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0. INTRODUCTIONThis specification provides the definition of the Reservation request - interactive message (RESREQ) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in administration, commerce and transport. 1. SCOPE1.1. Functional definitionAn interactive Travel, Tourism and Leisure Reservations Request is sent by a customer or his agent, to a service provider to reserve, modify or cancel a Travel, Tourism and Leisure service. The Travel, Tourism and Leisure Reservation Response
1.2. Field of applicationThe Reservation request - interactive message may be used for both national and international applications. It is based on universal practice related to administration, commerce and transport, and is not dependent on the type of business or industry. 1.3. PrinciplesRESREQ may be used for the following functions within the Interactive Scenario for Travel, Tourism and Leisure: (1) To request an initial reservation for a hotel, rental car, train trip, airline flight, or tour. (2) To cancel the entire reservation or parts of the reservation. (3) To request a display of a reservation. (4) To ignore all or part of current changes to the reservation. (5) To modify an existing reservation. See Travel, Tourism and Leisure Interactive Reservations Scenario. 2. REFERENCESSee UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 1. 3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS3.1. Standard terms and definitionsSee UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 2. 4. MESSAGE DEFINITION4.1. Segment clarificationThis section should be read in conjunction with the segment table which indicates mandatory, conditional and repeating requirements. 0010 UIH, Interactive message headerA service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Reservation request - interactive message is RESREQ. Note: Reservation request - interactive messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UIH, composite S306:
0020 MSD, Message action detailsA segment identifying the industry type (i.e. Air, Car, Train, Accommodations, etc.) and business function of the message. 0030 ORG, Originator of request detailsA segment providing data pertaining to the originator of the interactive processing request (i.e. travel agent identity and location and the commercial computer reservations system delivering the message). 0040 RCI, Reservation control informationInformation providing a specific reference to a Travel, Tourism and Leisure (TT&L) reservation for a travel product. 0050 NUN, Number of unitsNumber and identifying qualifier pertaining to the entire TT&L reservation request (i.e. number and type of passengers, [4 adults]). 0060 FTI, Frequent traveller informationFrequent Traveller Program information relating to the entire TT&L reservation request (frequent flier number). 0070 CRI, Consumer reference informationConsumer reference information relating to the entire TT&L reservation request (corporate discount number, personal profile number). 0080 CLT, Clear terminate informationInstructions pertaining to a Clear Terminate request related to the entire TT&L reservation request (i.e. ignore all transactions during this interactive business transaction). 0090 ATI, Tour informationAdditional information relating to a tour (tour code or name). 0100 CON, Contact informationInformation providing contact numbers relevant to the TT&L reservation request (i.e. booking travel agent, tour company). 0110 ITM, Item numberNumbers assigned to information in the previous response which may be used to make a request without repeating all the information. 0120 HDI, Hardware device informationInformation specifying terminal equipment addresses and device types that may be used for tracing and security purposes. 0130 TFF, Tariff informationTariff information relating to the entire TT&L reservation request. 0140 POS, Point of sale informationTo specify the point of sale to determine the rate to provide. 0150 CMN, Commission informationA segment to indicate the commission details that are to be paid for making the reservation. 0160 IFT, Interactive free textFree form text data pertaining to the entire TT&L reservation request. 0170 TDI, Traveller document informationInformation relating to documents associated with the TT&L reservation request (i.e. passport number, tour package identifier, etc.). 0180 ADS, AddressAddresses related to the entire TT&L reservation. 0190 Segment Group 1: NME-ADSThis segment group provides names and related addresses that pertain to the entire TT&L reservation. 0200 NME, NameName(s) pertaining to the entire TT&L reservation. 0210 ADS, AddressAddresses associated with the preceding names. 0220 Segment Group 2: SSR-IFTThis segment group provides details pertaining to special services information and associated free text information. 0230 SSR, Special requirement detailsDetails pertaining to special services or special requests relating to the entire TT&L request. 0240 IFT, Interactive free textFree form text data pertaining to the special services. 0250 Segment Group 3: PMT-CON-ADS-NMEThis data group allows for the provision of payment information and associated contact information for the entire TT&L reservation request. 0260 PMT, Payment informationPayment instructions for the TT&L reservation request. 0270 CON, Contact informationContact numbers associated with the preceding payment information. 0280 ADS, AddressAddress information associated with the payment information. 0290 NME, NameName(s) associated with the payment information. 0300 Segment Group 4: TIF-FTI-CRI-CON-IFT-TDI-DIS-ADS-SG5-SG6This segment group provides information pertaining to an individual traveller or traveller group associated with the TT&L reservation request. 0310 TIF, Traveller informationPersonal details pertaining to a unique traveller (surname, given name, indication that traveller is accompanied by non ticketed infant, etc.). 