Room and rate filters for properties located in Japan
After choosing a hotel in Google Search, travelers can click through to view the details of that property, including booking links and other property details. For properties located in Japan, room and rate filters allow travelers to view the price with conditional filters applied. This narrows travelers' search results and makes it easier to select between properties.
Filters available for properties in Japan
The following conditional filters are available for properties located in Japan. (Only options that are available for the selected property appear.)
Meals
- Without meal
- Breakfast only
- Dinner only
- Breakfast and Dinner included
Room type
- Japanese room
- Japanese-western room
- One bed
- Single
- Double
- Semi-double
- Queen
- King
- Twin
- 3 beds
- 4 beds and more
Room characteristics
- Room with open-air bath
- Smoking
- Nonsmoking
Check in/out
- Early check-in available
- Late check-out available
How to provide data for room and rate filters
Note: All users in Japan with their browser language set to Japanese can now view the filters on Google Hotels.
To make room and rate filters available to travelers when they search for properties in Japan, follow the Transaction (Property Data) XML syntax in the ARI section of the Developer’s Guide, or the Pricing and Room Inventory (Transaction) XML syntax if you’re not using ARI, for each element below.
- To add meal filters: Include the
<Meals>element under the<PackageData>element. - To add room type filters: Add the
<JapaneseHotelRoomStyle>and<Beds>elements under<RoomFeatures>. - To add filters for room characteristics: Include
<OpenAirBath>and<Smoking>elements under<RoomFeatures>. - To add filters for checking in and out: Include
<CheckinTime>and<CheckoutTime>under<PackageData>element.
Note: All elements must have a value. For example, if <JapaneseHotelRoomStyle/> isn’t specified, it doesn’t default to “japanese”. Similarly, if your listing doesn’t have values for <Breakfast/> or <Meal/> elements, it doesn’t qualify for filters on 'no breakfast included'.
The room and rate that the user clicked on from Google must be displayed prominently on your landing page. To ensure this:
- Review the guidelines on the Prominent display of selected room and rate.
- Configure your landing page URL to include PACKAGE-ID and PARTNER-ROOM-ID.
Loyalty Point Base Earn for Hotels in Japan
When you find and click a hotel displayed in Google Search, detailed information about the accommodation and a reservation link along with other details will be shown. For accommodations in Japan, if they offer point rewards through a loyalty program, the base points can be displayed.
Contact our support team with the information mentioned below to get this feature enabled.
- Campaign ID (this won't be seen by the user)
- Hotel Center account number
- Properties displaying loyalty annotations
- All hotels
- Specified hotels (At least one piece of information needs to be filled in)
- Brands (Optional)
OR - Hotel IDs: (Optional)
- Brands (Optional)
- Program name (If the logo is used, this information isn't needed)
- Logo icons (Attach the icon according to guideline)
- Formula for calculating points earned
- Percentage of price (before tax or after tax)
- Fixed number of points earned per night or stay
Things to keep in mind
- Landing page should show the point amount and the name of the point providers
- The point amount shown must be obtainable by all users once they complete a sign-up or sign-in process with online payment.
- The point amount must be valued the same as the amount of Japanese Yen (¥) .