The OpenTravel Alliance (OTA) published today its Version 1 specifications that gives the travel industry one universal format for collecting and exchanging customer preferences among airlines, hotels, car rental companies, tour operators, travel agencies, and related services. OTA has provided copies of the version to the ebXML meeting that is being held in San Jose, Calif., this week.

The OpenTravel Alliance (OTA) released Version 2002A of its Extensible Markup Language (XML) specification for public review. Addressing multiple levels of interoperability across the travel verticals, Version 2002A enables organizations of all sizes to implement complex online transactions.

The OpenTravel Alliance (OTA), whose members are working diligently to strengthen and build solidarity for the travel industry, released today Version 2001A of its specification. Merging the OTA and Hospitality Industry Technology Integration Standards (HITIS) respective customer profiles, the Alliance unites the requirements of both hospitality and travel industries into one comprehensive specification.

The OpenTravel Alliance (OTA) published Versions 2001B and 2001C of its Extensible Markup Language (XML) specifications, which help all sectors of travel communicate more efficiently and effectively by simplifying the implementation and transmission of complex electronic transactions.

Worldspan, the leader in global reservation systems and e-commerce for the travel industry, today announced the election of John Charlesworth, director – Product Engineering for the company, to the OpenTravelÔ Alliance (OTA) Board of Directors.

OTA Version 2001A merges the OTA and Hospitality Industry Technology Integration Standards (HITIS) respective customer profiles into one comprehensive profile.

The OpenTravel Alliance (OTA) released Version 2001B of its specification for public review. Unifying what is traditionally a fragmented industry, OTA harmonizes global travel processes by developing specifications using Extensible Markup Language (XML).

The OpenTravel Alliance (OTA) is a self-funded, non-profit organization comprised of major airlines, hoteliers, car rental companies, leisure suppliers, travel agencies, global distribution systems, technology providers, and other interested parties working to create and implement industry-wide, open e-business specifications.

The OpenTravel Alliance (OTA) announced today the release of Version 2002B of its Extensible Markup Language (XML) specification for public review and comment.

The OpenTravel Alliance (OTA), whose members are working diligently to strengthen and build solidarity for the travel industry, released today Version 2001A of its specification.

The OpenTravel Alliance (OTA) published Versions 2001B and 2001C of its Extensible Markup Language (XML) specifications, which help all sectors of travel communicate more efficiently and effectively by simplifying the implementation and transmission of complex electronic transactions.

An announcement from the OpenTravel Alliance (OTA) describes a public review release of the enhanced Version 2002A XML Message Specification.

The OpenTravel Alliance (OTA) has released today Version 2001A of its specification, complete with XML DTDs, W3C XML Schemas, and supporting prose documentation. The XML-based OTA specification provides for the exchange of messages in the travel industry, covering airlines, car rentals, hotels, and other travel services. Part I "describes the base technical architecture used by the OpenTravel Alliance for message exchanges, including transport protocols, identification and connections to trading partners, security and privacy, and infrastructure required to identify the message content and route it to the proper application handler.

The Open Travel Alliance specification is being developed to allow customers and travel services providers (including airlines, car rental agencies, hotels, passenger rail services, leisure travel providers such as cruise lines and tour services,travel arrangers and global distribution systems) to exchange customer profile information (and later more services and functionality) via the internet.

Identify a set of Namespace & Versioning goals that satisfy both OTA’s Best Practices and any new OTA agreed namespace and versioning requirements that also maps well with existing technology standards, guidelines and implementations. The intent is to provide clear and consistent best practices that can help simplify OTA’s task for managing XML content for the Travel Industry.

An Overview of the OTA XML implementation.

An overview in Applications of OTA/XML Agenda.

The OpenTravel Alliance (OTA) has announced the publication of Versions 2001B and 2001C of its Extensible Markup Language (XML) specifications, which "help all sectors of travel communicate more efficiently and effectively by simplifying the implementation and transmission of complex electronic transactions."

OpenTravel is an open 'syntax' standard that takes communication down to the individual data element level and allows two parties to communicate individual data elements in any order and quantity that they wish.

More than 140 leaders representing all aspects of the travel industry recently met for an OpenTravel Alliance (OTA) Advisory Forum and approved the release of a new draft customer profile specification.