WebHotelier automatically stores session information about each user. Some of this information can be overriden.
WebHotelier automatically stores the referer URL whenever a new visitor accesses the booking engine. In cases where a visitor access the property website from an external source and then opens the booking engine, then the referer URL auto-detected by WebHotelier is the property's own website. In some cases, this is not the intended behavior.
A common scenario is to store the external referer in the property website's session and then pass that referer URL to the booking engine whenever it is accessed (whether via a link or form). WebHotelier then overrides the detected referer with the URL passed to it.
| NAME | TYPE | RANGE | REQUIRED | DEFAULT | EXAMPLE | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| referer | URL | varchar(2000) | NO | auto-detected | referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F |
We only store the domain name of the referer. Using a hidden form field is strongly recommended. |
Do not forget to replace example.reserve-online.net in the examples below with the real booking engine
hostname.
If you don't know the hostname yet, please contact WebHotelier support.
https://example.reserve-online.net/?referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F https://example.reserve-online.net/?referer=www.google.com <input type="hidden" name="referer" value="https://www.google.com/"> <input type="hidden" name="referer" value="www.google.com">
