We have improved the ability to filter information in the hotel booking engine by creating a custom URL. The complete list of supported parameters below:
Mandatory parameters

• API key: &apikey=someApiKey – booking gadget API key, this parameter is mandatory. You can get it by navigating to Setup > External Booking Engine

Optional parameters – reservation data

• Check-in: &startDay=2012-02-28 – the selection time frame start day, should be in the yyyy-mm-dd format
• Number of nights: &nrNights=2 – the number of nights
• Amount (number of rooms): &amount=3
• Number of Adults per room: &nrAdults=3
• Number of Children per room: &nrChildren=1

Optional parameters – booking engine display

• Language: &l=[ca (Catalan), de (German), en (English), es (Spanish), fi (Finnish), fr (French), it (Italian), pl (Polish), pt (Portuguese), ru (Russian)]
• Preselected offer: &preselect=idofthepreselection
• Filter offers: &filterOffers=[rooms, promotions, all]

Optional parameters – Workflow

• Thank-you page URL: &thankyouUrl=http://someurl.com – the URL of the page to be shown after the confirmation screen
• Cancel page URL: &url=http://someurl.com – the URL to be shown when not completing a booking

Optional parameters – Reporting

• Channel key: &channelKey=someChannelKey – a channel key that is used for reporting when bookings are completed.

Example:

https://secure.guestcentric.net/api/bg/book.php?apikey=c3123bde72da365e6e69ea8b7da0b2ca&l=en&startDay=2012-07-20&nrAdults=1&nrNights=3

Tags: booking engine, customization, hotel digital marketing

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