Definitions

Accommodation: A room within a property.

ARI: Availability, Rates, and Inventory.

Availability: Refers to whether a hotel and room are bookable.

CRS Admin: The Central Reservation System used to configure your publisher, properties, and manage reservations.

Inventory: The amount of rooms available for booking.

Publisher: A booking engine site powered by RootRez.

Publisher Key: A string used to authenticate a publisher to perform requests on the API.

Property: A hotel, condo, private home, or other bookable entity.

Rate: The cost of a room.

Rate Code: An identifier for a rate plan.

Rate Plan: A specific rate (cost) structure associated with a room.

See additional hotel terminology.