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Page 1: Confidential Integrated Hotel SOURCE Availability and Rate Range

ConfidentialConfidential

Integrated Hotel Integrated Hotel SOURCE Availability SOURCE Availability

and Rate Range and Rate Range

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Integrated Hotel SOURCE Availability

• Released in May 2000 as an industry exclusive product

• First to market functionality which provides true hotel availability on the first screen. It allows a hotel availability indicator to be returned directly from your system and placed into the existing Hotel List (HL) display

• Current customers: Marriott, Starwood Properties, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Trust International, Supranational, Carlson brands, Top International, Universal Orlando Hotel, Sercotel, Gaylord Entertainment

• Planned for 2004 implementation: 5 additional brand entities and service providers

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Integrated Hotel SOURCE Availability

• Features:– Obtains real-time availability directly from your internal reservation system

– Returns an availability status code on the first screen of the hotel booking process

• A = Available for sale (at least one room type is available based on what is specified in the request

• C = Closed out (no availability• O = Rate plan other than what was specified in the request is available • R = On request

– Availability status placed in a column within the Hotel List display

• Benefits:– Delivers immediate and accurate availability information to travel agent

– Increased bookings and revenue delivered to you

– Improved product perception by travel agent

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• Integrated Hotel Source Availability

MA-BOSTON IN MON 09FEB/OUT THU 12FEB

CURRENCY: USD /CEM /NP-1

001 A #FNMHTFA FAIRFIELD AMESB AMESBURY MA 01913 34N

002 A #CYBOSNW COURTYARD NORWO NORWOOD MA 02062 14SW

003 A #RCBOSTW RESIDENCE INN B BOSTON MA 02129 1N

004 A #MCBOSLW MARRIOTT LONG W BOSTON MA 02109 0

005 C #CYBOSRV COURTYARD BOSTO REVERE MA 02151 1NE

006 A #FNMHTFI FAIRFIELD MERRI MERRIMACK NH 03054 40NW

007 A #MCBOSNT MARRIOTT BOSTON NEWTON MA 02466 10W

008 A #CYBOSNF COURTYARD NATIC NATICK MA 01760 17W

009 O #FNBOSNM FAIRFIELD NORTH MILFORD MA 01757 27SW

001 A #FNMHTFA FAIRFIELD AMESB AMESBURY MA 01913 34N

005 C #CYBOSRV COURTYARD BOSTO REVERE MA 02151 1NE

009 O #FNBOSNM FAIRFIELD NORTH MILFORD MA 01757 27SW

Delivering Your Properties

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Integrated Hotel SOURCE Rate Range

• Released in February 2001 as an industry exclusive product

• First to market functionality which allows you as a participant in Integrated Hotel Source Availability to return a rate range for the Hotel List (HL) display. The rate range that is returned is based on the rates in your internal reservation system

• Current customers: Marriott, Starwood Properties, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Trust International, Supranational, Carlson brands, Top International, Universal Orlando Hotel, Sercotel, Gaylord Entertainment

• Planned for 2004 implementation: 5 additional brand entities and service providers

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Integrated Hotel SOURCE Rate Range

• Features:– Allows you to return a rate range based on rates in your internal reservation

system

– An asterisk (*) preceding the rate range indicated that the rate range is received directly from your system

– The Hotel List (HL) displays rates when the /RR option is include based on information stored in your internal system and from rates within Hotel Select for non-participants

• Benefits:– Increases product integrity and improves travel agency product perception

– Obtains Rate Range directly from your system

– Provides a “shoppers” display

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Delivering Your Properties

• Integrated Hotel Source Rate Range CA-LOS ANGELES IN WED 20APR/OUT MON 23APR CURRENCY: USD /NP-1 /RR 001 A #CYLAXCM COURTYARD MARIN 13480 MAXELLA AVENUE 12W * 143.10-159.00 002 #CYLAXCA COURTYARD LAX S 2000 E MARIPOSA AVENUE 12SW 99.00-189.00 003 HG4967 HOMEWOOD STES A 12005 HARBOR BOULEVARD 26SE 84.00-139.00 004 #XX19823 MOTEL LE DEA SUITES 733 NORTH WEST BARR 8W 150.00-440.00 >HA( PROPERTY AVAILABILITY >HD( DETAIL >HLD( MORE PROPERTIES>  

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Delivering Your Properties

• Integrated Hotel Source Rate Range

• Line 1 shows an integrated availability indicator and a rate range directly from Courtyard by Marriott.

• Line 2 shows no availability indicator and a rate range from Hotel Select for an Integrated Rate Range participant. This could occur if either the availability indicator or the rate range was invalid, and Worldspan had to default to Hotel Select for the rate range.

• Line 3 shows a non-integrated participant. No availability indicator and the rate range is taken from Hotel Select.

• Line 4 shows an integrated participant that either does not participate in rate range or the rate range data was invalid and Worldspan had to default to Hotel Select for the rate range. In either case, there is no asterisk to indicate that the rate range was received directly from the associate.

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Contact your Worldspan Account Manager for more details.