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Meal Plans

Distribution Master files contain the product you will buy and sell in our Marketplace: hotels, mealplans and other required data to apply your business rules subsequently.

Create and configure your meal plans.

Create and Upload your Meal Plan Master File​

To get started, create your meal plan master file in the correct format and then upload it to your FTP account. We've provided a template file below ⬇️ to help you with this process. Just click on the file name, add your data, save it in CSV format, and then upload it to the corresponding folder in your FTP.

sftp.xmltravelgate.com

📁Distribution
     📄Master_Mealplans.csv

File Format Specification​

  • File Name: Master_Mealplans.csv
  • Directory: Distribution
  • Delimiter: Hashtag (#)
  • Data:
    • Meal Plan Code (mandatory)
    • Meal Plan Name (mandatory)
  • Note:
    • The first line is not a header line: it contains data directly.
    • The data of the fields is not encapsulated by " or any other character.
    • Each line represents a room.
    • Any blank line will be skipped.
    • If a field’s data is not mandatory and we don’t want to set it then we just keep it empty: e.g. …##…
    • The file and its data have to be encoded using UTF-8. Otherwise there can be stored strange characters.
📹 Learn how to change the format of the csv file in order to edit and save it
TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
  • If a meal plan exists then it is updated.
  • If a meal plan does not exist then it is created.
  • Existing meal plans that are not referenced are not removed.
  • If an existing meal plan has to be removed from system then you have to contact with Travelgate.
  • If there is any problem with a meal plan's information then it is omitted (and logged) but the load continues.