RMS Rates


PmsXchange receive 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.

OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ

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

  • Room rates

  • Room inclusions

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.

NOTE: pmsXchange v2 only supports sending the Base Guest Amount rate for a room. Base Guest Amount is the amount charged for the base number of guests staying in a room. Extra Guest charges such as Extra Infant, Extra Child and Extra Adults cannot be sent over pmsXchange v2.

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="2010-01-14" Mon="0" Tue="0" Weds="0" Thur="0" Fri="1" Sat="1" Sun="1"> <BaseByGuestAmts> <BaseByGuestAmt AmountAfterTax="123.00"/> </BaseByGuestAmts> <RateDescription> <Text>Room Inclusion Text</Text> </RateDescription> </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.

Setting Rates

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). 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.

<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="2010-01-14" Mon="0" Tue="0" Weds="0" Thur="0" Fri="1" Sat="1" Sun="1"> <BaseByGuestAmts> <BaseByGuestAmt AmountAfterTax="123.00"/> </BaseByGuestAmts> </Rate> </Rates> </RateAmountMessage> </RateAmountMessages> </OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ>
Setting Inclusions
<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 Start="2010-01-01" End="2010-01-14" Mon="0" Tue="0" Weds="0" Thur="0" Fri="1" Sat="1" Sun="1"> <RateDescription> <Text>Room Inclusions Text</Text> </RateDescription> </Rate> </Rates> </RateAmountMessage> </RateAmountMessages> </OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ>

Setting Rates And Inclusions

Either Rate or RateDescription must be present.
If Rate is missing then rates for the given InvTypeCode and RatePlanCode will not be updated.
If RateDescription is missing then inclusions for the given InvTypeCode and RatePlanCode will not be updated.

Choosing a Destination Booking Agent

To specify which booking agent a rate update is for use the DestinationSystemCodes node. The example below is limiting the update to Expedia and LateRooms. To see the list of booking agent codes, please see Booking Agent Code Table.

IMPORTANT

Rates per Booking Channel will be relegated to a legacy function in an upcoming update that adds support for Occupancy Based Pricing, as it is incompatible with the new rate message.

If your rms integration already supports Rates per Booking Channel, you will be able to continue to send these updates until you choose to upgrade to the Occupancy Based Pricing message.

OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ Specification

Element

Number

Description

Element

Number

Description

OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ

1

Root node

@EchoToken

1

Globally unique identifier for the request, the value will be returned in the response EchoToken.

@Version

1

Current version is 1.0

@Timestamp

1

Timestamp of the request in xml dateTime format. Format like yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZ, (i.e '2021-03-09T20:05:52+08:00')

OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ / POS / Source / RequestorID

1

This identifies the system which is sending the Rates. This element must appear in the first Source element.

@Type

1

Fixed at 22 (ESRP)

@ID

1

The ID used will be agreed by the trading partners and remain the same throughout the messages.

OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ /
RateAmountMessages

1

Contains rates for a given hotel

@HotelCode

1

Hotel code of the property whose rate is being updated

RateAmountMessages / RateAmountMessage

1..n

Rates to be updated

RateAmountMessage / StatusApplicationControl

1

Contains room identification information

@RatePlanCode

0..1

Identifies the rate to be updated

@InvTypeCode 

1

Identifies the room to be updated

StatusApplicationControl / DestinationSystemCodes

0..1

Contains a list of BookingAgent/Channel codes that you want to change the rates or inclusions for.
This is optional, by default if it is not present the rate update is assumed to be for all BookingAgents / Channels mapped to the hotel.

DestinationSystemCodes / DestinationSystemCode

1..n

Required if DestinationSystemCodes is present. This is the BookingAgent/Channel code. Please refer to the code table provided.
If an update is sent for a BookingAgent/Channel that is not mapped to the hotel, it will return a validation error.

RateAmountMessage / Rates / Rate

1..n

Contains the timespan the update applies to and the currency code if this is a rate update

@CurrencyCode

0..1

Required if BaseByGuestAmts is present, ie if you are updating the rate amount.
Standard 3 character ISO currency code of the rate eg "AUD"

@Start, @End

1

The start and end date of the rate plan in xml date format. End date is inclusive.
End date cannot be more than 750 days in the future.

@ Sun, Mon, Tue, Weds, Thur, Fri, Sat

0..1

"0" or "1". Optional, if not set all are assumed to be set to true
The day of the week indicators are used to communicate which days of the week the update pertains to. For example, if mon, tue and weds are set to "1", and the other days are set to "0", the rate will only be updated for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
If one is sent they must all be sent.

Rate / BaseByGuestAmts

0..1

Optional. Contains information about the rates. Can be omitted if the update is only for inclusions.

BaseByGuestAmts / BaseByGuestAmt

1

Contains the rate amounts per room

@AmountAfterTax

0..1

One and only one of @AmountAfterTax and @AmountBeforeTax must be included if BaseByGuestAmts is present. Must be a positive decimal value. i.e. a rate of 200 should be 200.00

@AmountBeforeTax

0..1

One and only one of @AmountAfterTax and @AmountBeforeTax must be included if BaseByGuestAmts is present. Must be a positive decimal value. i.e. a rate of 200 should be 200.00

RateDescription / Text

0..1

Inclusions. If available this is a description of the rate being uploaded. Max Length is 255 characters.

OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRS

This message is returned to the rms in response to the OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ message. It notifies whether the OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ message has been processed successfully.

Example of Success Response

Example of Error Response

OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRS Specification

Element

Number

Description

Element

Number

Description

OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRS

1

Root element

@EchoToken

1

Return the EchoToken from the request message.

@Version

1

Current version is 1.0

@TimeStamp

1

Time of the transaction.

OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRS / Success

0..1

Will only be present if the request processed successfully. The Errors node will not be present if the Success node is present

OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRS / Errors

0..1

Contains a list of errors if the request failed to process.

Errors / Error

1..n

Will be at least one node if there is an Errors Node.

@Type

1

Mandatory if Error present.
Any type from the OTA code table for 'Error Warning Type (EWT)' can be used. In particular, the following types are used

3: Biz rule (The business rules for the request message were not met)
4: Authentication error (If username and password are not authenticated)
6: Authorization error (If authenticated username is not authorized to alter hotel data)
10: Required field missing (If xml does not meet the schema, i.e missing request fields or invalid data types.)

@Code

0..1