November 2019
Roger Ansin • 7 November 2019
Fixes & enhancements
Group bookings : A number of enhancements have been made to group bookings including:
- copying and pasting a reservation from a group now correctly assigns the reservation to the group.
- group reservations and transactions are re-verified each time a group master invoice is opened to ensure integrity.
- group sub-accounts are renamed Account when a reservation is removed from a group to be consistent with non-group reservations
Minimum stay upload : Aurelian automatically uploaded minimum stay to the channel manager but a number of customers didn’t want this and preferred to manage these on-line. This update implements a change to this to give you more choices:
- Minimum stays will not be uploaded unless specifically selected in Aurelian. Go to Interfaces>Channel Manager and select Auto Upload Minimum Stay
- If you do not have this option, you do not have the latest update. Please connect to our Support Service via your Calling Card as soon as possible so that the auto-installer can be provided to you.
- If Upload minimum stay is selected the minimum number of nights set in the Rate Calendar will be applied on-line to your channel manager
- If this is not selected, minimum stays will not be updated online
- This change will be implemented in the Aurelian cloud service at 4 a.m. GMT/ 5pm NZDT. After this time, minimum stay will only be updated if you have selected this as above.
Debtors
: This has been adjusted so reservations containing multiple accounts don't display any accounts that contain zero balance even if there is an amount owing on another account.
Reservation Calendar
: the hint box that pops-up when you hover over a reservation now doesn't include the value of group sub-accounts i.e. if the amount is to be transferred to the group master account, this is not included in the hint box.
New features
Moving reservations on the reservation calendar
: By popular request, when a reservation is moved to a room with a different room rate from the one on the reservation, a window will pop-up giving the option to keep the original room rate or change the rate using the room rate.
- click Change to change the accommodation rate unless the transaction rate has been customized. This is indicated by the Manual check box to the left of the transaction.
- click Keep Current to retain all the accommodation rates in the reservation.
- this pop-up does not appear for on-line reservations because these rates have been confirmed to the guest previously.
Virtual Rooms : This update includes the full implementation of virtual rooms. This lets you group rooms together to sell as a larger unit. For example :
- you may combine smaller rooms to sell as a suite or family accommodation.
- a lodge can sell individual bunks in a room or allow the bunk room to be booked as a whole.
When any of these rooms or bunks are booked, the other associated rooms/bunks will have a "virtual block" applied to them so they cannot be booked. This is also uploaded automatically to your channel manager.
Redesign and rebuild of data syncing process between PCs and channel managers and PCs after failure of this component at AWS.
Update to financial reports.
Big enhancements to make managing groups easier, new reports and updated reports.
Updated housekeeping app for Android devices, improved display of changes from the cloud.
New Transaction Reference field, New rules for transactions, Aurelian+ channel manager enhancement, Mobile app document
New mobile reservation app for iPhones and android mobiles and tablets released!