The OCTO Promotions capability is now open for member feedback. This capability extends OCTO's existing Pricing framework to give suppliers a structured way to communicate promotional offers to resellers during availability checks and through the booking process.

If you're implementing OCTO, planning to, or simply want a voice in how the standard evolves, now is the time to weigh in. The working draft is available for review, and the Specification Committee is actively seeking input from members across both the supplier and technology sides of the industry.

Feedback deadline: Wednesday, April 29

Review the working draft and leave comments directly in the document.

Review the Draft & Give Feedback

What the Promotions Capability Does

Right now, there's no shared standard for how promotional pricing flows between a supplier's reservation system and the resellers and OTAs that sell their products. Every platform handles it differently — or doesn't handle it at all — meaning discounts are often communicated manually, applied inconsistently, or missed entirely.

The Promotions capability defines a common model for expressing price-based discounts within the OCTO API. It builds on the existing Pricing capability and covers two categories of offer:

Open promotions

General discounts

Offers available to anyone — seasonal discounts, limited-time pricing, or sale rates that don't require a code or special eligibility.

Restricted offers

Targeted pricing

Discounts tied to a promo code, loyalty program, or member status. The offer is only applied when the customer qualifies.

The capability is scoped specifically to price reductions. Product bundling and other complex offer types are explicitly out of scope for this iteration.

Why Your Feedback Matters

This capability is still in active development. The working draft reflects decisions made so far by the Specification Committee, but the final design should reflect how promotions actually work across the businesses that will implement it.

The people who know best how promotional pricing should work in a booking API are the ones building and using booking APIs every day.

Whether you have technical questions about the data model, business questions about how specific offer types should be represented, or concerns about edge cases in your own systems — the committee wants to hear from you before the spec is finalized.

How to Participate

Read the working draft and leave comments directly in the Google Doc. You can comment on specific sections, flag anything that doesn't match how your system works, or suggest additions. All feedback is reviewed by the Specification Committee.

Resources

Working Draft — Leave Feedback Promotions Capability Overview (OCTO Docs)

Feedback closes Wednesday, April 29. If you have questions before then, reach out via the contact page or through your usual OCTO channels.