Hotel Retail

Enabling and Disabling Hotel Retail

You can enable or disable this Hotel Retail for either a single command or an entire session. If Hotel Retail is disabled, hotel searches return a standard Hotel Availability response.

  • A Hotel Retail icon is displayed in both the Flex Windows and Classic Windows themes. You can then click the icon to toggle between Hotel Retail and Standard Hotel Shopping and Booking.

  • You can also use terminal formats to disable Hotel Retail for a single command or for an entire session.

Your selected hotel search setting is retained if you:

  • Close and re-open Smartpoint.
  • Switch between Classic Windows and Flex Windows.

 

Enabling and Disabling Hotel Retail for a Session with Terminal Commands (All Versions of Smartpoint)

You can enable and disable Hotel Retail for a session using terminal formats. There is no equivalent option to disable when using the Hotel Availability Search screen.

To disable Hotel Retail:

You can disable Hotel Retail for an entire Smartpoint session. When you start Smartpoint again, Hotel Retail is reactivated.

  • Smartpoint: Enter #HOTELRETAILOFF
  • Galileo Desktop: Enter ?HOTELRETAILOFF

Note: If you disable Hotel Retail for a session, the results are returned in an interactive format.

To enable Hotel Retail:

If you have disabled Hotel Retail for a session, you can re-enable Hotel Retail.

  • Smartpoint: Enter #HOTELRETAILON
  • Galileo Desktop: Enter ?HOTELRETAILON

Disabling Hotel Retail for a Single Command (All Versions of Smartpoint)

You can disable Hotel Retail for a single request using terminal formats. There is no equivalent option to disable when using the Hotel Availability Search screen.

To disable Hotel Retail for a single command:

Type an exclamation mark (!) at the end of the HOA command and all subsequent commands.

For example:

  • HOA20JUL-22JULATL2!
  • HOC4!
  • N1A2D3! in Travelport+ (1G) or 01A1KCOR! in Apollo (1V)
Note: If you disable Hotel Retail for a single request, the results are returned in native mode and provide only Standard Hotel Availability responses.