1 Introduction
OPERA Cloud Distribution enables hotels to communicate room availability, rates, and inventory (ARI) directly to high value Online Travel Agents (OTA) as well as Channel Manager/Switches. The cloud-native distribution platform provides the following feature sets:
Cluster and Property Access
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Access to clusters and single properties.
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View messages to and from an external System (OPERA Xchange Interface (OXI)) for all properties.
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Manage and configure Central Distribution Templates for Global Distribution System (GDS) channels across all properties.
Property and Channel Activation
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Set up basic property information and enable property management system (PMS) connection.
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Manage property reservation and property channel settings.
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Import/create room types, import inventory, and manage rate plans and restrictions from OPERA Cloud through the OPERA Xchange Interface (OXI).
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Easily map rooms and rates to subscribed channels.
Property Day-to-Day Operations
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Control plans to monitor data flowing across all channels.
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Ad-hoc publication of ARI (availability, rate, and inventory) data to the channels.
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Ad-hoc mapping of rooms and rate plans across channels.
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Viewing lists of reservations created by channels.