SwOTA Hotels Support

SwOTA supports adding pre and post cruise hotels to bookings using the package availability and booking messages.

Booking with Hotel Example

Example of the booking details with hotel (GuestDetail/SelectedPackages/SelectedPackage[@PackageTypeCode="2"]):

<ReservationInfo>
  <GuestDetails>
    <GuestDetail>
      <ContactInfo GuestRefNumber='1' Gender='Male' Age='32' BirthDate='1990-12-28' Nationality='US' EmergencyFlag='false'>
        <PersonName>
          <NamePrefix>MR</NamePrefix>
          <GivenName>GUEST</GivenName>
          <Surname>TESTER</Surname>
        </PersonName>
      </ContactInfo>
      <SelectedPackages>
        <SelectedPackage PackageTypeCode="2" Status="47" CruisePackageCode="AMSINTERCONTIN" Start="2022-12-06" Duration="P2D" End="2022-12-08">
          <Location>
            <CityName>AMS</CityName>
          </Location>
        </SelectedPackage>
      </SelectedPackages>
    </GuestDetail>
  </GuestDetails>
</ReservationInfo>

This can be used to add hotel for the booking guest.

Hotel Availability

The details of the hotel "package" are taken from the availability call response.

Availability Request Example

<OTA_CruisePkgAvailRQ Version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.opentravel.org/OTA/2003/05" CorrelationID="b6947090-1438-4f8f-ac00-65b55c6ae12d">
    <POS>
        <Source PseudoCityCode="KK1234">
            <RequestorID Type="5" ID_Context="IATA" ID="123456"/>
            <BookingChannel Type="1">
                <CompanyName>SABRE</CompanyName>
            </BookingChannel>
        </Source>
    </POS>
    <GuestCounts>
        <GuestCount Quantity="2"/>
    </GuestCounts>
    <SailingInfo>
        <SelectedSailing VoyageID="TST170519-12">
            <CruiseLine ShipCode="TS"/>
        </SelectedSailing>
        <Currency CurrencyCode="USD"/>
        <SelectedCategory PricedCategoryCode="A3"/>
    </SailingInfo>
    <PackageOption PackageTypeCode="102" Start="2017-05-18" End="2017-05-19" Status="47">
        <Location>
            <CityName>USNYC</CityName>
        </Location>
    </PackageOption>
</OTA_CruisePkgAvailRQ>

Availability Response Example

<vx:OTA_CruisePkgAvailRS xmlns:vx="http://www.opentravel.org/OTA/2003/05" xmlns:ns3="http://www.versonix.com/ota" TimeStamp="2017-02-18T02:02:40.399" TargetName="SEAWARE" Version="1.105" CorrelationID="b6947090-1438-4f8f-ac00-65b55c6ae12d">
    <vx:Success/>
    <vx:SailingInfo>
        <vx:SelectedSailing VoyageID="TST170519-12" Start="2017-05-19" Duration="P12D" End="2017-05-31">
            <vx:CruiseLine VendorCode="TEST.." ShipCode="TS" ShipName="Test Ship"/>
            <vx:DeparturePort EmbarkationTime="2017-05-19T12:00:00" LocationCode="USNYC"/>
            <vx:ArrivalPort DebarkationDateTime="2017-05-31T10:00:00" LocationCode="ISREY"/>
        </vx:SelectedSailing>
        <vx:Currency CurrencyCode="USD"/>
        <vx:SelectedCategory WaitlistIndicator="false" FareCode="BESTPRICE" PricedCategoryCode="A3"/>
    </vx:SailingInfo>
    <vx:CruisePackages>
        <vx:CruisePackage PackageTypeCode="102" Status="47" CruisePackageCode="NYC INTERCONT" Start="2017-05-18" End="2017-05-19">
            <vx:Location>
                <vx:CityName>USNYC</vx:CityName>
            </vx:Location>
        </vx:CruisePackage>
    </vx:CruisePackages>
</vx:OTA_CruisePkgAvailRS>

Package Type Codes

Hotel packages use specific package type codes in the OTA specification:

PrePackage (Code 2): Pre-cruise hotel
PostPackage (Code 3): Post-cruise hotel
PreLandPackage (Code 102): Pre-cruise land package
PostLandPackage (Code 103): Post-cruise land package

See OTA Code Lists for complete package type code mappings.

Limitations

Warning

There is no field in OTA public specification for Room Type, so there is no support for it in SwOTA.

If Seaware pricing setup defines price per room type without the catch-all price (for any room type) then SwOTA will not be able to correctly add hotel to the booking (without room type specified), resulting in error or in missing invoice items for the added hotel.

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