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>

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