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: POSSIBLE COPY PASTE ERROR, this title is duplicated below and the description does not match  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

• Added Multi Rate Drop down option on 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