The OpenTravel Alliance has announced the publication of its OTA Specification Version 2003A which "provides the travel industry and travel related services the ability to deliver new features and enhanced capabilities to travelers, through enhanced XML transactions." OTA is a non-profit organization of more than 150 members from major airlines, hoteliers, car rental companies, leisure suppliers, travel agencies, global distribution systems (GDS), technology providers and other interested parties, working to create and implement industry-wide, open e-business specifications."

The OTA/XML specification was created to provide a common platform that all sectors of the travel industry could follow. This increases communication efficiency with all sects of the travel industry.

An overview of Open Travel Alliance (OTA).

OTA Version 2001A merges the OTA and Hospitality Industry Technology Integration Standards (HITIS) respective customer profiles into one comprehensive profile. Uniting the requirements of both hospitality and travel industries expedites the imminent adoption of this new OTA specification.

The OpenTravel Alliance (OTA) is pleased to announce the publication of the 2002B Specification that provides the travel industry and travel related services the ability to deliver new features and enhanced capabilities to travelers, through enhanced XML transactions.

The OpenTravel Alliance recently announced the release of an OTA Version 2001C XML Specification, available for public review through January 31, 2002. The new version includes the mapping of OTA payloads onto an ebXML framework, consistent with OTA's recommendation of ebXML "as a viable infrastructure for the exchange of OTA messages across private and public networks."

The OpenTravel Alliance (OTA) announced OTA's release of Version 2001C of its Extensible Markup Language (XML) specification for public review. Version 2001C includes both the ebXML-OTA mapping and best practices documents. Originally released December 21, 2001, OTA has extended the traditional 30-day review period to January 31, 2002, due to the holidays.