If you already have your own web-site then you have two ways of Book Now button integration. IMPORTANT: We are NOT collecting and NOT storing credit card details. All transactions happens directly on the Bank web-site to provide the highest security and eliminate card fraud risks. Book Now link As . . . Read more
The OTA_NotifReportRQ message is sent by the PMS to Effective Tours in order to confirm the delivery of one of more reservations, modifications or cancellations. If a reservation, modification or cancellation is not confirmed as delivered it will continue to be delivered to the PMS in response to the OTA_ReadRQ . . . Read more
The connected PMS should retrieve reservations, modifications and cancellations from Effective Tours using the OTA_ReadRQ message.Effective Tours API will respond with aOTA_ResRetrieveRS that contain the reservations, modifications or cancellations that meet the request criteria in the read request. The integrated PMS MUST return the reduced ‘Availability’ (BookingLimit) value via the ‘Inventory API’ immediately after . . . Read more
Effective Tours will transfer reservations to a property management system (PMS) using a PULL based model. The PMS should use OTAReadRQ with a selection criteria to request reservations, modifications or cancellations and OTANotifReportRQ to confirm that a reservations, modifications or cancellations has been processed. It is currently only possible to query undelivered reservations per hotel. Undelivered . . . Read more
PMS should send a OTA_HotelAvailRQ to retrieve a list of available rooms and rates. OTA_HotelAvailRQ Specification OTA_HotelAvailRQ Element Number Description OTA_HotelAvailRQ 1 Root element @EchoToken 1 Globally unique identifier for the request, this will be reflected as an EchoToken in the response. @Version 1 Current Version 1 @TimeStamp 1 Time . . . Read more
Effective Tours API receive updates for rates via the OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ message. Effective Tours API 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 . . . Read more
Effective Tours API will receive updates for availability and restrictions via the OTA_HotelAvailNotifRQ message. Effective Tours API will process the updates and respond with the OTA_HotelAvailNotifRS as a receipt of success or failure to process the request. OTA_HotelAvailNotifRQ The OTA_HotelAvailNotifRQ message can be used to update the availability and restrictions for one room type for a single hotel. Specifically: . . . Read more
The connecting property management system (PMS) should use OTA_HotelAvailNotifRQto send availability and restrictions and OTA_HotelRateAmountNotifRQ to send rates and inclusions to Effective Tours API. General Guidelines for Inventory Updates These guidelines must be followed by all connecting property management systems. The HotelCode, InvTypeCode, RatePlanCode and RoomTypeCode are codes provided by Effective Tours Channel Manager (they’re fixed/static). These codes can be . . . Read more
The connecting PMS can use the OTA_PingRQ to verify that the test web service is up and running and that it is able to connect. Ping Request Ping Response