Introduction

Purpose and Integration Mechanism

RateGain's Channel Manager:

  • A premier channel management system for distributing Availability, Rates, and Inventory (ARI) to Online Distribution Systems (OTAs), and for collecting reservations from them.

  • Used by thousands of the world’s most renowned hotels and chains.

Purpose of this Document:

  • DirectConnect: A set of services for integrating OTA systems with RateGain's Channel Manager.

  • Updates and Notifications:

    • Hotel Updates: As availability and rates change, the hotel sends updates using Channel Manager, which processes these messages and sends updates to the subscribed OTAs.

    • Booking Notifications: As bookings/reservations are made by consumers, the OTA sends booking notifications to Channel Manager.

Sections Overview:

  1. Section 2: Specifies the interface that OTA needs to develop so that RG Channel Manager can push ARI update messages.

  2. Section 3: Specifies the interface that RG Channel Manager makes available to OTAs to push reservations.

Integration Mechanism:

  • PUSH Mechanism:

    • ARI: RG Channel Manager will push ARI (Availability, Rates, and Inventory) updates to OTA.

    • Reservations: OTA will push the reservation information to RG Channel Manager.

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