webbedsWebBeds for Travel Agencies: Access, Login & Inventory Guide
Travora Hub · August 17, 2026
What WebBeds is, the brands behind it (Sunhotels, DOTW, JacTravel), how agencies get access, and how to resell WebBeds hotel inventory on your own site.
WebBeds is one of the biggest names in wholesale hotel distribution, yet many agency owners find it harder to "place" than RateHawk or Hotelbeds — partly because WebBeds grew by acquiring several well-known brands. This guide explains what WebBeds actually is, how a travel agency gets access, where the login lives, and how its inventory ends up on an agency's own booking website.
What is WebBeds?
WebBeds is a global B2B travel marketplace — a bedbank — that sells hotel rooms and ground services to travel trade buyers: agencies, tour operators, OTAs and airlines. It operates under Web Travel Group and built its scale by combining respected trade brands including Sunhotels (Europe), JacTravel (UK/Europe), Lots of Hotels (Middle East, Africa, Americas) and Destinations of the World (DOTW).
The result is inventory measured in the hundreds of thousands of properties across essentially every market, mixing directly contracted hotels (where the best exclusive rates usually live) with third-party supply.
How a travel agency gets WebBeds access
Registration is done on the official site, webbeds.com, and is for the travel trade only. The typical flow:
- Submit your company details — legal name, country, registration/licence information
- Specify your business model — retail agency, OTA, tour operator, wholesaler
- A regional sales team reviews the application and sets up the commercial agreement
- Choose a payment arrangement — prepayment/card at first, credit facilities for proven volume
Compared with RateHawk's self-service onboarding, WebBeds runs a more traditional, sales-team-led process — approval can take a little longer, and minimum professionalism (a registered company, a real trading history or credible plan) matters.
WebBeds login
Agents log in through the portal for their contracted brand/region, reached from webbeds.com. Depending on your agreement you may be working in a Sunhotels-heritage or DOTW-heritage environment. As with any supplier: enter credentials only on the official domains your account manager gives you.
Extranet vs API
Like every bedbank, WebBeds offers two consumption modes. The extranet — searching and booking on their website — suits agencies quoting manually. The API delivers the same inventory into your own systems, which is what you want when customers should book on your website with your markup applied automatically.
Travora Hub has the WebBeds integration already built. You connect your own WebBeds credentials; your site searches WebBeds alongside your other suppliers and shows one merged result list. Your contract, your rates and your payments stay directly with WebBeds — the platform is the technology layer. See the hotel booking engine page for how multi-supplier search works.
What WebBeds is strong at
- Directly contracted rates in its heritage strongholds — Northern Europe (Sunhotels), UK & Ireland (JacTravel), Middle East (Lots of Hotels/DOTW)
- Group and static-rate business alongside dynamic rates
- Trade-only discipline — inventory built for resale, with commercial terms that assume markup
WebBeds vs the other big suppliers
| Supplier | Onboarding | Sweet spot | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| WebBeds | Sales-team led | Europe & Middle East direct contracts | This article |
| RateHawk | Fast, self-service | Aggregated rate competitiveness | RateHawk guide |
| Hotelbeds | Structured, scale-oriented | Global bedbank scale | Hotelbeds guide |
| TBO | Agent-friendly | Asia & Middle East networks | TBO guide |
Most multi-supplier agencies treat WebBeds as a depth supplier: it wins where its direct contracts live. Paired with an aggregator like RateHawk, the two cover each other's gaps — the case for running them side by side in one B2B booking portal rather than choosing.
Frequently asked questions
Is WebBeds the same as Sunhotels or DOTW?
Sunhotels, JacTravel, Lots of Hotels and DOTW are brands WebBeds acquired and consolidated. Depending on region and contract, your working environment may still carry that heritage.
Does WebBeds work with small agencies?
Yes, but expect a real vetting step. A registered company and a clear business model materially improve approval odds — if you're at the very beginning, read how to start an online travel agency first.
Net rates or commission?
Predominantly net rates you mark up yourself, which is the standard bedbank model and the profitable one for online resale.
Can WebBeds inventory appear on my own website?
Yes, through the API — either a custom build (months of work) or a ready white-label platform like Travora Hub, where the integration already exists and you plug in your credentials.
Sell from multiple suppliers under one brand
Travora Hub is a white-label booking platform for travel agencies. You connect your own supplier credentials — RateHawk, WebBeds, Hotelbeds and more — and your customers search once on your website, your brand, your prices, while the platform compares your connected suppliers and shows the best rate for every hotel. No developers needed, live in days.
Apply now — launch your own booking website or explore the white-label travel platform.
Disclaimer: RateHawk, WebBeds, Hotelbeds, HBX Group, TBO and all related names and logos are trademarks of their respective owners. Travora Hub is an independent software provider. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of any of these companies. Supplier accounts are opened directly with each supplier under their own terms, and details described here can change — always confirm current requirements on the supplier's official website.