GDS 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	R O C	G D S	Example	Usage	Description
GDS_Info	3		O				Only 1 element allowed per Property message.
GDS_Codes	4		R				Required when GDS_Info is present. Only 1 element allowed per Property message.
GDS_Code	5		R				Only 1 element allowed per Property message.
		ChainCode	R	R	ZZ	2 Char	GDS Chain Code Required for GDS_Code element.
		GDS_Property Code	R	R	ZZ1234	6 Char	GDS Property Id Required for GDS_Code element.
		GDS_Name	R	R		Amadeus ApolloGalileo Sabre Worldspan	Name of the GDS System. Enumerated attributed. Must use one of the values found in the Usage column.

Schema design view

Example transaction

<OTA_HotelDescriptiveContentNotifRQ xmlns="
http://www.opentravel.org/OTA/2003/05
" xmlns:xsi="
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance
" Version="4.000" PrimaryLangID="EN">
<HotelDescriptiveContents>
<HotelDescriptiveContent UnitofMeasureCode="1" CurrencyCode="USD" TimeZone="CST" BrandCode="ZZ"
HotelCode="AA123" HotelName="Test Hotel" Overwrite="false">
<GDS_Info>
<GDS_Codes>
<GDS_Code ChainCode="YY" GDS_Property="12345" GDS_Name =”Sabre”/> </GDS_Codes>
</GDS_Info>
</HotelDescriptiveContent>
</HotelDescriptiveContents>
</OTA_HotelDescriptiveContentNotifRQ>