Prompt
Are there any hotel rate shopping tools that handle contracted and public rates separately without mixing the data?
Latest observation
Sep 30, 2026
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Yes. A number of hotel rate shopping / rate intelligence tools can keep contracted (negotiated) rates separate from public/retail rates, rather than blending them into one pool.
Tools that commonly support this
- Lighthouse (formerly OTA Insight) – often used for rate shopping and can segment rates by source/type, including negotiated vs public in many setups.
- RateGain – rate intelligence and parity tools that can distinguish between rate channels and rate types.
- Amadeus / TravelClick (Demand360 / Agency360 / iHotelier ecosystem) – depending on the product and configuration, negotiated and public rates are typically handled separately.
- Smith Travel / STR-related reporting tools – more benchmarking than shopping, but some enterprise setups separate rate classes.
- Lanyon / Cvent (for corporate travel sourcing tools) – focused more on negotiated hotel programs than public rate shopping.
- Duetto / Atomize / Similar RMS tools – not pure rate shoppers, but can ingest and compare market/public rates while keeping negotiated rates distinct in reporting.
What to look for in the product
Ask the vendor whether they support:
- Rate-source segmentation by channel, brand.com, OTA, GDS, corporate, member, or negotiated
- Contracted rate exclusions/inclusions in market comp sets
- Separate reporting views for public vs private/contracted rates
- Corporate code / rate plan mapping
- Filtering by rate type so negotiated rates don’t affect public rate indices
Important caveat
A lot of “rate shopping” tools can technically capture both contracted and public rates, but they normalize them into a single comparison view unless you configure them carefully. So the key is not just whether they “support” it, but whether they let you:
- define contracted rates as a separate category, and
- report on them independently.
If you want, I can also give you:
- a shortlist of vendors by use case,
- a feature checklist to send to vendors, or
- help you evaluate whether a specific tool separates them properly.