com, we live for the holidays. We are the European Travel-Tech leader in Dynamic Holiday Packages. With technology, we turn spontaneous thoughts into meaningful experiences, helping people travel the world. We are looking for a Connectivity Specialist – Hotel Distribution to join our team of around 1,700 people worldwide to help us power up the traveller's journey for millions of holidaymakers. If you have hands-on experience with channel managers, switches and hotel distribution connectivity , and are comfortable working with ARI flows, APIs and integration specifications , keep on reading, as you might be the perfect fit for this job. Job Title - Connectivity Specialist – Hotel Distribution (Channel Managers & Switches) Team - you will join General Hotel, lastminute.com group's hotel sourcing and distribution division, managing direct contracts with 23,000+ hotel properties worldwide. We operate sophisticated B2C distribution through the group's consumer brands and are expanding our B2B capabilities through strategic partnerships and technology platforms. Act as the technical and commercial bridge between Global Hotel and the channel managers, switches and connectivity providers that power our hotel distribution. Act as the subject-matter expert on channel manager and switch connectivity: ARI distribution (availability, rates, inventory), booking delivery, content and mapping, and rate/availability push and pull. Engage directly and technically with channel managers, switches and aggregators (e.g. SiteMinder, D-EDGE, Cloudbeds, RateGain, DerbySoft, Availpro) to understand their capabilities, limitations and roadmaps, and benchmark them against each other and against our distribution requirements. Identify technical gaps and limitations in current connections that affect content quality, availability, competitiveness, conversion or operational efficiency. Translate technical findings into simple, credible business cases to justify upgrading,



replacing or onboarding channel managers and switches, quantifying expected impact on coverage, competitiveness, error reduction and operational savings, with data and analytics colleagues. Support commercial and partnership conversations that require technical depth. 4+ years working hands-on with hotel connectivity (channel managers, switches, connectivity/aggregation platforms) on the OTA, bedbank, channel manager or hotel-tech side. ~ Deep practical understanding of ARI flows, booking delivery, content mapping and connectivity protocols (XML/JSON, push/pull). ~ Comfortable in technical conversations with connectivity partners: reading API documentation, understanding integration constraints and diagnosing connectivity issues, without needing to be a software engineer. ~ Commercial awareness: able to see the business impact of a technical gap and frame it in a clear, simple business case. ~ Strong communication skills to bridge technical and commercial stakeholders. Detailed familiarity with the channel manager and switch landscape and its key players. Basic SQL and data literacy to support impact analysis. A shorter working week (36 hours full-time), with a half working day on Fridays in applicable locations. Possibility to work from anywhere for a period of time per year defined according to local regulations Fri-Yays: half a day on Friday morning with a no-meeting mandate and dedicated to deep work, personal growth, learning and training and/or focus time. Professional and managerial skills development training paths, access to e-learning platforms such as O’reilly, Udemy, Coursera (depending on the department), and to our internal platform offering bespoke training content Occasional social events to foster connections among colleagues ~ in line with local laws. Test step online or offline ~2nd interview (Manager + team member): Test review ~ By submitting your information and application, you confirm that you are legally authorised to work in the country of employment and that you do not require visa sponsorship to obtain employment visa status. #

📌 Connectivity Specialist - Hotel Distribution (Channel Managers & Switches) (Madrid)
🏢 Lastminute.Com
📍 Madrid