MyPMS Release February 7, 2021

This release brings new Kiosk Self Check-in EMV Payment Integration, major enhancements to the Tape Chart,  Booking Engine Templates, Tax Exempt Setting, and several bug fixes

MAJOR ENHANCEMENTS

Self Check-in Kiosk EMV Payment Integration

• The Kiosk Self Check-in process can now automate EMV payments on the kiosk when the guest checks-in. Guest will be asked to swipe/tip/tap their card during the check-in process for payment and/or authorizations. Contact us to get started with Mobile and/or Kiosk Self Check-in

NEW Tape Chart Enhancements

• Booking Payment Status: We have added an exciting new feature to the Tape Chart giving you the ability to see at a glance whether a guest has made a partial or full payment or no payment at all. Each booking will display a small color icon indicating the payment status of the booking. The color automatically changes when payments are made on the folio. Learn more
• New Payment Icons on Tape Chart Legend: You will see new icons for the Booking Payment Status feature on the Tape Chart Legend, helping you easily identify the payment status.
  

NEW Tax Exempt Settings

• New Tax Exempt Flag: This flexible new features gives you the ability to enable "Tax Exempt" on Multiple Tax Rates by selecting "Yes/No" on the specific Tax Rate.

Booking Engine Enhancements

• New Modify Dates Link: Add "Modify Dates" link next to Rate Plan when Restriction Message is displayed
• Inventory Item/Add-ons "View Details": We have added a "View Details" Pop-out window with an extended description and Image. See Inventory Item Images
  
• Inventory Item/Add-ons " Image Slideshow: The "View Details" Pop-out window now displays an image slideshow. See Inventory Item Images
• Package Rate Image Slideshow - The Package Rate "View Details" Pop-out now displays an image slideshow. See Packages Images
• Group Booking Engine: The Group Booking Engine now offers the ability to  "Add Phone Number (Required)" and "Address (Not Required)" when a guest makes a booking as part of the group.
  

MyGuest Enhancements

• When saving Guest, we need to save the Guest name as entered onto form
• Added ability to Edit and Update Guest record from Search Guests area

NEW FEATURES

• Add Multi Rate Drop down option on Booking by Inquiry Page.: You can now choose to display or hide your Hotel Name on the Booking Engine. This is useful if you have a logo which already states your property name and you want to avoid redundancy. To change the display setting, go to Booking Engine Settings
  

• Show Yielded rates on Tape chart Rate pop up: You can now view Yielded Rate Plans available for a Room Type right on the Tape Chart "Rates" option. Just click on the date and when the New Booking pop-out displays, click the new "Rates" button to see a list of Rates. See Tape Chart - New Booking

• Guestcentric: Add Room Description Name to Booking Notes as GCT Populates this field for Promos that are Run:

• Pre-Auth 1st Night Rate auto or manually: Adding UI to allow the property to control how far ahead they can auth cards prior to the booking arrival

• Assign Room from "Search Bookings": You can now assign a room to a booking directly on the search booking results screen

• New Letter Features
  
  • "Show in MyPMS": You now have the ability to select which letters appear in the drop down list in the Letters Tab of each booking.Letters Setup
  • New Headings and longer Subject Line for all email letters in the Letters Tab
  • CRS Confirmation added to merge fields

• Booking by Inquiry Page: New "Rate Group" display for easy multi rate selection in the Rate Plan drop down when making a new booking.
  

• Housekeeping App: send property email for all requests: New Housekeeping Requests will now automatically send an email to the property.
  

We are pleased to announce that the following software bugs were fixed in this release:

• Fixed issue with Multi-Room Bookings made on the Booking Engine importing with Source "Unknown"
• Fixed issue with bookings made with WEB as source importing as unknown for properties using quick reservation.
• Fixed issue with Package Images not displaying on Booking Engine Templates
• Fixed issue with any Package Rate Selected on "Select Room" page skipping over "Add On" Page
• Fixed issue with "Room" in the Room Fields not obeying the Labels in setup
• Resolved issue with trash icon not displaying for "RENT" tax lines for properties using "Authnet"
• Clicking 'Edit' and Save for 'Additional Guests' on the 'Edit'Tab gives an Internal Server Error
• Added "Trash Can" Icon to refunds/credits prior to batch
• Re-labelled Bookings made today widget
• Fixed issue preventing a the removal of a 3rd "tax on tax" from folio
• Fixed text wrap on notes, and guests on PDF Housekeeping Report.
• Fixed non reoccurring tax calculating as reoccurring in the projected income
• Fixed issue with Folio Printout ignoring the 'additional taxes' in Tax Subtotal
• Fixed issue the header (projected income + charges) not updating accurately when Adding Item Charges.
• Fixed two Merge fields not working in Letters
• Fixed issue with AR Report in PDF using property ph# under company instead of company ph#
• Fixed issue with Tax Exempt pull down not using the correct labels.
• Changed the link for Booking Comments "history" to an Icon
• Fixed issue with Housekeeping General Overview intermittently not generating properly.
• Fixed issue with OTA Booking Reconciliation Report not working with Excel