Release 23.2 — May 2023

Feature Description

Oracle Hospitality Digital Learning

Oracle Hospitality Digital Learning content is available for Oracle Hospitality Integration Platform (OHIP). There are two available Learning Paths for content:
  • Oracle Hospitality Integration Platform (OHIP) Learning Path is designed for OPERA Cloud Foundation Customers who wish to access OHIP at their organization. The Oracle Hospitality Integration Platform (OHIP) Learning Path will provide an overview of the benefits, highlight features, and provide instruction on the fundamentals of OHIP.

  • Oracle Hospitality Integration Platform (OHIP) for Integrators Learning Path is designed for Oracle Hospitality Integration Cloud Service Integrators (also known as Integration Partners) who wish to access OHIP. The Oracle Hospitality Integration Platform (OHIP) path will provide an overview of the benefits, highlight features, and provide instruction on the fundamentals of OHIP.

Learning Paths are also available for other Oracle Hospitality products including Oracle Hospitality OPERA.

API Catalog

If an application uses the Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) Hospitality Adapter, users can now subscribe to this through the Developer portal by selecting the API Catalog subscription. The API Catalog programmatically lists all the endpoints that can be called by a given application key in Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) Hospitality Adapter.

Front Desk Operations Service

The following new REST API operation is available in OPERA Cloud 23.2:
  • getReservationStatusStatistics

getReservationStatusStatistics is provided to fetch current business date counts for reservations that are in the status of Due Out, Checked Out, Due In, and Checked In, grouped by room class and room types.

New Distribution APIs

Early Release Distribution Book API
  • Meal plan information, points of interest, and transportation information around the property (if defined by the property user) are now returned as part of the booking response and retrieval of the booking. 

  • It is now possible to include the address, email, and phone number of a company associated with the booking.

  • It is now possible to indicate a sub-channel code when making and modifying a booking.

  • Luhn Algorithm is now used for credit card validation in case a token is not provided. If the applicable guarantee requires a credit card to be provided, the reservation will not be created if the algorithm does not accept this credit card number. 

  • The release time of the guarantee policy is now returned in the booking response. After that time, a booking without a guarantee may be canceled by the property.

  • The new element guarantee Type can now be used to create a reservation using OTA industry standard guarantee types. The Guarantee Code can still be used as an alternative if the channel prefers to send the OPERA guarantee code instead. 

 
Early Release Distribution Content API
  • A new Content API has been introduced to allow channel partners to retrieve property information. It can be used in conjunction with Shop, Book, and Reservation Notification to retrieve additional content made available for the channel and to facilitate the onboarding of properties on the channel.

 
Early Release Distribution Reservation Notification API
  • It is now possible to include the address, email, and phone number of a company associated with the booking.

  • OPERA Package element codes (services) can now be added to a specific reservation via reservation notification messages.  

  • The new element guarantee Type can now be used to create a reservation using OTA industry standard guarantee types.  

 
Early Release Distribution Shop API
  • A new Property Availability Calendar operation is now available. It allows external channels to retrieve a list of arrival dates, availability status, and pricing information for a date range between 1 and 62 days maximum. This API can be used to present an availability calendar on a web booking engine. The pricing returned will be the lowest public rates available for each arrival date. 

  • It is now possible to shop availability by promotion codes. Multiple promotion codes can be used in one single request. All rates associated with those promotion codes will be returned if available.

  • Alternate property is now only returned if available for the requested dates.

  • The guarantee Type using OTA industry standards and the property system guarantee code (non-standard) are now returned in Shop responses. 

OPERA Property Asynchronous APIs

From OPERA Cloud 22.5 forward, an enhancement was made to validate the externalSystemCode in the URL of Asynchronous APIs. Before calling these APIs, verify that you have created an external system in OPERA Cloud by following steps 1 and 2 in the Configuring the Polling Subscription topic.

OPI Token Exchange Service API

This new API is the first OPI service available via OHIP.

Reservations created via third-party channels often include a credit card number to secure the booking. The openPaymentBulkTokenExchange API allows partners to exchange the credit card numbers for tokens using the Payment Service Provider to which OPERA Cloud is integrated for payment processing. The tokens are then stored in OPERA against the reservation and can be used as needed for subsequent payments.