MAJOR ENHANCEMENTS
NEW Website Booking Engine Enhancements
- A new Room Type "Image Slideshow" for the Booking Engine: We now have Show an image slideshow on our your Booking Engine Templates. You can now add up to 5 20 images per Room Type to display on your Booking Engine. To use this new feature, all you need to do is add more images to your Room Types in Setup. See Booking Engine | Image Slideshow
- ADA Compliance Updated: We have updated our Booking Engine Templates to meet current for the Booking Engine: Your Booking Engine now meets strict ADA Compliance Standards . and (Americans with Disabilities standards). We also added the ability for you to add an "Image Description" . see for each Image, see Add Room Type Images.
NEW Front Desk and New Booking Enhancements
- Booking By Availability- NEW "View Rates": We have added a "View Rates" option to Booking By Availability giving you the ability to view the Standard Default Rate for the the Room Type on a any selected datedates. See Booking By Availability
- Booking By Inquiry: The Book By Inquiry page has been updated to make booking by Rate Plan, Room Type and Source easier and . We added more Room Type Details to the "View Details" pop-out, as well. See Booking By Inquiry
- Tape Chart Enhancements: Add in We added the 'Room Type' description for easier viewing, and now use the 'Type' labels on the a page and reorder , and reordered a few elements to make the experiences easier.
- Front Desk Dashboard: The MyPMS Front Desk dashboard has a new look! We We have realigned the widgets for a more streamlined look and updated 'Front Desk Widgets' to provide a streamlined look by updating the "Admin - Front Desk Layout" area to make it easier to add and reorder widgets. If you haven't customized your Front Desk Dashboard yet, learn how at Admin | Front Desk - Page Layout
Room Type Multi-image Upload: We have added a multi-image function to the Room Type Images for the display on the new Image Slideshow on the Booking Engine and upload to Airbnb (subscription required) and reformatted our image upload function to include "ALT Tags" for ADA Compliance.
Learn how to add multiple images to the Booking Engine. see Add Room Type Images.
- New Upload method: You can now upload or drag and drop an image.
- Room Type Images: Add instructions and Help link to page in Setup
- Update Labels on Room Type Images
- Added ALT TAG Description
Availability page
- Add rate a 'Rate look up' on the Availability page.
REPORTS
- Items Included Report: We have added a new Report for Rate Plans with Included Items: You can now create a Rate Plan with an "Included Item" from your Inventory Items List. Each of these Rate Plans will display one Rate to the Guest and account for Room Rent and any 'included' Inventory Item separately in a Report. This is perfect for Rate Plans that include a breakfast charge; or rental units that include a cleaning fee, as example. To learn more, see Items Included Report.
- The 'in-house Guest Ledger; and; In-House ReportReports': We have added totals to the columns to both of these Reports. See Daily Reports.
- Add Added totals to the bottom of the In House Report.
Self Check-in Features: We have added new features to the Self Check-in System. The Self Check-in system is completely automated and includes automatic messaging, payment authorization, Esign – Digital Document Signing (optional), and room specific information allowing detailed room access instructions. Learn how to setup and use Self Check-in.
- Front Desk Bookings and Group Booking 'Rooming List': Add "Exempt Booking From Self Check-in" Flag in Booking Data and New Booking windows" and "Exempt Booking From E-Sign" flags on the Booking Data, New Booking, and Group Booking Rooming windows.
- Arrival Time: We have added the ability to control Self Check-in for each guest using the arrival time.
- New "Add Payment" Method: You can now use a payment method in each booking in specific 'Self Check-in' bookings to require guests to add a new payment method (usually a credit card, but not always) for incidentals prior to allowing Self Check-in.