The average daily rate for September GDS hotel bookings was $162--"highest achieved this year"--according to Pegasus Solutions.

Net reservation volume through global distribution systems declined 3.4 percent year over year but increased "close to 7 percent compared to Sept. 2007," Pegasus said. For North America GDSs, net reservations grew by 2.8 percent versus Sept. 2008 while ADR retreated 9.7 percent, the smallest decline this year.