Stayntouch PMS
Release Notes (v5.90)
Effective:
- 28 January 2024 (3pm EST) for customers using https://pms.eu.stayntouch.com
- 30 January 2024 (9pm EST) for customers using https://pms.stayntouch.com
- 4 February 2024 (9pm EST) for customers using https://pms.us.stayntouch.com
ⓘ We'd like to call out a very exciting new item that has been long-awaited and will make many of our customers happy:
- Multi-Property users can now search for past, present, and future reservations across all hotels in a chain from the new Reservations tab!
- Hotels using an OTA CRS/RMS now have the option to sync an entire year at once, rather than selecting month by month!
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We've got your back with this abridged version of the v5.90 product release! If you want the full details, click the linked articles for a full explanation of each enhancement.
Rates
1. Restrict Based On Rates: To ensure performance isn’t impacted by too many child rates, users can no longer create more than 75 rates based on a single parent rate. If a user attempts to create more than 75 rates based on a single parent rate, they will get the message, “Unable to Create Rate. Maximum Based On Rates Exist.” Users can create unlimited “Copy From” rates. Learn more here.
Multi-Property Functionality
2. Multi-Property Reservation Search: Multi-Property users can now search for past, present, and future reservations across all hotels in a chain from the new Reservations tab. The following parameters apply:
- Users can search by name, email, and confirmation number.
- Users can search by “Starts with” and “Contains”.
- Users can filter based on reservation status.
- Users can select individual hotels to search across.
When you click on a reservation, you navigate into the property of that reservation. Moreover, based on your user permissions, you may be able to edit the reservation.
Note: When logged in as a service provider user, when clicking on the Reservations tab, the user must select the chain where they wish to search for the reservation.
Learn more here.
3. Multi-Property Configuration: Deposit Policies: You can configure Multi-Property deposit policy templates from Configuration > Rates > Rules > Deposits by clicking the Create template button. Learn more here.
4. Multi-Property Configuration: Restrictions: You can enable Multi-Property restrictions from Configuration > Rates > Restrictions by toggling on the necessary restrictions. Please note, restrictions are system-defined. Learn more here.
Integrations
5. Pegasus: New Sync Restrictions: From Settings > Integrations > Central Reservation System > Pegasus, you can now select from two options for the type of restrictions to send:
- HIERARCHICAL RESTRICTION: If this is selected, only hierarchy restrictions will be sent.
- RESTRICTION: If this is selected, only rate/room restrictions will be sent.
Pegasus does not fully support hierarchy restrictions, so this might be useful for hotels using a combination of hierarchy and non-hierarchy restrictions. Learn more here.
6. OTA CRS & RMS: Sync Full Year: Hotels using an OTA CRS/RMS now have the option to sync an entire year at once, rather than selecting month by month. However, sync history data will still be processed in 30-day batches, covering all message types. As before, users must wait 180 minutes before resending a sync for the same dates. Learn more here.