Hotel Participation Levels

There are two basic participation levels, which indicate the type of connection between Travelport+ (1G) or Apollo (1V) and the hotel supplier.

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Inside Availability

Inside Availability participants provide detailed availability (rates and room description) for a single property. When you sell a room, you receive an immediate confirmation number. The hotel’s computer system builds a room reservation before you end transact the PNR/Booking File.

Inside Shopper

Inside Shopper provides Inside Availability participants with the ability to display integrated, real-time rate and availability data on the hotel availability screen. These participants have the ability to accept a frequent guest and/or corporate discount information with other hotel availability search qualifiers, enabling the hotel company to respond with customer-specific information as well.

Inside Shopper availability codes of A (available), O (other rates), and C (closed) appear to the right of the line number on the availability screen.

Inside Availability participants can participate in Complete Pricing options.

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Complete Pricing

With this pricing, you can view the approximate total amount including any rate changes and taxes for the entire stay on the Complete Availability screen and on the Rules screen for a property.

Complete Pricing Plus

The next generation of Complete Pricing. The "Plus" in Complete Pricing encompasses enhanced pricing on Complete Availability screens to include the extra option costs.

Complete Pricing Plus also includes the provision of enhanced rate, rule, and leisure-focused room data during the booking process. Complete Pricing Plus then stores this enhanced data in the PNR/Booking File for future reference.

There are also two rate programs in which hotel suppliers can participate.

Best Available Rate (BAR) Program

Best Available Rate participants guarantee that the same rates available via the hotel chain’s web site or by calling the property directly, are also available in Travelport+ (1G) and Apollo (1V). The Best Available Rate indicator appears as an exclamation point (!) next to the chain code in Hotel Availability and Hotel Index displays.

Lowest Public Rate (LPR) Program

The Lowest Public Rate program takes the BAR program one step further. In the LPR program chain participants agree not only to provide Travelport+ (1G) and Apollo (1V) users with the lowest unrestricted rate but also to those rates that have deposit or prepayment requirements or a more stringent change or cancel policy.

You can identify LPR rates by the pound/hash symbol (#) on the Hotel Availability display.