workgroup tabsSummary & MeetingsHospitality workgroup at the OpenTravel Forum 2012 in Miami.Meetings: Monthly, 1st Thursday of month, 11am-12pm US/Eastern, Via WebexSummary: The Hospitality Workgroup serves the needs of the hotel, hostel, vacation rental and cruise travel industry verticals by identifying and developing the scope of work for these sectors, which may include: * Enhancing OpenTravel schema by reviewing and actioning submitted Hotel & Cruise specification comments * Identifying emerging business needs and addressing gaps in current schema functionality by submitting project team proposals * Reviewing (and potentially enhancing) project team proposals * Participating in new Hospitality project teams * Develop schema, use cases, sample instances and other OpenTravel artifacts. * Participating in the development of hotel, hostel, vacation rental and cruise data dictionaries (and other tools for implementers of the OpenTravel Specification) Travel Sectors: Vacation Rental, Cruise, Hotel, Hostel Leadership & ResponsibilitiesLeadership Roles & Responsibilities: Chair: Ahren Starr, Marriott International Co-Chair: John Taverna, Sabre Hospitality Solutions Interoperability Committee Representative: Lorie Grant, IHG Interoperability Committee Representative: John Taverna, Sabre Hospitality Solutions Interoperability Committee Representative: Ahren Starr, Marriott International The Chair and Co-Chair are required to participate in at least 75% of the meetings of their work group. The Specification Manager and/or Chair or Co-Chair will draft agendas 10 business days prior to the meeting date and send notification of the meeting at the time the meeting is scheduled and again on the day of the meeting. Members may submit agenda items up to two days prior to the meeting date. Participant Profile: OpenTravel Hospitality Workgroup members come from companies representing various travel sectors such as hotels, vacation rentals, cruise lines, lesiure suppliers, service providers, tour operators, travel agencies, solutions providers, technology companies and distributors. Project Listing:
