CMS Booking Engine Redirection

The Cendyn CMS is capable of redirecting traffic to the appropriate booking engine based on the hotel's configuration and settings

Every Cendyn CMS comes with a standard endpoint for redirecting into hotel booking engines. The endpoint is accessible via /booking on any CMS domain (i.e. example.com/booking)

For the /booking endpoint, the following parameters may be passed via the query-string:

• property

  • Corresponds to the integer ID of the hotel/property within the Cendyn CMS. These values can be obtained via the CMS Property Management module

• checkin

  • The arrival date for the initiated booking. We recommend the format yyyy-mm-dd however other standard formats are also acceptable.

• checkout

  • The departure date for the initiated booking. We recommend the format yyyy-mm-dd however other standard formats are also acceptable.

• adults

  • The integer number of adults that are requested for the initiated booking

• children

  • The integer number of adults that are requested for the initiated booking

• promo-code` [optional]

  • A promotional code to be applied to the booking

• group-code [optional]

  • A group booking code to be applied to the booking

• iata [optional]

  • An iata code to be applied during booking

• rateCode [optional]

  • A specific rate code that should be used when showing availability results

For each property managed through the Cendyn CMS, a Booking Engine configuration can be managed to dictate how the URL redirect will function:

CMS UI for Managing Booking Settings

Example URLs:

• www.example.com/booking?property=1

• www.example.com/booking?property=1&checkin=2022-12-01&checkout=2022-12-02

Based on the property's Booking Engine configuration, visitors will be redirected to the appropriate booking engine URL for the selected hotel.