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MyPMS Latest Release - January 25, 2016
Posted by Erica Johnson on 04 Jan 2016 01:55 PM

In this latest release, you will see a major enhancement to the Tape Chart!

New Icons, Flags, Views, Colors and Legend

Tape Chart Enhancements

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Tape Chart Enhancements


New Legend

See Room Type amenities and new muted red color for Unconfirmed Booking color on Tape Chart.

 


Room Amenity Icons

Display by Room on the Tape Chart. Each Room can be assigned a Room Amenity icon that appears on the Tape Chart next to each room. The setting is made at the Room level and can be changed at any time. To Add Room Amenity Icons to Rooms, See Room Amenity Icons

Disabled Access

Smoking Room

  Pet Friendly Room

Adjoining Rooms


Group booking Icons

Make locating Group Bookings easy! Assign Color Icons to Group Bookings for easy identification on the Tape Chart Add an icon to each group  booking and each booking in the Group will have the icon appear next to the guest name.

There are five color icons to choose from. The setting for the Group Icon is located in the Group Booking Details and in the Group Booking Wizard.  To add a Group Booking Icon, see Group Booking Icons

       


Booking Flag

Flag a booking based on a Guest type. Make identifying flagged guest bookings easy to see on the Tape Chart. Add a Guest Type Flag to a Guest in the Booking Details and it will appear on the Tape Chart with a red outline around the Guest Booking. To add a flag, see Booking Flag


Date Bar Repeat

Customize the default display of Rooms on the Tape Chart by choosing the number of rows to appear before a row break. See Tape Chart Row-Date bar repeat


Other features and Enhancements:

  • Minimum Booking Lead Time (hours in advance) - updated to dropdown list
  • New Merge Fields in Letters:
    • Accommodation cost
    • Work Phone and Mobile Phone
    • Rate Grid Date and Room Type Only
  • "Home Phone" label changed to "Main Phone" in Booking Data. Can be used for guest look up in new bookings.
  • Changed "Unconfirmed" Booking color to muted red on Tape Chart. See Legend.
  • Booking Log Entries for Letters: Log now displays "Print letter 'Reservation Confirmation' generated - Booking: #" or "Email letter 'Reservation Confirmation' generated - Booking:#". See Booking Log

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

  • Hotel Country merge field %%hotel-country%% is now filling in the country name that is entered in the site details.
  • Guest Name Lookups with over 30 similar names now work with a mouse select
  • Vacant Room list will now only show "Live" Room Types
  • DOB on Booking Data/New Booking Window and Guests page will accept DOB prior to 1940 now
  • Drag and drop no longer edits the prior dates booking room number only current day and future

Release Notes:  MyPMS Release - January 25, 2016