TourConnect Connection
How to connect TourConnect to Ventrata via API and what can this connection do?
About TourConnect
Connection Capabilities
Getting Started with TourConnect
Setting up the Connection
Mapping Products
Frequently Asked Questions
TourConnect's Booking Automation Tool is an email add-in that connects a supplier’s inbox to their booking system to automatically create bookings from the available data. On the surface it looks very simple; however, the power of the tool is its ability to intelligently extract key booking data from any email and pre-fill the booking form in the add-in, accurately. This capability drastically reduces the time it takes to create, cancel, update, and search bookings that come into a reservation team’s inbox from resellers that do not support API connectivity. The tool saves money by reducing time spent processing bookings and reducing costly mistakes made during manual data entry. Learn more at https://www.tourconnect.ai/bookings-automation
To get started with TourConnect, sign up through https://app.tourconnect.com/bookings-ai-sign-up and their team will be in touch to assist you further.
Note you will need to set up a separate connection for each reseller whose bookings you'd like to automate with TourConnect's Booking Automation Tool. Repeat the below steps for each such reseller:
Create Reseller in Ventrata. If you haven't yet, create each Reseller whose bookings you'd like to automate using TourConnect and configure their settings (band, commission, products, etc.).
Create a Connection in Ventrata. In your Ventrata Dashboard, go to Connections > Connections, then click + New Connection and select corresponding from the list of available options. Set the connection Name, link the Reseller created in Step 1, and click Create Connection. If necessary, you may also whitelist/blacklist destinations or products you wish this connection to have access to.
Share Mapping Information with TourConnect. In your Ventrata Dashboard, go to Connections > Connections, then select your TourConnect connection from the list of created connections (see section above). The connection page will display the API Key as well as the list of products you have made available to this connection (based on reseller, reseller band and connection settings) with their IDs. Contact your TourConnect account manager requesting to have your products connected to "Ventrata OCTO", providing them with your API Key as well as the List of Products with their Product and Option IDs (as shown on the page). If needed, you can download the list of products as a CSV file by clicking Export.
Make sure the product is whitelisted for the Connection, Reseller and/or Reseller Band linked to it, and check if the Product is made available to Direct API channel.
About TourConnect
Connection Capabilities
Getting Started with TourConnect
Setting up the Connection
Mapping Products
Frequently Asked Questions
About TourConnect
TourConnect's Booking Automation Tool is an email add-in that connects a supplier’s inbox to their booking system to automatically create bookings from the available data. On the surface it looks very simple; however, the power of the tool is its ability to intelligently extract key booking data from any email and pre-fill the booking form in the add-in, accurately. This capability drastically reduces the time it takes to create, cancel, update, and search bookings that come into a reservation team’s inbox from resellers that do not support API connectivity. The tool saves money by reducing time spent processing bookings and reducing costly mistakes made during manual data entry. Learn more at https://www.tourconnect.ai/bookings-automation
Connection Capabilities
📅 Live Availability
🏷️ Live Pricing
🎟️ Booking
Getting Started with TourConnect
To get started with TourConnect, sign up through https://app.tourconnect.com/bookings-ai-sign-up and their team will be in touch to assist you further.
Setting up the Connection
Note you will need to set up a separate connection for each reseller whose bookings you'd like to automate with TourConnect's Booking Automation Tool. Repeat the below steps for each such reseller:
Create Reseller in Ventrata. If you haven't yet, create each Reseller whose bookings you'd like to automate using TourConnect and configure their settings (band, commission, products, etc.).
Create a Connection in Ventrata. In your Ventrata Dashboard, go to Connections > Connections, then click + New Connection and select corresponding from the list of available options. Set the connection Name, link the Reseller created in Step 1, and click Create Connection. If necessary, you may also whitelist/blacklist destinations or products you wish this connection to have access to.
Mapping Products
Share Mapping Information with TourConnect. In your Ventrata Dashboard, go to Connections > Connections, then select your TourConnect connection from the list of created connections (see section above). The connection page will display the API Key as well as the list of products you have made available to this connection (based on reseller, reseller band and connection settings) with their IDs. Contact your TourConnect account manager requesting to have your products connected to "Ventrata OCTO", providing them with your API Key as well as the List of Products with their Product and Option IDs (as shown on the page). If needed, you can download the list of products as a CSV file by clicking Export.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why can I not find the product on the dropdown when mapping?
Make sure the product is whitelisted for the Connection, Reseller and/or Reseller Band linked to it, and check if the Product is made available to Direct API channel.
Updated on: 17/01/2024
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