GIATA & Peter Hazel - The Travel Technology Initiative
GIATA & Peter Hazel - The Travel Technology Initiative
GIATA & Peter Hazel - The Travel Technology Initiative
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powered by <strong>GIATA</strong>London, January 2012
About <strong>GIATA</strong>• Founded in 1996• Over 150 employees in Berlin• approx. 20.000 touristic partners• Your global partner for content production anddistribution
Managing TTICodes Data• Over 215,000 unique properties• Over 200 Tour Operators• Over 50 Bed Banks, OTAs, 3rd Parties• Over 1.4 million mappings of properties to Bed Banks• Over 470,000 Tour Operator Mappings• Over 92,000 properties geocoded• Over 55,000 hotels with Chain/Brand Identification
Customers include
Examples of Companies already Cross Referenced
Matching the Database to your PropertiesCodes Database• Continual mappingprocess• New mappings andhotels are added dailyMasterHotelsDatabaseChainInfoGeo Code3 rd PartiesOTAsTour OpsBed BanksGDSContinualMappingProcess
Matching the Database to your PropertiesMasterHotelsDatabaseChainInfoGeo Code3 rd PartiesOTAsTour OpsBed BanksGDSCodes DatabaseManualListMatchingProcessUpdate MappingsCustomerPropertyListingsAdd New PropertiesDe-Dup PropertiesFile
Matching the Database to your Properties• Implementation process initiated on contract signature& payment• Customer send lists of their properties to <strong>GIATA</strong> for matchingand codingCustomer PropertyListings
Matching the Database to your Properties• <strong>GIATA</strong> checks each property against the Master Database
Matching the Database to your Properties• If matched, TTICode appended to Customer Property file& Multi Code cross–reference added for customer• If unmatched, property is added including new TTICode plusMultiCodes cross reference created+ TTICode& Multi Codesreference
Matching the Database to your Properties• File returned to customer with TTICodes appended• Customer is given access to TTICodes UtilityCustomer+ TTICode& Multi CodesreferenceAccess toTTICodesUtility
Matching the Database to your PropertiesExample of matched data
MulticodesGives unique TTIcode plus booking codes of various tourcompanies and hotel brokers.
Geo codesRegularly checked GeoCodes for over 92,000 top hotels in themost frequently booked travel destinations.
How TTIcodes work
How TTIcodes work• TTI/ETOA members on purchasing TTIcodes gain accessto the entire TTIcodes database (currently 215,000+hotels)• Provided with a download of the database and a utilitythat will enable a customer to maintain an up to-datecopy of TTI Codes in their own environment• Or they can also access the master TTI Codes databasevia an OTA compliant XML message set• TTICodes customers can submit to <strong>GIATA</strong> their hoteldatabase in an agreed File Delimited or Excel format toadd any hotels that are not yet in TTIcodes database
How it works (Continued)• <strong>GIATA</strong> provides daily updates as new hotels areadded to the database or details of existing hotelswhose information has been changed• If purchasing TTIcodes Plus, <strong>GIATA</strong> continuallyupdates changes to the Hotel cross-referenceinformation for Tour Operators, Wholesalers, OTAs,GDS & 3rd Party distribution companies with whomthe hotel does business• <strong>GIATA</strong> immediately makes these changes availableto purchasers of TTI Codes Plus as part of the dailyupdates
How it works ?MasterHotelsDatabaseHotel’sDefinitiveDetailsChainInfoGeo CodeSearch & EnquireWeb BasedUtilitySelect & DownloadDownLoadedFileUpdate3 rd PartiesXMLMessageSetClientsDatabaseCodesDatabaseOTAsTour OpsBed BanksGDSDetails ofChangesChangeAlertsDailyExtract&Update
XML Utility Request MessageExample 1 – all properties , changed since a specific date
XML Utility Request MessageExample 2 – all properties , changed since a specific date, specific country
XML Utility Request MessageExample 3 - Directly Access the Property via the TTIcode
XML Utility De-Duped Properties• <strong>GIATA</strong> will from time to time comes cross duplicate entries inthe TTIcodes database through its continual quality controlprocedures• To check which properties have been de-duped one uses the“Moved“ filter which identifies which properties are aduplicate of another.• <strong>The</strong> message will identify which is the duplicate and what isthe master entry (Moved To) as per the following example
Typical XML Utility ResponseExample 4 - De Duping Properties since a specific datee.g. moved since 2012-01-21
Web Utility• Easy to Use Web Based Utility• Works with most browsers i.e. IE8, IE9, Google Chrome,Mozilla Firefox• Easy to Search, Select , Save and Download changes• No limit on number of downloads• Can do multiple searches , saving selections from eachsearch into My Selections• Easy to remove entries from My Selections or tag them notfor download• Multiple Search Options which can be used in Combinationse.g. Country, Locale & Changes Since• Available 24*7
Web Utility Demo:-Changes Since Last WeekLast Week
Web Utility Demo:-Property DetailsIndependent PropertyNo Chain Name
Web Utility Demo:-Property DetailsA Chain PropertyChain Id & Name
In Conclusion• TTIcodes will revolutionise the way travel companies handlemultiple accommodation feeds– Simplifying de-duplication and providing huge efficiencygains• <strong>The</strong> exciting aspect is the roll out of TTIcodes to the entiretravel and hospitality industry– As TTIcodes come into widespread use, they will becomethe single most important global identifier for hotels andother accommodation
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!Contact:sales@giata.comTel. +49-30-420265-0Orenquiries @tti.orgTel. +44-1442-825408© Monart Design · Fotolia.com