Add Allocations

Add  Agent Allocations: Go to Setup | Relationships |Agent Relationships. To see which Room Types and Rate Plans are allocated to an Agent Channel or to ADD or DELETE a Room Type allocation,

click on blue link that displays the number of rooms allocated in the "Rooms Allocated" column for the corresponding Agent. For example, 15 of 17.

• A new window will open with list of
  

Use the 'allocation' method to allocate a % of your rooms, at specific Rates, to each Agent. See Add  Agent Allocations.

• Room Type and Rate allocations can be customized to each agent, however there are three agents that MUST have all ROOM TYPES allocated.
• These 4 Agents are: MyPMS (front desk users), BC (website), and WR (Global Booking Network). See below for details on how to manage each.
  • Agent MyPMS (The rooms and rates that your logged in users 'see' when using MyPMS):
  • Agent WR (The Global Booking Network) and stop sending all rooms, or send unique rates through distribution:
  • Agent BC is the channel that is distributing rooms to your Booking Engine.

Notice, this technique allocates these Rooms for ALL DATES, so proceed warily, as if you forget to turn it back on again, you may be removed from various travel sites when, in fact, you have rooms available. To learn more about using Agent Allocations, please visit http://www.BookingCenter.com/demo/html/agents.htmlClick Rooms Allocated to view the specific rooms this agent can sell.
Rate Loading is a simple way to adjust the prices paid by guests for a specific agent.

To see Room Type and Rate allocations to this channel, click on the number of rooms shown in the the column labeled Room Allocated. For example 26 of 32.

• You will then see a list of the Room Types and Rate Plans allocated. At this point you can modify the % allocation of each Room Type, Add a Room Type or delete a Room Type.
  • To add an allocation: Click on Add and choose a Room Type from the dropdown list. A dropdown list will appear with a list of Rate Plans to associate with the Room Type. Choose the % of allocation and click Save.
  • To Delete and allocation: Click the Delete button on the Room Type you wish to delete.
  • To adjust the % of Room Types allocated: enter a new # in the field and click Modify.

To adjust Room Type allocations for specific agents, go to Agent Allocations. Page down to the Agent that you want to adjust. Set the number of Rooms Allocated for each Room Type and click Update to save changes.