RDPWin

RDP Packlate 2-Way GDS Interface

RDP Packlate Interface (SP Module) and RDP API (Module SL) Required
RDPWin Monitor Must Be Running on the data server, IRM server, or on the workstation.

GDS Packlate Interface Topics
Configuration Monitor Requirements	Expedia Expedia Rate Plans and Room Types Other Expedia 2-Way Information on Website

GDS Packlate Interface Topics

Configuration

Monitor

Requirements

Expedia

Expedia Rate Plans and Room Types

Other Expedia 2-Way Information on Website

Overview

RDP is certified on a full two-way interface to Packlate. For properties already using Expedia, the Expedia Interface allows availability and rates to be updated using the RDP software and potentially provide Expedia with last room availability to ensure selling as many room nights as possible.

Expedia QuickConnect provides an electronic interface for RDPWin customers to send Expedia updates on availability (inventory) and rates automatically.

When a customer returns to Expedia to review their reservation, or when confirmations or updates are received for reservations via e-mail, Expedia can include the hotel’s confirmation number. The presence of the hotel confirmation number guarantees that the booking was properly received and confirmed by the hotel system and thereby raises customer confidence at check-in. The confirmation number also makes consolidation between Expedia and the hotel easier for accounting and tracking purposes.

Once the Expedia Interface is installed and configured correctly, the property can:

Send rates and inventory (last room availability) periodically to Expedia. Expedia can only access the rates and inventory information sent by RDPWin (Additional Allocation).
As bookings are made through Expedia, the Interface requests those reservations.
Expedia then sends the reservation information to RDPWin through the interface.

Installation Steps

Base Allocation: When a hotel partner has a base allocation agreement with Expedia, the partner makes available to Expedia and its affiliates a predetermined and agreed upon inventory count. This inventory is defined by room type and made available to all attached rate plans. This allocation can vary by day of week, by month, by season, or can be static for the entire year, depending on the commercial agreement. A hotel can increase its base allocation by using the Expedia Hotel Extranet. Conversely, a hotel must contact its Market Manager to decrease its base allocation inventory.

Base allocation values are not exchanged through QuickConnect™.

When a room is sold from base allocation, inventory is decremented and displayed as "Sold" inventory in the Extranet. In the sample below, one room has been sold out of the initial base allocation of 5.