FastRez, based on the proven OpenTravel hospitality schemas, provides an alternative for those emerging or smaller companies who, like their larger industry counterparts, need to quickly and easily distribute travel and traveler information but may not have the same depth of resources.  Now any hospitality company will be able to offer the same real time, direct connectivity to their customers and trading partners, increasing their reach in the marketplace and increasing their revenues.

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FastRez benefits:

• Easy implementation for robust real time shopping and booking between trading partners including providers for property management systems, booking engines, central reservation systems and distributors
• Based on an appropriately scaled version of the proven OpenTravel standard messages
• Rapid time-to-market for new trading partners and new products as a result of compact and tightly defined schema
• Affordable direct-connect solution for broader inventory distribution to more source markets

Frequently Asked Questions about FastRez

Q: What is FastRez?

A: FastRez is a set of XML schemas that can be used to exchange information with a trading partner.  It is not an application, nor does it include any aggregated hotel inventory.

Q:  What functions are included in FastRez?

• Availability/pricing request and response
• Reservation request and response
• Cancellation request and response
• Reservation retrieval request

Q:  What other documentation and tools are included?

A:  Included with the product are:

• XML and XSD (XML Schema Definition) files describing each data element
• Binding schema
• WSDL (Web Services Definition Language) file describing the services
• User’s guide with use cases, instance documents, sequence diagram and implementation guidance
• Access to an online validation tool for XML and semantic content, in partnership with PilotFish Technology

Q:  Does OpenTravel give away FastRez like its other schema?

A:  For OpenTravel member companies, FastRez costs US$2,995; for non-member companies, FastRez costs US$3,495.

Q:  Is FastRez as comprehensive and flexible as the published OpenTravel schemas?

A: The FastRez schema is 75% smaller than the existing OpenTravel hotel schema, but contains all essential functionality to efficiently transact hotel bookings.  In addition, 85% of the schema components are mandatory, substantially reducing development time for any implementation.

Q: Can FastRez work if my trading partner has the regular OpenTravel schemas implemented?

A: Yes, FastRez is compatible with versions 2008B and 2009A of the OpenTravel schema

Q:  Who should buy FastRez?

A:  Hotel companies, individual hotels, distributors, technology providers, web design companies, destination management organizations and any other company that wants to electronically distribute hotel information and inventory or transact hotel reservations.

Q: Where can I get more information about FastRez?

A: Contact fastrez@opentravel.org.

Press releases about FastRez:

OpenTravel Alliance to Launch FastRez

OpenTravel Alliance’s FastRez™ Cuts Implementation Time in Half

OpenTravel Alliance Partners with PilotFish Technology for FastRez™