OTA Budget Plan is a special Hotel Level Budget Plan, which was created automatically when your Chain has finished the configuration on Click - OTA side. Hotels implemented on the Channel side will participate in the OTA budget plan.


If you are not familiar with the concept of a Budget Plan, please check the following two user guide:

  1. Portfolio Level Budget Plan
  2. Hotel Level Budget Plan


What is the difference between OTA Budget Plan and the standard Budget Plan?

ItemStandard Hotel Level Budget PlanOTA Budget Plan (eg, Expedia)
Created ByDMM or ClientsSystem automatically created a budget
Budget Plan StatusEditableNot editable (Always Active)
Budget Plan - Budgets Page
  • Budget are editable
  • Hotel status synced from Hotel Hub
  • The budget is not editable, you needs to update the budget via Click -> OTA -> Hotels -> Expedia page
  • Hotel status synced from Click -> OTA -> Hotels -> Hotel states budget
Budget Plan - Campaigns PageDisplay the linked CampaignsNone
Budget Plan - Settings pageCan edit the budget plan details, eg, end date time, budget guidance, central contribution type, and stakeholder management sectionallyOnly Budget Guidance, and stakeholder management can be edited



Notes:
The purpose of the OTA Budget Plan is
①Allow Central User to edit Budget Guidance
②Allow Central User to edit Stakeholder management (Visibility to HMP, Activity Description, etc)