properties under twenty rooms

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Amadeus Selling Platform Connect the desktop is inseparable from the Amadeus GDS agreement, so the software cannot be evaluated or bought on its own merits and switching means changing content supplier, incentive income and consultant training at once.; Little Hotelier the product is capped by design at small properties, so a hotel growing past roughly twenty rooms faces a migration rather than an upgrade, usually into SiteMinder plus a separate PMS.
  • They diverge on capability: Amadeus Selling Platform Connect covers Graphical PNR management, Little Hotelier covers Simplified front desk.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Amadeus Selling Platform Connect and Little Hotelier actually diverge.

Attributes where Amadeus Selling Platform Connect and Little Hotelier differ
AttributeAmadeus Selling Platform ConnectLittle Hotelier
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Travel).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Amadeus Selling Platform Connect

  • Graphical PNR management
  • Cryptic command line
  • Air availability and fare display
  • NDC content
  • Hotel and car booking
  • Ticketing and revalidation
  • Queues and office profiles
  • Smart Keys and scripting

Only in Little Hotelier

  • Simplified front desk
  • Channel management
  • Direct booking engine
  • Payments
  • Mobile app
  • Guest communication

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Amadeus Selling Platform Connect

  • A travel management company servicing complex multi sector corporate itineraries that need manual reissue and split ticketingnot Little Hotelier
  • A consolidator issuing tickets on behalf of sub agents that needs shared queues and office profilesnot Little Hotelier
  • An airline city ticket office selling and reissuing tickets directly to walk in customersnot Little Hotelier
  • A leisure agency moving consultants off cryptic entries without losing access to the command line for complex faresnot Little Hotelier

Little Hotelier

  • A ten room guesthouse where the owner works reception and wants OTA sync without a separate channel manager contractnot Amadeus Selling Platform Connect
  • A hostel needing reliable Booking.com and Hostelworld connectivity more than deep property management featuresnot Amadeus Selling Platform Connect
  • A rural B and B replacing a spreadsheet and manual OTA extranet updatesnot Amadeus Selling Platform Connect
  • A small property already comfortable with SiteMinder support and wanting one bill for distribution and front desknot Amadeus Selling Platform Connect

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Amadeus Selling Platform Connect

  • The desktop is inseparable from the Amadeus GDS agreement, so the software cannot be evaluated or bought on its own merits and switching means changing content supplier, incentive income and consultant training at once.
  • Segment incentive agreements carry minimum volume commitments, and agencies that shift traffic to direct airline NDC links or a second GDS can trigger shortfall clawbacks that dwarf any software saving.
  • The graphical layer does not cover every function, so experienced agents still drop into cryptic entries for reissues, complex fare builds and queue work, which keeps the training burden high for new hires.
  • NDC content sits alongside legacy EDIFACT content rather than replacing it, so agents face two ways of booking the same airline with different servicing rules, and post booking changes on NDC orders are more limited.
  • It is a per agent desktop with no meaningful self service layer, so corporates cannot let travellers book directly and agencies must staff every transaction, which caps productivity in low value leisure bookings.

Little Hotelier

  • The product is capped by design at small properties, so a hotel growing past roughly twenty rooms faces a migration rather than an upgrade, usually into SiteMinder plus a separate PMS.
  • Reporting is limited to basic occupancy and revenue summaries, which leaves owners exporting to a spreadsheet for anything an accountant or lender asks for.
  • Rate and package logic is simple, so properties with seasonal packages, meal plans or complex tax handling end up adjusting rates manually.
  • The non-distribution integration list is short, so accounting, door lock, POS or CRM tools outside the small supported set have to be handled by rekeying data.
  • Pricing is banded by room count and paid monthly per property, so an operator with three small properties pays three subscriptions with no consolidated view worth the name.

Pricing, plan by plan

Amadeus Selling Platform Connect

On request
  • Selling Platform Connect$undefined/year
    • Bundled with an Amadeus GDS content and productivity agreement
    • Commercials are segment incentives and minimum annual segment volumes
    • Ticketing authority and IATA or accreditation requirements apply

Little Hotelier

On request
  • Little Hotelier$undefined/month
    • Monthly subscription banded by number of rooms
    • Booking engine and channel manager included
    • Card processing charged per transaction

Which should you pick?

Choose Amadeus Selling Platform Connect if

  • You need graphical pnr management.
  • You also want cryptic command line.
Amadeus Selling Platform Connect review

Choose Little Hotelier if

  • You need simplified front desk.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want channel management.
Little Hotelier review

Questions people ask

Is Amadeus Selling Platform Connect or Little Hotelier better?
Neither clearly leads. Amadeus Selling Platform Connect starts at On request and Little Hotelier at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Amadeus Selling Platform Connect or Little Hotelier?
Amadeus Selling Platform Connect starts at On request and Little Hotelier at On request.
Does Amadeus Selling Platform Connect or Little Hotelier run on more platforms?
Amadeus Selling Platform Connect runs on Web. Little Hotelier runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is Amadeus Selling Platform Connect best used for?
Amadeus Selling Platform Connect is most often used for a travel management company servicing complex multi sector corporate itineraries that need manual reissue and split ticketing, a consolidator issuing tickets on behalf of sub agents that needs shared queues and office profiles, an airline city ticket office selling and reissuing tickets directly to walk in customers, a leisure agency moving consultants off cryptic entries without losing access to the command line for complex fares. Of those, a travel management company servicing complex multi sector corporate itineraries that need manual reissue and split ticketing and a consolidator issuing tickets on behalf of sub agents that needs shared queues and office profiles are not what Little Hotelier is typically brought in for.
What can Amadeus Selling Platform Connect do that Little Hotelier cannot?
Amadeus Selling Platform Connect covers Graphical PNR management, Cryptic command line, Air availability and fare display, NDC content. Little Hotelier covers Simplified front desk, Channel management, Direct booking engine, Payments.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Amadeus Selling Platform Connect: Can a corporate buy Selling Platform Connect directly?

Practically no. It is sold to accredited travel agencies and airline ticket offices as part of an Amadeus GDS agreement. Corporates buy a self booking tool such as Cytric or a TMC service instead.

Little Hotelier: Who owns Little Hotelier?

SiteMinder. It is the small property product line of the same company that sells the SiteMinder channel manager.

Amadeus Selling Platform Connect: Does it cost a per user licence fee?

Not usually. The commercial model is segment incentives paid to the agency against volume commitments, so the negotiation is about incentive rates and minimum segments, not seat price.

Little Hotelier: What happens when the property outgrows it?

Most operators move to a fuller PMS and keep SiteMinder for distribution. Expect a data migration rather than a plan change.

Amadeus Selling Platform Connect: Does it support NDC?

Yes, airline NDC offers are retrieved through Amadeus Travel API and shown alongside EDIFACT content, but servicing rules for NDC orders differ and not every airline exposes the same change and refund functions.

Little Hotelier: Does it include a channel manager?

Yes, built on the SiteMinder network, which is the main reason to choose it over other small property tools.

Little Hotelier: Can one login manage several properties?

Each property is a separate subscription and the multi-property view is thin, so operators of more than two or three properties usually look elsewhere.

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