Purpose of the API
The purpose of this API is to provide a unified, efficient, and scalable interface for accessing and managing data related to hotels, activities, and transfers within the travel and hospitality ecosystem. It is designed to support seamless integration with third-party platforms, internal systems, and mobile applications, enabling real-time data exchange and automation across services.Key Objectives
- Standardization: Offer a consistent data structure and access method for diverse services such as hotel bookings, activity reservations, and transfer logistics.
- Efficiency: Reduce manual operations by enabling automated data retrieval, updates, and synchronization.
- Scalability: Support high-volume transactions and dynamic content updates to meet the needs of DMCs, OTAs, and hotel trading platforms.
- Flexibility: Allow for customizable queries and endpoints to suit different business models and integration requirements.
Use Cases
- Retrieve hotel availability, pricing, and descriptions.
- Access detailed activity listings, schedules, and booking options.
- Manage transfer services including routes, vehicle types, and timing.
- Synchronize inventory and booking data across multiple systems.
Architecture overview
- Foundation: The documentation is built on a modular XML schema, allowing for clear separation of concerns between service types (e.g., hotel, activity, transfer) while maintaining a unified structure.
- Service-Oriented: Each service is encapsulated within its own XML node hierarchy, describing available operations (e.g., search, book, cancel), required parameters, and expected responses.
- Validation & Consistency: XML Schema Definitions (XSD) are used to enforce data integrity, ensuring that all requests and responses conform to predefined formats and business rules.
- Extensibility: The architecture supports versioning and custom extensions, allowing partners to adapt the documentation to evolving business needs without disrupting existing integrations.
- API Binding: The XML documentation is tightly coupled with the API layer, enabling dynamic generation of service descriptions and facilitating automated client code generation in various programming languages.

