Rates and Availability

To update rates and availability from a PMS to the Smarthotel channel manager, three types of messages are used. All three have their specific function and updates rates, inventory or restrictions.

  1. The OTA_HotelInvCountNotifRQ/RS sends a notification to the channel manager that synchronizes the inventory available for sale at the hotel.
  2. The OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ/RS sends a notification to the channel manager which updates the values in the channel manager for the given rate code or rate plan, timespan and number of guests.
  3. The OTA_HotelBookingRuleNotifRQ/RS is the message that sends the notification of the rules and restrictions affecting the availability status of the hotel.

It is now possible to push your inventory, rate, and restrictions messages on room and rate codes instead of ids.

This is mandatory for interfaces connecting with SmartCONNECT for CRS.

This can be done to add the following lines with as parent OTA_HotelInvCountNotifRQ, OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ, and OTA_HotelBookingRuleNotifRQ:

<TPA_Extensions>
  <CodeUsage>Code</CodeUsage>
</TPA_Extensions>