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Term

Definition

Value Added Benefits

Enhancements that are given to a product before offering that product to customers.

Acronym: VAB

Value Added Tax

A consumption tax levied on goods and services in many countries around the world.

Acronym: VAT

Value Based pricing

A pricing strategy in which prices are based on the value of a product as it is perceived by the customer.

Variable commission

Commission that changes by day of week and agent.

Virtual Inventory

Refers to the concept of nesting attribute inventory, and centres around saving desirable inventory for specific requests by only decrementing the attribute(s) a guest requests, thereby creating virtual inventory e.g. a guest requests only a 'King' attribute, however 'King' is associated to 3 different 'real' Inventory Types (King/Std/Non-Smoking, King/Dlx/Non-Smoking, King/Dlx/View/Non-Smoking).

Visibility Mode

The period of time during which an as yet unopened property is included in availability searches but not available for booking.