Excluded Chains

In some cases there may be hotel chains that the company wants to prevent their travelers from booking. You can add these to the Excluded Chains list so that they do not appear in the search results.

To add an excluded chain to a policy, click the add excluded chain link at the top right of the Excluded Chains section of the Chain Criteria screen. The Add Excluded Chain screen appears.

To edit an excluded chain on a policy, click the Edit button next to an existing excluded chain on the Chain Criteria screen. The Edit Excluded Chain screen appears and is nearly identical to the Add screen.

The following table lists guidelines for completing the Add Excluded Chain screen.

In this field: Do this:

Booking start date

Booking end date

Open-ended

Enter or select start and end dates to enable the setting only when booked on or after a specific date; for example, to control a go-live date.

To set an end date, deselect the Open-ended checkbox. If you do not want to set a specific end date select the Open-ended checkbox.

Check-in start date

Check-out end date

Open-ended

Enter or select start and end dates to enable the setting only for check-ins and check-outs on or after a specific date; for example, to control a go-live date.

To set an end date, deselect the Open-ended checkbox. If you do not want to set a specific end date select the Open-ended checkbox.

 

 

Hotel Chain

Select hotel chain name and corresponding two-letter code from dropdown list.

Location where chain is excluded

 

 

 

 

Select radio button for a location where the chain is display-only. If the chain is excluded in more than one location but not worldwide, create a separate preference for each location.

  • Worldwide: Default setting.
  • Region: Regional groupings; select a region from the dropdown list that appears after the button is selected. Note: See Chain Regional Areas for a list of the countries that make up each region.
  • Country: Click to select from dropdown list of countries.
  • State/province: Click to select from dropdown lists of country and state/province.
  • Airport: Click to open a box for entering a three-letter city code.

Save/Cancel

Click the Save button to save settings or click Cancel to discard changes.