Production Support
  • Once you are live in production, there are many teams within Hilton that will help your application continue working smoothly. If you encounter an issue, please assess the type and severity and contact the appropriate team.
  • Contacting the wrong team - or contacting multiple teams - may result in delays in your issue being addressed. For examples of the types of issues to submit, hover over the Resolver Group name
  • Typically, codes starting with 2 or 4 (e.g., 204, 404) should be routed to a business support team. For error codes starting with 5 (e.g., 503), call the help desk. If you are unsure where to direct a non-critical issue, please contact Third Party Operations for guidance
  • To stay informed of maintenance windows that may impact your system
Technology Production Support Example Issue(s):
  • Cannot connect – widespread booking failure/unable to access /dcshop or /dcres
  • 20+% transaction time outs
  • System performance
  • HTTP 500 errors
  • Expedia critical warning – suspends service
For all critical technical issues, please call the Hilton Corporate Support Desk
  • +1 (901) 748-7870, x1x3
  • +44 (0) 808-234-9532, x1x3
For your records, we suggest making note of the date, time, agent name and ticket # provided.
Please include below details when opening a ticket
If Support Desk has any trouble identifying you as a client you can tell them to reference KB0015855 which links to knowledge article they can use to assist.
Supporting information including graphs, response examples, etc. should be emailed to the support desk AFTER you have called. Include the ticket number and ask that the items be attached to the ticket. can be shared with DL_HILTON_DISTAPPS_TEAM@nttdata.com
Derbysoft Support Example Issue(s):
  • Derbysoft cache refresh due to Derbysoft cache vs Hilton live check discrepancy
  • Derbysoft portal issues
  • Bookings fail with valid error response – for Derbysoft connections
For DerbySoft support inquiries, DerbySoft cache refreshes and DerbySoft portal issues.
Hilton.Support@Derbysoft.net
(DerbySoft partners start here. DerbySoft will need to provide the Information listed below ( see Information to Provide ) if Hilton support is needed.)
IBS Support Example Issue(s):
    For IBS support inquiries.
    Email: HospitalityCustomerSupport@ibsplc.com
    See iBS Support Process for raising tickets.
    DHISCO / RateGain Support Example Issue(s):
    • DHISCO connectivity issues
    • Booking fail with valid error response – for DHISCO connections
    For DHISCO connectivity related issues.

    Contact your DHISCO support representative or DHISCO Support

    IcePortal Support Example Issue(s):
    • Issues with receiving images from IcePortal connection
    For issues with receiving property images from IcePortal

    IcePortal Support

    Properties Example Issue(s):
    • Virtual credit card overcharge
    • Issues with existing reservations
    For assistance or issues with existing reservations or virtual credit card overcharges
    Third Party Commercial/Account Managers Example Issue(s):
    • New connectivity requests
    • Issue escalation
    • Business objectives
    • Business reviews
    • Production discussions
    • Channel contract questions
    Strategic opportunities related to channel management and escalation point for all channel-impacting issues if contract/property contact is not sufficient.

    Assigned at initial contact with Hilton

    Third Party Operations Example Issue(s):
    • Manage hotel activations/deactivations
    • Shop rates don’t match Brand.com
    • Missing/incorrect rates
    • Bookings fail with valid error response – for Hilton Direct connections or escalated by Derbysoft
    • Confirm bookings and cancellations post implementation
    • Rate discrepancy
    • Rate plans missing from /dcshop response post implementation
    • Resort fees/service charges Property tax queries
    • Third party display
    • Dynamic pricing availability
    • Room type discrepancies
    For post implementation business issues related to rates and availability that are likely due to set up problems.
    Distribution_Operations@hilton.com
    For HTTP4xx errors please first refer to error guide which can highlight meaning of the error:
    Whitelisting Teams Example Issue(s):
      For IP Whitelisting, send the following information
      • Partner name
      • App Id or client id
      • JSON or XML
      • STG or PRD
      • Reason for request (if you are receiving an error, please provide an example so we can confirm the issue)
      API_Request@hilton.com
      Third Party Implementation Example Issue(s):
      • Confirm bookings and cancellations during implementation
      • Derbysoft rate grid queries
      • Rate plans missing from /dcshop response during implementation
      • New promotion queries and promotion test/live shops
      For issues that occur during the implementation process.

      Direct contact assigned at kick off

      Third Party Compliance Example Issue(s):
      • Parity violations
      For parity issues.
      DistributionCompliance@hilton.com
      Third Party Optimization Example Issue(s):
      • Channel Optimization
      • Merchandising, marketing, and paid/sponsored positioning opportunities
      For assistance with introducing and optimizing channels and products and for third party marketing opportunities
      OnlineOptimization@hilton.com
      Contract Example Issue(s):
      • SRP details
      • Invoicing procedures
      • Operational best practice
      Operational details and invoicing procedures

      Refer to your contract and escalate to relevant team if questions remain

      Information to Provide

      To enable us to efficiently investigate your issue, please include the information below. This is required for issues submitted to Technology Production Support, and helpful for issues submitted to other groups

      • Application Name or Username (e.g., "dc-ota Partner Name" or "travellink")
      • Environment (i.e., Staging or Production)
      • Endpoint(s) impacted (e.g., /dcshop –for API users only)
      • Time Period of Issue (e.g., Started 3:15amUTC on Feb 8th)
      • Payload Descriptor Name & Version (e.g., Name='OTA_HotelResRQ' Version='2004B' –for XML proxy users only)
      • Summary of Issue (e.g., 503 Error on Reservations)
      • Priority / Impact (e.g., % of transactions impacted)
      • Description (e.g., All /dcres transactions are returning 503 errors, and no bookings are successful.)
      • Attachments of example failures
      • Message ID from transaction (e.g., urn:uuid:f3b49693-9bb9-49d0-a3dd-e1b5207bd423)
      • If possible, also provide the full request message sent and full response message received from your logs

      Maintenance Window Information

      Hilton’s normal CRS maintenance activities will not require downtime.
      There will be cases where a system upgrade will impact distribution interfaces. In those cases, an email will be sent ahead of time with the CRS details, date and time of the outage.