It is now possible to push room and rate codes instead of the ids within the OTA_HotelInvCountNotifRQ, OTA_HotelRatePlanRQ, and the OTA_HotelBookingRuleNotifRQ. This is mandatory for SmartCONNECT for CRS interfaces. Those codes can be only uppercase characters, numbers and hyphens. Details can be found on the PMS rates & availability introduction page.
CCV code removed from the specifications
When any XML message pushed to the SmartHOTEL endpoints fails, make sure you log the errors, get notified for this, and have retry mechanisms in place.
It is now possible for PMS partners to add an URL to the OTA_ResRetrieveRS. This URL will give access to the SmartHOTEL Vault, where the provided creditcard information can be temporarily seen. For more information and to activate this, contact derreck@smarthotel.nl, please mind that this is an extra paid service.
The OTA_ReadRQ has been updated and an extra note is added. What has been changed; The extra note of the PMS specifications for the OTA_ReadRQ has now the following remark; When using the DateType, Start and End attributes to indicate a time span, a maximum date range of one (1) week is allowed.
The brand new specifications are now live and ready to use. What have been changed; Brand new design of the page. Due to PCI and GDPR creditcard information is removed from any message. More information can be found through the following URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_Card_Industry_Data_Security_Standard
Preparations have been made that will allow the set-up of bed types within rooms in the channel manager. These can be used for instance on hostel oriented OTAs and will also be made available for certain PMS connections. The following pages are affected; OTA_HotelInvCountNotifRQ OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ OTA_HotelBookingRuleNotifRQ Next to this, our warnings & error section is [...]
In this post, we would like to share the latest changes and additions to our API. In version 2.1.2 we have added a new feature. In the OTA_ReadRQ we added the feature that whether the virtual IDs should be sent back as is or converted to their base room IDs. The info can be found on [...]
In this post, we would like to share the latest changes and additions to our API. In version 2.1.1 we have added some minor changes Endpoints We have updated the endpoints for reservations. Each request (ResNotifRQ, ResModifyNotiRQ & CancelRQ) now has it's own dedicated endpoints. The new endpoints can be found on this page. POS [...]
In this post, we would like to share the latest changes and additions to our API. in version 2.1 we have added some new features: Services Throughout the API we have added the possibility to retrieve configured services from our API for both OBE and PMS specifications. For the OTA specifications we added the possibility [...]
