Hotel descriptions, photos, and certification links
The hotel object returned by all endpoints now includes richer content:description— a marketing description of the hotel (nullif not available).images— up to 3 photos per hotel as{ url, caption }objects, served from the Valpas CDN. An empty array is returned when no photos are available.certification_url— the link target for the Valpas certification badge. Read this field instead of hardcoding a URL; it isnullfor hotels without a current certification.
room_count is now backed by dedicated hotel data and will be
populated progressively — expect values to appear over time.No breaking changes: all existing fields are unchanged, and no request changes
are needed to receive the new fields.Public launch
The Valpas Public API is live athttps://connect.valpashotels.com.- Authentication via the
x-api-keyheader — request a key from team@valpas.io. - Endpoints:
GET /hotels(paginated list),GET /hotels/{id},GET /hotels/netstorming/{netstormingId}, andPOST /hotels/netstorming/batch(up to 1000 IDs per request). - Hotel objects include location data, Valpas certification status with validity dates, and Netstorming integration identifiers.