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The Channel Management Systems support the pull or push of data.
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SynXis supports OTA 2004A specification and HTNG interface (asynchronous).
- SynXis pushes reservations to LS Central for hotels.
- LS Central pushes inventory, rates, and restrictions to SynXis.
- This is event-driven, as required by SynXis; no job-pulling data is allowed.
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SiteMinder uses “pmsXchange v2”, based on OTA 2010A specification (synchronous).
- LS Central pulls reservations from SiteMinder (every x minutes).
- LS Central pushes inventory, rates, and restrictions to SiteMinder.
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Booking.com supports OTA 2003B and has its own B.XML
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Channex
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LS Central pulls reservations from Channex (every x minutes).
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LS Central pushes inventory and rates to Channex.
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SynXis
SynXis pushes the hotel reservations to LS Central for hotels. This requires the BEC Windows Service to be hosted on a web server (on the internet).
The user must have a valid certification (SSL, use TLS v1.2), and IP restrictions must be in place.
BEC communicates with SynXis using the HTNG release 10.17.0 message format.
SiteMinder
LS Central for hotels pulls the hotel reservations from SiteMinder every x minutes. Therefore, SiteMinder does not require the BEC Windows Service to be hosted on a web server.
BEC communicates with SiteMinder using their “pmsXchange v2” message format, which is based on OTA 2010A.
Channex
LS Central for hotels pulls reservations from Channex every x minutes, it also sends rates and inventory. Channex does not use the BEC Windows Service, instead LS Central for hotels talks directly with Channex. There is support for Channex webhooks for reservations.