# What is “PNR”?

A PNR, or passenger name record, is the alphanumeric booking reference an airline or railway assigns to a reservation, collected by organisers to identify and meet each traveller.

Also called: passenger name record, booking reference

SSociana team·19 Oct 2026·2 min read

## PNR in detail

In Indian event operations the PNR is the key that unlocks travel coordination. A six-character reference ties a person to a flight or train booking, and when organisers hold it they can match arrivals to pickups, watch for rebooked flights and brief airport desks. Sociana does not issue PNRs and does not book travel; it provides the means to request them from participants, store them against the right person and verify them. A hospitality request may ask for the PNR as text, alongside the flight date or a ticket document, and the state moves from pending to provided to verified when the desk confirms it. Because a PNR is personal travel data, access should follow role and need: the hospitality team sees it, the general participant list does not. Consent wording should state why it is collected and how long it is kept. PNR reconciliation then checks collected references against the actual arrival manifest.

## How Sociana uses it

PNRs are collected through hospitality requests and shown on My Flights once published. Access is limited to roles that handle travel.

## Example

A destination conclave collected PNRs before travel so arrivals could be reconciled against pickups.

[Read the case study: GCOO Conclave 2026](https://sociana.in/case-studies/gcoo-conclave-2026/)

[Hospitality requests & My StayWhere this term lives in the Sociana app.See how it works](https://sociana.in/features/hospitality-requests-and-my-stay/)

## Questions

What is a PNR?

A passenger name record: the booking reference an airline or railway gives a reservation, used by organisers to identify and meet each traveller. A six-character reference ties a person to a flight or train booking, and when organisers hold it they can match arrivals to pickups, watch for rebooked flights and brief airport desks.

Does Sociana generate PNRs?

No. PNRs come from the carrier or travel desk. Sociana collects, stores and verifies them against participants. Sociana does not issue PNRs and does not book travel; it provides the means to request them from participants, store them against the right person and verify them.

Who should see PNR data?

Only roles that handle travel, such as the hospitality desk. It is personal data and should not appear in general participant lists. In Indian event operations the PNR is the key that unlocks travel coordination. A hospitality request may ask for the PNR as text, alongside the flight date or a ticket document, and the state moves from pending to provided to verified when the desk confirms it.

## Keep reading

[Hospitality requests & My Stay](https://sociana.in/features/hospitality-requests-and-my-stay/)[Live operations workspace & exception handling](https://sociana.in/features/operations-workspace/)[Executive conclaves & destination MICE](https://sociana.in/event-types/executive-conclaves/)[PNR reconciliation](https://sociana.in/glossary/pnr-reconciliation/)[Arrival manifest](https://sociana.in/glossary/arrival-manifest/)[My Flights](https://sociana.in/glossary/my-flights/)

[Back to Glossary](https://sociana.in/glossary/)

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