0320 FTI, Frequent traveller informationFrequent traveller program information relating to a specific traveller. 0330 CRI, Consumer reference informationConsumer reference information pertaining to a specific traveller. 0340 CON, Contact informationContact numbers associated with a traveller or group. 0350 IFT, Interactive free textFree form text data pertaining to a traveller or group. 0360 TDI, Traveller document informationInformation relating to documents associated with a traveller or group. 0370 DIS, Discount informationInformation pertaining to discounts concerning the traveller. 0380 ADS, AddressAddress information for a traveller or group. 0390 Segment Group 5: SSR-IFTA group of segments to provide details concerning special service requests for a traveller or group. 0400 SSR, Special requirement detailsDetails pertaining to special services or special requests pertaining to a traveller or group. 0410 IFT, Interactive free textFree text information associated with the special service request. 0420 Segment Group 6: PMT-CON-ADS-NMEThis data group allows for the provision of payment information and associated contact information for a traveller or group. 0430 PMT, Payment informationPayment instructions for a traveller or group. 0440 CON, Contact informationContact numbers associated with the preceding payment information. 0450 ADS, AddressAddress information associated with the preceding payment. 0460 NME, NameName(s) information associated with the preceding payment. 0470 Segment Group 7: TVL-MSD-RCI-RPI-MOV-CNX-DIS-ASD-CON-ADS-NME-PLI-AAI-IFT-TDI-TFF-SG8-SG9-SG10-SG11-SG12 This segment group provides information pertaining to a Travel, Tourism and Leisure (TT&L) product or service. 0480 TVL, Travel product informationInformation identifying the TT&L product or service (service provider, service location, date of service, service description, etc.). 0490 MSD, Message action detailsA segment identifying the industry type (i.e. air, car, train, accommodations, etc.) and business function relating to the product or service. 0500 RCI, Reservation control informationInformation providing a specific reference to the product or service. 0510 RPI, Quantity and action detailsDetails relating to quantity and action required associated with the product or service. 0520 MOV, Car delivery instructionInformation pertaining to the delivery of an automobile or chauffeur instructions. 0530 CNX, Connection detailsInformation specifying the stopover cities requested with the product or service. 0540 DIS, Discount informationInformation pertaining to discounts for the product or service. 0550 ASD, Service detailsAdditional date, time and location information related to a product or service. 0560 CON, Contact informationContact numbers for a product or service. 0570 ADS, AddressAddress information for a product or service. 0580 NME, NameName(s) information for a product or service. 0590 PLI, Product location informationTo specify locations where a rental car should be exchange. 0600 AAI, Accommodation allocation informationA segment to precise the accommodation number in the case of a designated or adjacent request. 0610 IFT, Interactive free textFree form text data pertaining to the product or service. 0620 TDI, Traveller document informationInformation relating to documents associated with a product or service (voucher number, ticket number, etc.). 0630 TFF, Tariff informationTariff information relating to the product or service (car rental rate, coach fare, hotel rate, etc.). 0640 Segment Group 8: VEH-PDTA group of segments to convey specific details and related information concerning a vehicle to be transported on a product or service. 0650 VEH, VehicleDetails concerning a vehicle to be transported on a product or service. 0660 PDT, Product informationProduct information related to the vehicle to be transported. 0670 Segment Group 9: PMT-CON-ADS-NMEThis data group allows for the provision of payment information and associated contact information for the specific product or service. 0680 PMT, Payment informationPayment instructions for a product or service. 0690 CON, Contact informationContact numbers associated with the preceding payment information. 0700 ADS, AddressAddress information related to the preceding payment. 0710 NME, NameName(s) information related to the preceding payment. 0720 Segment Group 10: NUN-CRIThis data group allows for indicating traveller types and consumer reference information for those types. 0730 NUN, Number of unitsTraveller types for the associated product or service. 0740 CRI, Consumer reference informationConsumer reference information for the preceding traveller type. 0750 Segment Group 11: SSR-PMT-CON-ADS-NME-IFTThis data group allows for special requests and the payment information for the special requests that relate to the product or service. 0760 SSR, Special requirement detailsDetails of special services or special requests pertaining to the product or service. 0770 PMT, Payment informationPayment information related to a special service or requests. 0780 CON, Contact informationContact numbers related to the payment information. 0790 ADS, AddressAddress information related to the payment. 0800 NME, NameName(s) information related to the payment. 0810 IFT, Interactive free textFree text information related to the special service. 0820 Segment Group 12: TIF-FTI-CRI-CON-IFT-ASD-ADS-TFF-SG13-SG14This segment group provides information pertaining to an individual traveller or traveller group associated with the preceding product or service information. 0830 TIF, Traveller informationPersonal details pertaining to a unique traveller and associated to the preceding product or service information (i.e. surname, given name, indication that traveller is accompanied by non ticketed infant, etc.). 0840 FTI, Frequent traveller informationFrequent traveller program information relating to a specific traveller and associated to the preceding product or service information. 