{"id":22604,"date":"2020-04-09T08:54:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T08:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/interface\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T09:21:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T09:21:20","slug":"interface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/interface","title":{"rendered":"Interface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of Interface in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Interface is the crossing point or technical connection between different IT systems.\u00a0In other words it is the direct communication\/ connection between two (or more) networks\/ applications\/ systems that can be interlinked together without any intermediary.<\/p>\n<p>In the hospitality industry it often refers to a connection between a <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/pms-property-management-system\">PMS<\/a>\/ <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/crs-central-reservations-system\">CRS<\/a> and an <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ota\">OTA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1-way Interface: Downloading of reservations from a hotel\u2019s CRS to the PMS.<\/li>\n<li>2-way Interface: The OTA agent \u2018pulls\u2019 and reads the rates and <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/availability\">availability<\/a> put by the hotel into the hotels <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/pms-property-management-system\">PMS<\/a>. 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