1. Introduction¶
This documents describes a standard for exchanging traveling and booking information, called AlpineBits® HotelData.
AlpineBits® HotelData builds upon established standards:
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client-server communication is done through stateless HTTPS (the client POSTs data to the server and gets a response) with basic access authentication 1 and
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traveling and booking information is encoded in XML, following version 2015A of the OpenTravel Schema 3, 4, 5 (from here on called OTA2015A) by the OpenTravel Alliance 2.
At the current version of the standard, the scope of AlpineBits® covers exchanging the following types of information:
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room availability (FreeRooms),
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request and reservation inquiries (GuestRequests),
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room category information (Inventory),
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prices (RatePlans),
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prices for revenue management (BaseRates),
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hotel activities (Activities).
AlpineBits® relies on its underlying transport protocol to take care of security issues. Hence the use of HTTPS is mandatory.