0850 CRI, Consumer reference informationConsumer reference information relating to a specific traveller and associated to the preceding product or service information. 0860 CON, Contact informationContact numbers associated with a traveller or group and associated to the preceding product or service information. 0870 IFT, Interactive free textFree form text data pertaining to a traveller or group and associated to the preceding product or service information. 0880 ASD, Service detailsDate, time and location information related to a service for a specific traveller. 0890 ADS, AddressAddress information pertaining to a traveller or group and associated to the preceding product or service information. 0900 TFF, Tariff informationTariff information relating to the service (green fees, tennis lessons) for a specific traveller. 0910 Segment Group 13: SSR-IFTSpecial service information and related free text pertaining to traveller or group and associated to the preceding product or service information. 0920 SSR, Special requirement detailsDetails pertaining to special services or special requests pertaining to a traveller or group and associated to the preceding product or service information. 0930 IFT, Interactive free textFree text information pertaining to the special service. 0940 Segment Group 14: PMT-CON-ADS-NMEThis data group allows for the provision of payment information and associated contact information for a traveller or group. 0950 PMT, Payment informationPayment instructions for a traveller or group. 0960 CON, Contact informationContact numbers associated with the preceding payment information. 0970 ADS, AddressAddress information associated with the preceding payment information. 0980 NME, NameName(s) information associated with the preceding payment information. 0990 Segment Group 15: ODI-MSD-SG16Like Segment Group 7, this segment group provides information pertaining to Travel, Tourism and Leisure (TT&L) product or service. However, in certain situations product or service data must be grouped as part of an overall TT&L journey. Segment group 15 provides that grouping capability. 1000 ODI, Origin and destination detailsA segment providing the origin and destination of a TT&L journey. 1010 MSD, Message action detailsA segment identifying the industry type (i.e. air, car, train, accommodations, etc.) and business function relating to the associated TT&L journey. 1020 Segment Group 16: TVL-APD-RPI-NUN-FTI-TFF-RCI-DIS-ASD-IFT-SG17-SG18-SG19-SG20 This segment group provides information pertaining to a Travel, Tourism and Leisure (TT&L) product or service which is related to the preceding journey information. 1030 TVL, Travel product informationInformation identifying the TT&L product or service pertaining to a journey. (service provider, service location, date of service, service description, etc.). 1040 APD, Additional transport detailsA segment providing additional data (i.e. aircraft type, number of stops, on time performance, gate description, etc.) relating to the product or service. 1050 RPI, Quantity and action detailsDetails relating to quantity and action required associated with the product or service. 1060 NUN, Number of unitsNumber and identifying qualifier relating to the product or service. 1070 FTI, Frequent traveller informationFrequent traveller program information relating to a specific product or service. 1080 TFF, Tariff informationTariff information relating to the product or service. 1090 RCI, Reservation control informationInformation providing a specific reference to the product or service. 1100 DIS, Discount informationInformation pertaining to discounts for the product or service. 1110 ASD, Service detailsAdditional date, time and location information for a product or service. 1120 IFT, Interactive free textFree text information related to a product or service. 1130 Segment Group 17: SSR-IFTSpecial service information and related free text for a product or service. 1140 SSR, Special requirement detailsInformation about special services or special requests relating to the product or service. 1150 IFT, Interactive free textFree text information relating to the special services for a product or service. 1160 Segment Group 18: VEH-PDTA group of segments to specify details and related information concerning a vehicle to be transported on a product or service. 1170 VEH, VehicleDetails concerning a vehicle to be transported on a product or service. 1180 PDT, Product informationProduct information related to the vehicle to be transported. 1190 Segment Group 19: PMT-CON-ADS-NMEThis data group allows for the payment information and associated contact information for a product or service. 1200 PMT, Payment informationPayment instructions for a product or service. 1210 CON, Contact informationContact numbers related to payment information for a product or service. 1220 ADS, AddressAddress information related to payment information for a product or service. 1230 NME, NameName(s) information related to payment information for a product or service. 1240 Segment Group 20: TIF-FTI-SSRThis segment group provides information pertaining to an individual traveller or traveller group associated with the preceding product or service information. 1250 TIF, Traveller informationPersonal details pertaining to a unique traveller and associated to the preceding product or service information. 1260 FTI, Frequent traveller informationFrequent traveller program information relating to the preceding TIF segment. 1270 SSR, Special requirement detailsDetails pertaining to special services or special requests pertaining to the preceding TIF segment. 1280 UIT, Interactive message trailerA service segment ending a message, giving the total number of segments in the message (including the UIH & UIT) and the control reference number of the message. 4.2. Segment index (alphabetical sequence by tag)
4.3. Message structure4.3.1. Segment table
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