1 OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ
- 1.1 StatusApplicationControl
- 1.2 Rate
- 1.3 BaseByGuestAmt
- 1.4 AdditionalGuestAmounts
- 1.5 OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ Specification
2 OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRS
3 XML Samples

pmsXchange receives updates for rates via the OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ message. pmsXchange will process the updates and respond with the OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRS message as a receipt of success or failure.

This is a PMS Level setting so PMS can only support sending OBP Rates XML for all connected hotels. They cannot send PDP otherwise they will receive an error response.

OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ

The OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ message is used to update the rates for one or more room types for a single hotel.

Each OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ message should have a single RateAmountMessages element which indicates the hotel to update using the RateAmountMessages @HotelCode attribute. The RateAmountMessages \ RateAmountMessage elements will contain the updates to process over a date range. There can be several RateAmountMessage updates per request, however each request should be limited to one hotel.

The basic structure of the message is as follows:

<OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ xmlns="http://www.opentravel.org/OTA/2003/05" TimeStamp="2005-08-01T09:30:47-05:00" Version="1.0" EchoToken="echo-abc123">
	<POS>
		<Source>
			<RequestorID Type="22" ID="PMS1"/>
		</Source>
	</POS>
	<RateAmountMessages HotelCode="ABC">
		<RateAmountMessage>
			<StatusApplicationControl InvTypeCode="A1K" RatePlanCode="BAR"/>
			<Rates>
				<Rate CurrencyCode="AUD" Start="2010-01-01" End="2010-01-10" Mon="1" Tue="1" Weds="1" Thur="1" Fri="1" Sat="1" Sun="1">
					<BaseByGuestAmts>
						<BaseByGuestAmt AgeQualifyingCode="10" NumberOfGuests="1" AmountAfterTax="100.00"/>
						<BaseByGuestAmt AgeQualifyingCode="10" NumberOfGuests="2" AmountAfterTax="200.00"/>
					</BaseByGuestAmts>
					<AdditionalGuestAmounts>
						<AdditionalGuestAmount AgeQualifyingCode="10" Amount="20"/>
						<AdditionalGuestAmount AgeQualifyingCode="8" Amount="10"/>
					</AdditionalGuestAmounts>
				</Rate>
			</Rates>
		</RateAmountMessage>
		<RateAmountMessage>
    		<!-- Content omitted -->
		</RateAmountMessage>
	</RateAmountMessages>
</OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ>

StatusApplicationControl

This element must appear once in each RateAmountMessage element. The StatusApplicationControl element is used to specify the room type and rate code for which the update applies.

The @InvTypeCode attribute is required and the @RatePlanCode attribute is optional. It is possible to have 1 or more pmsXchange room types linked to the same InvTypeCode + RatePlanCode combination and the update will be applied to all room types found with matching values.

Rate

The Rate element is used to determine the dates for which the update applies. The dates affected by the update are controlled by the mandatory Rate @Start and Rate @End attributes. Use the Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat or Sun attributes to apply an update to specific days of the week. If any of these day of week attributes is present, then they must all be present. For example it is not possible to specify just the Mon and Fri attribute and not include the other 5.

BaseByGuestAmt

Rates should be sent through in the BaseByGuestAmt element. Either @AmountAfterTax or @AmountBeforeTax must be included and must contain the rate as a positive decimal value (i.e. a rate of 200 should be 200.00).

Only adult occupants are supported (@AgeQualifyingCode="10"). Child occupancy rates are not supported (see: AdditionalGuestAmounts).

An adult occupancy must be included in the @NumberOfGuests attribute and must be a positive integer value between 1 and 5. Sending an occupancy of more than 5 will return an Error response.

If an occupancy level is missing, The Channel Manager will backfill the missing occupancy levels with the provided rate (i.e. only @NumberOfGuests="3" is received, the rate for this occupancy level will also apply to 1 and 2 guests).

In order to set Rates it is mandatory to specify the @CurrencyCode. At present pmsXchange DOES NOT perform currency conversion and the Rate amount specified will be applied directly to SiteMinder.

AdditionalGuestAmounts

Additional guest charges can be sent through in the AdditionalGuestAmounts. This includes both adult and child guests.