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Week 32 digest

The latest releases and improvements to the Booking Experts products

New

PMS Bookings Filter availability and select the channel when creating group bookings — The 'Create Group Booking' page now includes filter options for segments, types, and amenities. This allows you to quickly find and select the correct objects. Use the channel selector to choose a specific channel for the group booking, such as 'Event' or 'Group,' if configured.

PMS Invoices Customize group booking invoice summaries by cost item — You can now customize how group booking invoices summarize charges, allowing you to group by cost item instead of by reservation. This provides clearer invoice PDFs for group bookings.
Read more:Group booking management improvements

PMS Owners Owner pages now display agreements with visible budget statistics — The owner page now displays agreements instead of objects, making owner reservation discounts visible. This clarifies remaining budget for own stays directly on the agreement.

  • This update is visible in individual Owner pages in the back office. It is also visible in the Owner Portal for the owners themselves.

CMS Content The CMS now displays 'Last actions' — A new 'Last actions' page displays the history of updates related to a site. Each entry includes the user who made the change, what was changed, and when it happened.

  • Navigate to the CMS sidebar menu and open the 'Last actions' page at the bottom, underneath the Checklist.

CMS Google Maps API key centralized to PMS brand — The Google Maps API key is now centralized at the PMS brand level. This ensures consistent map functionality across all integrated websites.

Improved

  • PMS Payments Payment batches only include sent invoices for processing — Payment batches now only include sent invoices.

  • PMS Types The 'Accept same day bookings' time field is now a time input — It defaults to 23:59, which corresponds to same-day booking availability for the entire day.

  • PMS Statistics Statistics tables now have sortable change column — Users can now sort data in the change column, directly in the Explorer. Useful to quickly identify performance trends.

  • PMS Bookings Payment status filter in the reservation index can display payments that are due but not yet expired — The new 'Outstanding' option in Payment status filter displays reservations with payments that are due but have not yet passed their expiration date.

  • PMS Bookings The reservation index now displays pet icons directly in the guest group column — The guest group column in the reservation index now includes a pet icon and count, allowing you to quickly identify reservations with pets.

  • PMS Checkout Portal Hyperlinks in the booking portal's terms and conditions are now clearly visible — Hyperlinks within the terms and conditions in the booking portal now display with distinct visual highlighting.

  • PMS Communications Send auto emails immediately and manually with stay date filter — The send moment 'Immediately' is now available for auto emails. This allows you to trigger emails instantly, safely constrained by a mandatory, new stay date filter. Can be used to instantly reach out to all present or upcoming guests.

  • CMS Page deletion is restricted when in use — Page deletion is now blocked when a page is actively being used as a menu item.

  • CMS The system offers distinct UK and US English language options — Managers can select specific English language variants for their content. This replaces the previous general English setting.

  • CMS Content BEX Video widget now uses videos from video library — In the BEX Video widget, you can select BEX videos from a dropdown list, pulling directly from the video library.

  • INT App Store The App Store has new categories for improved app discovery — The App Store now includes Customer Resource Management, Artificial Intelligence, and Event Management categories.

  • INT Business Intelligence BigQuery now includes a new Brands dimension — The BigQuery application now includes a new Brands dimension. This dimension also includes the GTM key.

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