GRN_v3 2.8

1st Feb 2026

Today (before 1-Feb) From 1-Feb-2026 onwards
Holder can be sent only in the holder block. Holder must also appear in the paxes array of the room they occupy.
Booking is accepted even if holder is missing from pax list. Booking will fail with error HOLDER_NOT_IN_PAX_LIST if name + surname (+ title) do not match any pax in that room.
Non-compliant (holder not in paxes):
"holder": {
  "title": "Mr.",
  "name": "James",
  "surname": "Patrick"
},
"rooms": [{
  "paxes": [
    {
      "title": "Mr.",
      "name": "Raj",
      "surname": "kumar",
      "type": "AD"
    },
    {
      "title": "Mr.",
      "name": "Rajiv",
      "surname": "kumar",
      "type": "AD"
    }
  ]
}]
Compliant (holder added to paxes):
"holder": {
  "title": "Mr.",
  "name": "James",
  "surname": "Patrick"
},
"rooms": [{
  "paxes": [
    {
      "title": "Mr.",
      "name": "James",
      "surname": "Patrick",
      "type": "AD"
    },
    {
      "title": "Mr.",
      "name": "Raj",
      "surname": "kumar",
      "type": "AD"
    },
    {
      "title": "Mr.",
      "name": "Rajiv",
      "surname": "kumar",
      "type": "AD"
    }
  ]
}]

8th Aug 2025 - Migration Notice

Change log
/hotels/migration_notice/infant_migratoin_notice/
Removed support for infants in hotel bookings and transfers. The no_of_infants field has been removed from all requests and responses.
Infants should now be included in the no_of_children count with appropriate age specification.

GRN_v3-2.6

15th Jul 2025

Change log
no_show_fee - Added display of no show fee date in Cancellation Policies using from_date key from no_show_fee.

GRN_v3-2.5

24th Oct 2024

Change log
fema_declaration - at booking step - Indian Agents when booking for Foreign Nationals - they have send an key at booking request - they have declare - else the booking would fail.

GRN_v3-2.4

31 Jul 2024

Change log
Search Request - From - Aug 12th 2024, Search Request -purpose_to_travel- Business/Leisure, if key is not mentioned in search request, system will treat as leisure by default
Booking Request - From - Aug 12th 2024, Booking Request - purpose_to_travel - Business/"Leisure", if key is not mentioned in booking request, system will treat as leisure by default.
In case of Leisure PAN - When PAN_REQUIRED is true in requested rate and purpose_to_travel - Leisure, pan_number is not matching to holder first and Last name – Transaction will be failed. (In any case PAN details should be of the lead Guest Name).
In case of Business PAN - When PAN_REQUIRED is true in requested rate and purpose_to_travel - Business, pan_number is not matching to holder (s) corporate_name – Transaction will be failed
Please note holder pan_corporate_name - is introduced and is required only in case of corporate booking, which will be identified based on purpose_to_travel is Business

08 Jan 2024

Change log
children_ages - is allowd from 1 to 17.

08 Jan 2024

Change log
Display Vendor Hotel Name in Rate Parametrs in search response.
MSP - introduction of MSP tag, when msp is applicable.
Upgraed version of flow.
Deprication Warning - Generation of Voucher is depricated.

GRN_v3-2.2

20 April 2023

Change log
Any duplicate attempt of cancellation attempt restricted to 5 min.
If any Cancelaltion attempt is done with in 5 min, API return an error.

GRN_v3-2.1

1 Feb 2023

Change log
Deprication of Old hotel codes - which starts with H!

GRN_v3-2.0

1 Feb 2022

Change log
Addition of CreditCard at Booking Payload
Please refer Booking Payload

7 January 2021

Change log
Featured hotel
Featured hotel introduced in search response and static assets (hotels)
Check search response and static assets (hotels)

8 December 2021

Change log
Rate Comments
Default rate comments are disabled, please refer to search and availability section. search request

7 January 2021

Change log
Featured hotel
Featured hotel introduced in search response and static assets (hotels)
Check search response and static assets (hotels)

31 December 2020

Change log
Static Assets - Images
Caption and main_image introduced in the images response
Check image response

15 October 2020

Change log
Chain Name
Added chain name of the hotel in static assests (hotels) e.g. Accor, Marriott, etc.
Check static assets (hotels)

14 August 2020

Change log
New Hotel Codes
New hotel codes version=2.0 introduced for agents to search and book using new hotel codes.
version=2.0 need to be shared as a parameter in search, static assets (hotels and cities) and image requests.
Check search request, static assets (hotels), static assets (cities) and image request
Change log
COVID-19 - Safe to Stay
Introduced tags in search response which help to understand kind of safety standards followed by property to ensure to safe stay at the property.
Check search response
Change log
Accommodation Name
Introduced to identify type of property e.g. Hotel or Resort or Apartment, etc. in static assets (hotels)
Check static assets (hotels)

2nd June 2020

Change log
Search And Availability Response
Amount type removed in cancellation policy: For nights, in some cases, percentage is also returned. In those cases charges have to be calculated by taking (percentage x nights) value.

29th April 2020

Change log
Search And Availability Response
We recommend to show both Room_type & description (received in search response) on UI to the customer as both fields together gives customer full information about room
Check search response

27th March 2020

Change log
Booking Request
PAN Number is required, when pan_required is true in search response.
Check search response