# Affiliation information Although OpenTravel allows unlimited occurrences of each element within the OTA\_HotelDescriptiveContentNotifRQ message, Enterprise Connectivity has elected to set limits for many of these elements. Unless specified under the Usage column below, ENTERPRISE CONNECTIVITY only allows one instance of each element per property message. | **Element** | **Level** | **Attribute** |

| **Example** | **Usage** | **Description** | | --------------- | --------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | AffiliationInfo | 3 |

| O |

| C |

Required when

AffiliationInfo element is present and LoyalPrograms element is not present.

| **Example** | **Usage** | **Description** | | ------------- | ----------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |

Only 1 element allowed per Property message.

| | Award | 5 |

| R |

| Required when Awards element is present. | |

| Removal | O |

| true false | If not specified, false is assumed. | |

| Date | O |

| Provider | R |

Dallas

Chamber of

Commerce

100 Char

Max: 200 bytes

Name of provider who gave award.

Required for Award element.

| |

| Rating | C |

| 4 Stars |

100 Char

Max: 200 bytes

Hotel rating.

Example: “3 Stars – Star

Magazine, 2 Circles - Circle

Magazine”

Note: Input of the

American Auto Association (AAA) trademarks and references to diamond ratings is prohibited by AAA. If found an error will be returned.

Only Required when action code is add or Overwrite = true

Only 1 rating per provider attribute allowed. If more than one is present, an error will be returned.

Rating is a multi-lingual attribute.

| | LoyalPrograms | 4 |

| C |

Required when

AffiliationInfo element is present and Awards element is not present.

| | LoyalProgram | 5 |

| R |

| Can repeat more than once if the property participates in more than one program (but the ProgramName must be unique). | |

| ProgramName | O |

64 Char

Max 128 bytes

| Loyal programs name, e.g. “La Quinta Returns” | |

| HotelLevel | O |

16 Char

Max 32 bytes

The level/tier that the hotel participates in the loyalty program. This may affect the number of ‘points’ received for a stay or the number of points required to redeem free nights.

Examples:

B” (level B)

“2” (Level 2)

“Tier 2”

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