2022-10 |
2022-10-20 |
Status:
Updates and Additions:
Handshake: added a complete handshake example in the introduction Handshake: added new capability to request a handshake refresh Handshake: added specification for unsupported versions GuestRequests: added new action for reservation status update GuestRequests: enhanced specification on mandatory acknowledgement in case of GuestRequest support GuestRequests: added specification for newsletter registration GuestRequests: added possibility for multiple room stays in different timespans in a single request GuestRequests: breaking change in the indication of pets in SpecialRequests GuestRequests: extended SpecialRequests for a more generic usage FreeRooms: added new capability for complete sets Inventory/HotelInfo: added specification in usage of 3/4 board RatePlan: added pricing of pets RatePlan: exended charge type of supplements Schema: minor restriction fixes Various textual clarifications and enhancements in specification, best practices and appendix |
2020-10 |
2020-10-15 |
Status:
Updates and Additions:
Data Exchange: added support of all currency codes from the ISO 4217 Data Exchange: added exchange of copyright and license information on multimedia objects like images GuestRequests: added the possibility for special requests regarding pets FreeRooms: message changed from OTA_HotelAvailNotif to OTA_HotelInvCountNotif FreeRooms: changes to capabilities FreeRooms: added the possibility to exchange information regarding closing seasons and rooms out-of-order Inventory/HotelInfo: specification for hotel information data has been expanded RatePlans: new attribute CurrencyCode Activities: added a new message to exchange information about hotel internal activities |
2018-10 |
2018-11-30 |
Status:
Notable documentation changes:
Updates and Additions:
Handshaking: the Housekeeping action has been renamed to Handshaking and the relative chapter has been completely rewritten, also introducing breaking changes. Both server and client can now announce the capabilities they support. GuestRequests: it is now possible to push the GuestRequests instead of polling them. GuestRequests/Inventory: a new attribute has been added in order to allow a finer classification of the guest accommodation. Inventory: added the possibility to exchange references to the online presence of the lodging structure (e.g. social networks, review aggregators, etc.) RatePlans: the price calculation has been reviewed and simplified BaseRates: the interaction with the Channel Managers has been clarified and simplified Servers can now request the client to send a full data set in case of suspected mis-alignment of data |
2017-10 |
2017-11-08 |
Status:
Notable documentation changes:
The AlpineBits® documentation is now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License The attached Trademark policy is now an integral part of the AlpineBits® specifications
Updates and additions:
Chapter 2: added version handshake best practices FreeRooms: added transmission of number of bookable rooms, added purge of stale data Inventory: heavily updated and refactored GuestRequests: added Commission element, added encrypted credit card numbers and made card holder name optional, added hints on how to fill ReservationID RatePlans: added static rates, added supplements that are only available on given days of the week and supplements that depend on room category, improved and extended offers, added SetForwardMinStay and SetForwardMaxStay, extended descriptions and improved their documentation new action: BaseRates added general support of HTML in descriptions as an additional format (with some warnings) minor textual improvements
Reorganization of the appendices:
Appendix A: common section about server response outcomes Appendix C: compatibility to previous versions described Appendix D: updated links to OTA2015A standard resources
Removals:
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2015-07b |
2016-08-01 |
Status:
Updates and additions:
RatePlans: Section 4.5 has been rewritten to clarify details that the previous version just skipped over, including a detailed description of the price calculation algorithm RatePlans: new optional capability OTA_HotelRatePlanNotif_accept_RatePlanJoin to allow displaying alternative treatments for the same price list schema updates and validation: explicitly forbid some values (e.g. base prices of 0 EUR) and limit length of some attributes minor fixes and clarifications |
2015-07 |
2015-10-28 |
Status:
Updates and additions:
OTA compatibility: version 2015A is now used GuestRequests: a series to modifications and additions to make it more flexible especially for reservations GuestRequests: added refusals (warnings) GuestRequests: added booking modifications (ResStatus = 'Modify') RatePlans: changes to capabilities RatePlans: some clarifications and small additions RatePlans: partial rewrite and better explanation of Supplements RatePlans: added the explicit response messages Inventory: changes to capabilities Inventory: replaced by OTA_HotelDescriptiveContentNotifRQ Inventory: added possibility to send multimedia content Inventory: added additional descriptive content that may be sent separately from the basic data |
2014-04 |
2014-12-23 |
Status:
official release with minor errata fixed section 4.2.3.: the example was not correct about the fact that the presence of a SelectionCriteria Start requires the server to send the list of inquiries again, regardless whether the client has retrieved them before or not (example fixed and misleading sentence removed) section 4.1.1: the document did not mention that it is allowed to send a single empty AvailStatusMessage element in a CompleteSet request to reset the room availabilities in a given Hotel - the empty AvailStatusMessage is required for OTA compatibility (this special case is now explicitly mentioned) section 4.12: in the table at the end of the section the code for “Invalid hotel” was wrongly given as 61 instead of 361 (typo fixed) section 4.5.2: the document did not mention that it is allowed to send a single empty RatePlan element in a CompleteSet request to reset the rate plans in a given Hotel - the empty RatePlan is required for OTA compatibility (this special case is now explicitly mentioned) |
2014-04 |
2014-10-15 |
Status:
Updates and additions:
this is a major overhaul of AlpineBits® - see appendix C.4 for a list of breaking changes, updates and additions new section: Inventory - room category information new section: RatePlans |
2013-04 |
2013-05-24 |
Status:
Updates:
Section 2 (HTTPS layer): added information regarding the new X-AlpineBits-ClientID and X-AlpineBits-ClientProtocolVersion fields in the HTTP header Section 3.2 (capabilities): added capability for FreeRooms deltas Section 4 (Intro): changed the text a bit to make it clearer that AlpineBits® does indeed support booking requests and not only requests for quotes Section 4.1 (FreeRooms): added the possibility to send partial information (deltas); added warning response; much improved description of the response in general Section 4.2 (GuestRequests): slightly improved the description of the response in case of error Section 4.3 (Simple Packages): added limitation (just one Hotel per request); added warning response; much improved description of the response in general; clarified text to explicitly state that it is not allowed to mix package add and delete requests in a single message Appendix B: this document should be language neutral so the code that used to be here has been removed with a message to check the official AlpineBits® site (with the current release the code is still in the documentation kit, however) Appendix C: new appendix |
2012-05b |
2012-10-01 |
Status:
Updates:
OTA compatibility: the attribute Thu is renamed to Thur and the attribute Wed is renamed to Weds SimplePackages: the element Image is listed as mandatory in the table as it already was in the text and schema files SimplePackages: The element RateDescription is listed as non-repeatable in the table as it already was in the text and schema files |
2012-05 |
2012-05-31 |
Status:
Updates:
Additions:
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2011-11 |
2011-11-18 |
minor alterations and release under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License |
2011-10 |
2011-10-20 |
production release with minor alterations |
2011-09 |
2011-09-08 |
first draft of redesigned version (using POST instead of SOAP) |
2010-10 |
2010-10-20 |
second draft |
2010-08 |
2010-08-01 |
first draft |