It's been some years since I wrote hotel reservation system code, and I don't know if the OTA stuff is (or was) meant to be just intra-industry, or a means to make it easier for TA's, affiliates, etc. to do business.
I think the later, but I attended an OTA meeting in D.C. once and the amount of bureaucracy and attention to petty stupid detail was astounding, so anything is possible.
It's been some years since I wrote hotel reservation system code, and I don't know if the OTA stuff is (or was) meant to be just intra-industry, or a means to make it easier for TA's, affiliates, etc. to do business.
I think the later, but I attended an OTA meeting in D.C. once and the amount of bureaucracy and attention to petty stupid detail was astounding, so anything is possible.