Gathering these first keeps you from stopping mid-signup to track something down.
Go directly to the Expedia Group Partner Central registration page and click "List your property" to start a new profile. Bookmark this page for your team, since it is also where you will log back in for ongoing rate and availability management.
Enter your official hotel name, matching your business registration rather than a marketing name. Add your corporate or physical address, and contact information: a name, email address, and primary phone number for the person managing the account.
These details feed directly into how your listing displays and how it is filtered in guest search, so pick the property type based on your actual business structure, not convenience.
Thin photo sets are one of the most common reasons an otherwise-solid listing underperforms, especially on a comparison-driven channel like CheapTickets.
Expedia Group's own onboarding flow asks new partners directly whether they are linking a channel manager, since it determines how much ongoing manual work the listing creates.
Review Expedia Group's commission structure and standard distribution terms before signing. Commission rates vary by market and property type, so confirm the exact figures shown in your own partner agreement rather than assuming a flat rate.
This single agreement covers CheapTickets and every sister brand under Expedia Group, so you are not negotiating or signing separately per site. Submit for final review once you have confirmed the terms.
The payment model is a real decision most hoteliers do not expect to make: online payment simplifies reconciliation but delays payout; paid-at-property keeps cash flow immediate but runs through your front desk like any other arrival. Match whichever model you already use for other OTAs.
Approval typically completes within 24 hours, after which the property is live on CheapTickets, Expedia, Hotels.com, Orbitz, and Travelocity simultaneously: one approval, five brands, no repeat submissions.
Once live on five Expedia-network brands plus Booking.com, direct bookings, and whatever else you run, manually keeping rates matched across all of them is the real ongoing burden, not the signup.
If you are managing CheapTickets alongside Booking.com, Expedia, and direct bookings, and rates are starting to drift, roommaster Channel Manager syncs rates and availability two-way across hundreds of OTAs, including Expedia, Orbitz, and CheapTickets by name. Update once in your PMS, and every connected channel updates with it. That is the takeaway that matters more than the registration steps themselves.
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They are separate consumer-facing brands under the same parent, Expedia Group. For hoteliers it works as one channel: same Partner Central registration, same listing, no separate CheapTickets account.
Typically 24 hours from submitting your property details.
Keep photos and amenities current and hold rate parity across channels. That drives placement more than price alone.
The transition to roommaster is straightforward and efficient. Our implementation team handles data migration including reservations, guest profiles, and historical information.
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