Hotel Shopping Display Configuration

After clicking the Services tab, clicking Policy Display, the Services | Display Management page displays. Click the Display Configuration List link, here you can add or edit a display configuration. The Add or Edit page includes the Hotel Shopping Display Configuration. Enter or choose the following:

How you want to display Hotel results to your users? Choose one of the following:

Option 1: Use superdomain setting. Property display will be based on hotel groups configured for the superdomain.
Option 2: Preferred and non-preferred Hotels are displayed together. With this option, users see all the properties at once. Preferred hotels are automatically displayed first.

Option 3: Sort Properties into separate categories. When this option is selected, you will be able to create categories (max 3), set up which properties will be shown in each category, and decide the display order of properties. These categories will be searchable using the Filters section. Once you click on this option, the following fields need to be filled:

i. How many categories do you want? Click the 1, 2, or 3 radio button. You can set up to 3 categories.

ii. Label the categories with something your users will understand. These labels will be visible to your users when making their selections.

iii. Check the boxes to select the hotel types for each category.

Tip: You can rearrange the order properties are shown to your users by using the hotels dropdowns on the left.

Note: We recommend that at least one category includes “Non-preferred Hotels.”

2. Select a method for shopping hotel inventory: Choose GDS, Ancillary, Both GDS and Ancillary, or Use super domain setting from the dropdown menu.

3. Allow a credit card with expiration date before hotel stay to be used as hotel guarantee: Choose Yes to allow using as a guarantee for late arrival a credit card that has an expiration date before the anticipated hotel stay, or choose No.

4. Designate the mileage radius that the system should use when searching for hotels: Enter the number of miles away from the "target" hotel city that alternative hotel cities will be displayed. Also select the unit of measure for the distance. We recommend 60 – 75 miles.

5. Designate the mileage radius that the system should use when searching for reference points: Enter the number of miles away from the "target" reference point that alternative reference points will be displayed. Also select the unit of measure for the distance. We recommend 60 – 75 miles.

6. Select default hotel search radius: Select the number from the dropdown list to use as the default search radius. The list will include the radius entered in "Designate the mileage radius that the system should use when searching for hotels."

7. Display the following message to users when they choose a private rate hotel that can only be booked directly by the travel agency: Enter in text that will appear to the user if the selected hotel can be booked only directly by the travel agency. Don't use travel lingo or HTML code.

8. Check real-time availability of hotels? Choose Yes or No.

9. Get real-time pricing for hotels? Choose Yes or No.

10. Enable Trip Advisor reviews: Choose Yes, No, or Use superdomain setting from the dropdown menu.

11. Trip Advisor disclaimer: Enter up to 500 characters of HTML or plain text to display at the bottom of the list of comments users have provided for the hotel. For example, the disclaimer can be “The comments made by travelers do not reflect the company’s views” or something similar.

12. Allow out of policy hotel rooms to be bookable?

i. Choose Yes to allow users to book out-of-policy hotel rooms.

ii. Choose No to not allow an out-of-policy hotel room. The Select button is not activated when such a hotel room is chosen.

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