Hotel Shopping and Booking
The following table represents a basic, end-to-end flow for Hotel Shopping an Booking. Some transactions are optional, or can be performed as stand-alone functionality that is separate from the shopping and booking business flow.
Functionality |
Description |
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Required. Requests available hotel properties that meet the requested search parameters. A number of modifiers can be used to narrow the search results. |
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Required. Returns room rates and rate rules for bookings for a specified hotel property. |
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Optional, stand-alone transaction. Requests a property description and location information for a specific hotel property. The exact property must be known to return this data. |
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Optional, stand-alone transaction. Requests graphics or video files for a hotel property. |
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Optional, but recommended. Requests a rules detail for a selected booking code. |
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Required. Creates a hotel reservation based on the room and rate results from a Detailed Hotel Search response. |