Purpose
1.2. Automation reduces manual entry, ensures real-time availability updates, eliminates double bookings, streamlines reporting, and provides actionable analytics for corporate holiday home management.
1.3. Automating this workflow facilitates compliance, enables consolidated performance dashboards, and supports cross-departmental collaboration with synchronized, up-to-date reservation data.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Scheduled sync intervals (e.g., every 5 minutes, hourly).
2.3. Manual sync trigger from admin panel or API call.
Platform Variants
• API: Reservations endpoint — configure automated webhook to pull booking data on status change.
3.2. Booking.com
• Connectivity API: Reservations GET — automated polling for reservation updates.
3.3. Vrbo
• HomeAway XML API: automate new reservation and calendar update feeds.
3.4. Expedia
• Partner API: automate pull-reservations endpoint with OAuth.
3.5. Agoda
• Affiliate API: Reservations method — schedule automated data import.
3.6. TripAdvisor Rentals
• Booking API: connect webhook listener for automated reservation entry.
3.7. Google Vacation Rentals
• Partner Feed: automate ingestion of standardized booking data feeds.
3.8. Siteminder
• Channel Manager API: automated reservation and availability synchronization functions.
3.9. Cloudbeds
• PMS API: reservations/list — automate automated sync for every new entry.
3.10. Hostaway
• Open API: Automate reservation GET and PATCH for full-cycle sync.
3.11. RMS Cloud
• Open Integration: automate reservation fetch and update via scheduled polling.
3.12. Guesty
• API: automated POST webhook creation for reservation event triggers.
3.13. Lodgify
• API: GET/bookings — automate reservation retrieval and push to central system.
3.14. Tokeet
• API: automate GET /bookings with filters and webhooks for real-time sync.
3.15. Escapia
• API Suite: automate pulling reservation and cancellation objects.
3.16. eviivo
• API: automate new, modified, or cancelled reservation notifications.
3.17. iCal (Calendar Sync)
• ICS Feed: automate periodic file fetch and parse to import new stays.
3.18. PMS such as Mews
• Connector API: automates data pulls for reservations, blocks, and availability.
3.19. Salesforce
• REST API: automate pushing bookings into custom objects for analytics.
3.20. PowerBI
• Data Gateway: automate scheduled refresh of reservation data imports for analytics.
3.21. Zapier
• Catch Hook/Push Hook: automate bridging between legacy and modern systems.
3.22. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Common Data Service API: automate data import routines for consistent corporate reporting.
3.23. Oracle Hospitality OPERA
• OWS API: automate retrieval of booking records and changes.
3.24. Tableau
• Web Data Connector: automate pulling reservation records for visualization.
Benefits
4.2. Automated syncing enables all departments to access real-time reservation statuses and analytics, elevating decision-making speed.
4.3. Automation of data integration provides higher data reliability, prevents revenue leakage via overbooking, and simplifies compliance.
4.4. Automatedly driven centralized dashboards empower corporate teams with actionable, always-current metrics and insights.
4.5. Automating this flow boosts efficiency, guest experience, and operational agility for hospitality businesses at scale.