Before you can successfully launch your lodging integration with the Aggregator Unit, you must first perform a series of one-time tasks to set up your environment. After that, you should perform periodic maintenance tasks to ensure that your data is up to date.
One-time tasks
The following are one-time tasks that you perform during your initial implementation:
- Setup: Configure your new Actions Center account by adding contacts, signing the Terms of Service, granting appropriate user access, and configuring your default brand (display name, logo, domains, localizations, and See More URL) in Configuration > Brands.
- Feeds: Once your default brand is configured, the transitional Listings-to-POI converter is enabled by default to help you get started, but we recommend implementing the Point of Interest (POI) Feed to ensure data coverage and quality.
- Launch: Verify your integration and launch.
Active Maintenance
The following table summarizes the data feeds and configurations that you regularly maintain after you have completed the one-time tasks.
| Type of data | Description | Structure | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand Configuration | Manage your consumer-facing brand display names, logos, bare domains, country and language localizations, and See More URLs using the Configuration > Brands page in the Actions Center. | Brands Configuration | As needed |
| Pricing & Inventory | Update pricing and availability for your services, including base rates, conditional rates, and private rates. The way in which you update price information depends on your delivery mode. | N/A | Very frequently |
| Landing Pages | Manage and update property landing page URLs using Hotel Center. These are the URLs that users will land on once clicking on a specific property in the aggregator unit. Landing pages are defined through your landing pages file using the landing pages tab in Hotel Center. | Landing Pages File | As needed |
| Price Accuracy | Ensure that your Prices maintain a high accuracy score. Ensuring your prices consistently stay at `Excellent` will prevent any lost participation due to poor accuracy. | N/A | As needed |
| Point of Interest Feed | Update Lodging property information, including identifying information (address, lat/long, phone number) and property content (images, ratings etc.). | POI Feed | 3x/week |