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Overview

The OTA_HotelDescriptiveInfo

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RQ is a request for property descriptive information including property and room descriptions, policies, contact information, images etc.

 

4.1  General Business Rules

A property descriptive information request must include the following elements:

·         CRS Hotel Code

4.2  OTA_HotelDescriptiveInfoRQ Elements & Attributes 

Element Name Attribute Name

Mandatory (M) Optional (O)

Data Type

“Sample Value” Usage

OTA_HotelDescriptiveInfoHotelDescriptiveInfoRQ

RQ

 

 

 

EchoToken

O

String (128)

A reference for message identification assigned by the requesting host

system.

TimeStamp

M

Datetime

Indicates the creation date and time of the message in UTC using the following format specified by ISO 8601:

YYYYMMDDThh:mm:ssZ with time values using the 24 hour clock (e.g. 20

November 2009, 1:59:38 pm UTC becomes 20091120T13:59:38Z).

Version

M

Decimal

“1.00”

SequenceNmbr

M

Integer

Used to identify the sequence number of the transaction as assigned by the sending system; allows for an application to process messages in a certain order or to request a resynchronization of messages in the event that a system has been off-line and needs to retrieve messages that

were missed.

HotelDescriptiveInfos

M

 

Each segment includes a collection of criteria that requests a property.

HotelDescriptiveInfo

M

 

Only one HotelDescriptiveInfo per message is supported.

HotelCode

M

string

The CRS code that uniquely identifies a single hotel property. The cross- reference table that translates the chain ID of one system into the chain ID of another system must currently be maintained in the source

booking channel. Length 1 to 16.

 

“Sample Value” Usage

Element Name Attribute Name

Mandatory (M) Optional (O)

Data Type

ChainCode

M

String (2)

The CRS code that identifies a hotel chain or management group. The cross-reference table that translates the chain ID of one system into the chain ID of another system must currently be maintained in the source

booking channel. Length 1 to 8.


 

4.3  OTA_ HotelDescriptiveInfoRQ Message Sample

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</OTA_HotelDescriptiveInfoRQ>

 

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OTA_HotelDescriptiveInfoRS Elements & Attributes

 

Level

Occurrence

Type

Element Name Attribute Name

Mandatory (M) Optional (O)

Data Type

“Sample Value” Usage

0

1

E

OTA_HotelDescriptiveInf

oRS

 

 

 

 

 

A

Success

O

 

The presence of the empty Success element explicitly

indicates that the OTA versioned message succeeded.

 

 

A

Warnings

O

 

The presence of the empty Success element explicitly

indicates that the OTA versioned message succeeded.

 

 

A

Warning

O

 

Standard way to indicate successful processing of an OTA

message, but one in which warnings are generated

1

1

E

HotelDescriptiveContents

M

 

A collection of hotel descriptive contents

 

 

A

Chain Code

M

String

Hotel brand chain code

 

 

A

HotelCode

M

String

The CRS code that uniquely identifies a single hotel

property.

 

 

A

HotelName

M

String

Hotel name

2

1

E

HotelDescriptiveContent

O

 

Hotel Descriptive content

 

 

A

CurrencyCode

M

String(3)

The 3-character alpha code specifying a monetary unit

based on ISO 4217.

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Level

Occurrence

Type

Element Name Attribute Name

Mandatory (M) Optional (O)

Data Type

“Sample Value” Usage

5

 

E

URLs

M

 

The URLs class identifies URI information.

 

 

A

URL

M

String

Provides a Website address.

 

 

A

Type

M

String

Defines the purpose of the URL address

 

 

4.5  OTA_ HotelDescriptiveInfoRS Message Sample

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</OTA_HotelDescriptiveInfoRS>

Page Properties
hiddentrue

Method

<OTA_HotelDescriptiveInfoRQ/RS>

Summary

Hotel Descriptive Info

Revision

v2.3