www.booking.com interface xml

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noel
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www.booking.com interface xml

Post by noel »

Hello Marco,

What do you think about that ?
Possible to make it work with php-residence easy or too difficult ??

You have also the possibility to do the test :
http://ws.bookings.nl/affiliates/docume ... index.html

www.booking.com is the first in Europe, also Italy of course :)

Thank You

Noël :)
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Post by marco »

Hello Noël,
I gave it a glance but it seems that you can only get availability, not provide or change it. If you set the availability by making a booking I think you'll pay their booking fee.

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noel
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Post by noel »

Hello Marco,

No we pay just when somebody book a room using their site , but the XML interface is for allowing us to update their planning automaticaly if we have a soft yet, like Php-Residence.

Because now I have to do the work manually, when I book a room with Php-Residence I have to go after on their site to tell them that there is a room less :(

The other reason I think that it would be interesting to interface Php-Residence with this central because it is the bigger in Europe 35000 hotels and now they also bought http://www.activereservations.com.



If it was possible to make Php-Residence work with this central in XML it would be like this :

Every hours or 10 minutes, Php-Residence look to the central if there are reservation, if there are reservation it dowload them and put them in the Php Residence planning. And when Php-Residence book a room on my site for example, it update the number of room the central can book :)

Like this I have to possibility to book room with Php-Residence on my site and at the same time I can book room with this central.

I sent to you a mail where all is explain how does it work (better explain than me :) ) .

I think that it would be possible to do something not too difficult, because with the interface you needn't too take all the option, I think that the more important is :

1°) When Php-Residence book a room , it send to the central by XML the new number of room they can book.
Look here what the file should be, it don't seem to be difficult ??

http://ws.bookings.nl/hotels/documentat ... ility.html

2°) Here is how to download the reservation that have be done on the central.

http://ws.bookings.nl/hotels/documentat ... tions.html


You more information on mail i sent you.

ThanK You

Noël

For any updates on the XML specifications, please visit http://supply-xml.booking.com/

Standard Hotel-XML interface:
Updating Pricing & Availability:

http://supply-xml.booking.com/availability.html

Retrieving Reservations, Modifications & Cancellations:

http://supply-xml.booking.com/reservations.html
(For the standard XML interface we can provide you with a more detailed programming manual, please contact us on the e-mail address below)
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Post by marco »

Hello Noël,
I didn't see that part, it seems interesting. I will study it a little closer.

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noel
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Post by noel »

Thank You :)

Like this you will be able also to test that all work.

As they say in the documentation I send you there are a lot of central that use the XML interface, perhaps because it is more easy than OTA specification.

They say:

References
We know that some companies / chains / hotels are using the same PMS or interface company. Therefore we herewith
provide a list of already established or soon to establish connections as reference since the introduction of XML for hotel
in June 2005;
- A &O Hostels
- Apsis Hotels
- Athena Solutions
- Austria Trend Hotels
- Availpro
- Benessere
- Bologna Art Hotels
- Boulevard Hotel Scheveningen
- Engisoft
- H10 Hotelles
- Hotansa
- Hotelles Catalonia
- Hotelconcepts
- IGM Web
- Lodgegate / Hotelsonline
- Minotel
- NH Hotelles
- Partner Hotels
- Private Selection Hotels
- Reconline
- Schoenhouse Apartments
- Sercotel Hoteles
- Sigesgroup / Sysdat Delos Spa
- Swiss Quality Hotels
- Van der Valk Hotels
- WinRes
- Balladins
- Smarthotel
- ReservIT
- Arcantis
- Logis de France
Upcoming Connections
With the information currently available the following companies / chains / hotels will in the near future start
developing on the XML connection with Booking.com;
- Accor Hotels
- Brilliant Hotelsoftware
- E21 Software
- Eurostars
- Hotel Booking Solutions
- Hotelgogo / Hotel Teapot
- Interhotel
- Trust/Wizcom
- Louvre Hotels
- Intercontinental Hotel Group
- Stayokay hostels
- Sun Dreams Travel
- SynXis
- XYZt
- Worldhotels
- Premier Travel Inn
- One Star is Born
- many, many more

=======================

What is also very interesting , it is that they can help you to interface your soft.

Thank You

Noël



Noël
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