Revision history
The following updates have been made to the Booking Notification schema, from newest to oldest updates:
November 2024
Added support for affiliate (corporate) credit cards for Hotel Collect bookings. The <SpecialRequests> element (RequestCode=5) can now include guest-handling instructions that include corporate reservation information.
October 7, 2020
Added 4202 error description.
September 3, 2020
Added details on Changes to Expedia Collect (see blog from Sept. 7th, 2020 for more info).
June 26, 2020
Added section for error codes that only appear in partner reports.
April 15, 2020
Updated the Expedia Virtual Card sample messages to indicate CVV details being sent (seriesCode field).
December 4, 2019
Updated the Expedia Virtual Card address to the new Expedia Group headquarters address.
August 7, 2019
- Launched Unicode support, which applies to China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Requires your systems to support UTF-8 encoding.
- Added sample messages for bookings with Unicode characters in the <SpecialRequests> element and <PersonName>, <GivenName>, and <Surname> elements.
December 18, 2018
Added sample message for email alias.
December 10, 2018
Updated Sample BR Responses with a No Credit Card booking example.
June 29, 2018
- Added new supported credit card types: Union Pay and Carte Blanche.
- Added TLS 1.2 requirement.
October 31, 2017
Added HTTP header information.
April 11, 2017
Added new point of sale brands: American Express Travel, Amex The Hotel Collection, and Amex FINE HOTELS AND RESORTS.
March 31, 2017
Added new point of sale brands: Travelocity, Orbitz, Wotif, and other Expedia Group, Inc. brands.
May 15, 2016
Released the initial version of the API.