In our latest release, we have a number of noteworthy updates to our platform to simplify our solutions. Let’s dive into what’s new and what you need to know.

1. Competition Prices filter is now modifiable directly from the Price Control ‘Comp Prices’ section

• Clicking on each filter opens a dropdown to modify the existing selection

• When the user returns to Price Control or page is refreshed, the Default Filters are applied

2. All options in Multi-day Update have a change all-at-once option

3. On Price Reports, the field with hotel names are wider

4. The order of Room Type categories in Price Control & in the Price List are made the same

5. Reports > Real Availability History is better structured

6. The Notes icon turns yellow when the note is active i.e. contains any info within (Feature for Admin users)

7. Ability to change hotel and competitor colors in Comp Set configuration for all users *

1. Rate Plans configuration has been redesigned

• Clear display and easy to organize by changing sort order of Rate Plans
  

• New ‘Rate plans sort order’ option to sort rate plan packages in Prices Table from cheapest, most expensive or in manual order according to how it’s sorted in the configuration

2. New sort order design similarly added to Room Types configuration

3. The Rate Plan dropdown box is more responsive and wider

• New icons added on the left panel to distinguish and quickly select Rate Plans & Company Rates
  

• When a Rate Plan is selected that is other than default, it is highlighted in orange on the prices table

• When a Company Rate is selected, it is highlighted in red on the prices table

4. Descriptions and labels of rate plans, room types & packages are wider

5. Children pricing related ‘Room Types’ configuration parameters are hidden when Children Pricing is disabled

6. New ‘Clear all from basket’ button

7. New button to remove a reservation within the same room type in basket

8. Grouping info in Room Types configuration and ability to pin virtual room types to any of the existing room groups *

9. New checkbox option in Room Types configuration whether to count baby cot in Total Pax calculation *

Features marked with * will be released sometime between September 13, 2021 – September 30, 2021.

If you have any questions or issues, please contact [email protected]. 

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User Roles in CRS
New Stop Sell
User Roles
Configuration Redesign

Last time we introduced User Roles or permissions in Price Optimizer. Today we extend the roles for CRS (Quoting Screen) allowing you to customize each user’s access for both Price Optimizer & CRS.

 Similarly — we added a predefined list of CRS roles for you to choose from. By default, current users are assigned as Normal user with the same access as before.

 CRS User Roles and Descriptions:

Admin user: Full access; plus ability to request modification of user roles

Normal user: Full access

Read-only user: View-only access

Limited Config user: Full access; minus ability to make any changes on the Configuration page

Restricted Config user: Full access; minus the visibility of Configuration page

The table below compares all PO & CRS roles

It is possible to have different roles for each solution. To assign a new role for your user, please contact your Key Account Manager.

If you have any questions or issues, please contact [email protected]

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New Stop Sell
User Roles
Configuration Redesign
HRS To Be Disconnected From Price Reports

Today we launched the new Stop Sell feature. With a Stop Sell restriction, a user could request to open or close channels. Now it further allows you to create flexible Stop Sell requests including room types and rate plans.

Old Stop Sell → Mechanism to close channels (OTA, CRS, BE, etc) for a specific time or period

New Stop Sell → Mechanism to force open or close a combination of room types, rate plans and partners (OTA, CRS, BE, etc) for a specific time or period

If you had existing Stop Sell rules in place, they were migrated and will remain active. Please get in touch with your Key Account Manager to learn more or book training for this feature.

If you have any questions or issues, please contact [email protected]

You might also be interested in reading:

User Roles
Configuration Redesign
HRS To Be Disconnected From Price Reports
Price Control Upgrade Part 4

In today’s release, we introduce User Roles or permissions in Price Optimizer allowing you to customize each user’s access. Now you can choose which areas of Price Optimizer your users can see, and whether or not they can create, edit and delete records in those areas.

To make it easy to understand — we added a predefined list of new roles for you to choose from that would help you maintain the appropriate balance of collaboration and control within your team.

User Roles and Descriptions

Admin user: Full access; plus ability to modify user roles & edit notes on the Configuration page

Normal user: Full access

Read-only user: View-only access

Limited Config user: Full access; minus ability to make any changes on the Configuration page

Limited Price Control user: Full access; minus ability to make price changes on the Price Control page for more than 2 days

Restricted Config user: Full access; minus the Configuration page

By default, current users are assigned as Normal user with the same access as before, including CRS and Channel Manager so nothing changes. To assign a new role for your user, please contact your Key Account Manager.

If you have any questions or issues, please contact [email protected]

Configuration Redesign
HRS To Be Disconnected From Price Reports
Price Control Upgrade Part 4
Price Control Upgrade Part 3