DOTW Hotel API Integration via Vervotech

Integration snapshot

Supplier

DOTW

Type

Bedbank or wholesaler

Origin country

United States Of America

Region

Americas

Coverage tier

Expanding coverage

Canonical mapping

Vervotech hotel + room IDs

Schema unification

Names, addresses, geocodes, amenities, room types, board types

Delivery

REST API, offline file sync, on-demand match

What Vervotech does for DOTW

• Canonical hotel IDs. Each DOTW property resolves to a single Vervotech hotel ID shared with every other connected supplier.
• Room-level mapping. Identical room types from DOTW collapse with peer suppliers' equivalents into a canonical room ID, so you can shop rates without duplicate inventory.
• Continuous refresh. Static and dynamic DOTW content is pulled on a recurring cycle, so newly contracted properties enter the mapped catalog without engineering work.
• One REST endpoint. Call DOTW content through the same Vervotech endpoint that serves the rest of your supplier mix.
• Bedbank deduplication. Where DOTW overlaps with peer bedbanks on the same property, Vervotech keeps a single canonical record and exposes both rate options under one listing.

How the DOTW integration works

1. Ingest. Vervotech pulls the DOTW hotel content feed on a continuous refresh cycle. Both static (hotel attributes) and structural (room and board types) data are captured.
2. Normalize. DOTW's schema is mapped to a canonical Vervotech model. Currency, language, geocoding, and amenity vocabularies are standardized.
3. Resolve. Every DOTW property is matched to a canonical Vervotech hotel ID using deterministic rules (address, geocode, name) and ML scoring trained on 3M+ properties.
4. Deduplicate rooms. Equivalent room types from DOTW are collapsed with peer supplier rooms into a canonical room ID.
5. Expose. DOTW content is reachable through one Vervotech REST endpoint, mixed with the rest of your supplier inventory.

DOTW in depth

Destinations of the World, better known as DOTW, is a Dubai-headquartered hotel wholesaler and B2B distributor. The DOTWconnect API distributes contracted hotel rates and static content over an XML interface, with particularly deep coverage in the Middle East, North Africa, and increasingly Asia and Europe. DOTW is now part of the WebBeds group but continues to operate its own API and inventory streams.

Vervotech consumes the DOTWconnect API on the same footing as 400+ other hotel suppliers. You call one Vervotech REST endpoint. We handle the DOTW XML envelope, the pinCode + username + password authentication, and the getRooms/getRates filtering. Your rooms and rates come back with canonical Vervotech hotel IDs, so a DOTW property is instantly comparable to the same hotel from Hotelbeds, Expedia Rapid, WebBeds, or any other supplier in your stack.

DOTWconnect API endpoints, mapped through Vervotech

The DOTWconnect API exposes a hotel search-book-cancel funnel over XML, plus a set of reference methods. Vervotech reads every one of them and returns the merged result through a single REST call, so you never touch the DOTW XML envelope directly.

How you connect DOTW through Vervotech in 5 steps

1. Step 1. Sign up for Vervotech. Create a Vervotech account and grab your REST API key. 7-day free trial, no credit card.
2. Step 2. Enable DOTW in your dashboard. Toggle DOTW on. Plug your DOTWconnect credentials (username, password, pinCode) into the Vervotech dashboard. Vervotech can help route the DOTW partnership request if you do not have credentials yet.
3. Step 3. Sync property IDs. Vervotech maps every DOTW hotel code to a canonical Vervotech hotel_id. You get a CSV or an API endpoint to reconcile your existing IDs with ours.
4. Step 4. Call the unified shopping endpoint. One HTTPS POST returns rates from DOTW, Hotelbeds, Expedia Rapid, and every other supplier you have enabled. Compare margins per room across suppliers in a single JSON response.
5. Step 5. Book via the Vervotech booking API. Pass the room token. Vervotech follows the DOTW search-book chain on your behalf and returns the booking reference plus cancellation and modification links on the canonical booking record.

DOTW API access and eligibility

DOTW API access is granted through the DOTW commercial team following a distribution agreement. Since DOTW joined the WebBeds group, some new integrations are routed through the WebBeds sales pathway; existing DOTWconnect contracts continue to be served. Vervotech-mapped customers keep their DOTW credentials and continue their commercial relationship with DOTW; Vervotech is the technical integration layer.

Direct DOTWconnect vs DOTW via Vervotech

Example DOTW response via Vervotech

Vervotech returns DOTW properties enriched with canonical IDs that match the same property as served by peer suppliers.

GET /v3/hotels?supplier=dotw&country=un
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_VERVOTECH_KEY

200 OK
{
  "supplier": "DOTW",
  "hotels": [
    {
      "vervotech_id": "vt_8f3a91...",
      "dotw_id": "SUP_REF_12345",
      "name": "Example Hotel DOT",
      "address": "...",
      "geo": { "lat": ..., "lng": ... },
      "rooms": [ { "vervotech_room_id": "vrm_...", "dotw_room_id": "RM_77" } ]
    }
  ]
}

Schema is illustrative. See the Hotel Mapping API documentation for the full spec.

Vervotech-mapped DOTW vs direct DOTW integration

Typical DOTW use cases

• OTAs and metasearch: blend DOTW rates with peer suppliers behind a single property listing, with no duplicates and no schema drift.
• Travel agencies and TMCs: route bookings to DOTW when its rate wins, fall back to alternates when it does not, all under one mapped catalog.
• Corporate travel: normalize DOTW content into one travel-policy view across regions and brands.
• Post-booking margin capture: watch DOTW and peer rates after the original booking and rebook automatically via Vervotech Profit Maximizer when a cheaper rate appears.

Related Vervotech capabilities

• Hotel Mapping API99.998% accuracy at 3M+ properties
• Room Mapping APICanonical room IDs across suppliers
• Profit MaximizerPost-booking margin capture across DOTW and peers
• All 153+ suppliersBrowse the full supplier network

Official DOTW documentation and mentions

• DOTWconnect corporate portal (DOTW.com) ↗
• DOTW Destinations of the World corporate site ↗
• DOTW-WebBeds group acquisition announcement (Skift) ↗