We've released the latest version of RezOvation GT.  The version is 5.4.1.84 and is available via the auto update feature.  This update includes numerous fixes, and details can be found here.

We're happy to announce that the latest update to RezOvation GT has been released.  The version is 5.4.1.49, and some features include:

• Gift Certificate management list view, which allows you to easily view / edit / manage all of your gift certificates and pre-paid accounts. To access this feature, click the "Gift" icon on the toolbar.
  
  
• Gift Certificate online checkout. This feature is available for Booking Engine users only, and allows you to sell your own "house" gift certificates online. To access this feature, simply place the Gift Certificate booking link on your site. This link can be found under Configuration > Booking Engine, in the "Booking engine integration with your website" section.
  
  
• Search feature for the Gift Certificate lookup screen. This screen appears when you are applying a gift certificate payment, and allows you to search for a gift certificate by number, purchaser, to, and from fields.
  
  
• Added an export feature to the customer and reservation list, which allows you to export any customer and reservation data to a CSV (spreadsheet) file. To access this feature, select File > Export from the customer or reservation list.
  
  
• Added a "Do Not Move" feature to the Occupancy map. To access this feature, right-click on any room reservation on the Occupancy Map and select "Do Not Move". If you then attempt to move the room, a warning message will appear and you will not be able to move the reservation to another room or another date.
  
  
• Reservations with credit card holds now display as orange on occupancy map. You can change this color by going to Configuration > Lists and Occupancy map (bottom right side of the Configuration screen), and selecting "choose occupancy map colors".
  
  
• Added additional data columns to the reservation list, including # of nights, # of guests, # of adults, # of children, arrival time, departure time, total charges, and total tax.
  
  
• List columns now "stick" when you reorder them. To reorder a list column, simply left-click on the column header and drag it to the left or right. The order will be saved when you close the program.
  
  
• Added a new Reservation Balance report. This report displays running totals through a specific date of any reservations which have a balance. This includes in house, departed, and future reservations.
  
  
• Added a new Reservation By Booking Date summary report. This report displays aggregate information about reservations booked for a particular date range, including % of reservations booked online vs offline, and more.
  
  
• Added a new user security level which prevents certain users from deleting reservations and customers, and canceling reservations. To access this feature, go to Configuration > Users (bottom right side), open the User you wish to edit, and uncheck the box for "delete customers and reservations" and "cancel reservations".

For more features as well as bug fixes, please read the release notes.

We want your feedback!  Share your voice and help decide which features are included in future updates.  Visit our feedback forum now.

A new update for RezOvation GT is available today!  The new version is 5.3.1.61 and includes the following features:

• GDS (global distribution system) integration, which allows you to provide availability on sites such as Travelocity, Expedia, Orbitz, Hotwire, and through distribution networks including Sabre and Pegasus. Additional fees apply if you wish to use this service. Please contact sales@rezovation.com for details on how to sign up.
• Reservations By Date report, which shows reservations booked based on whatever date range you choose. This report can be accessed from the Reports menu under Reservations.
• Revenue by Item report, which details all items sold based on revenue date (extras and rooms).
• Revenue by Rate Type report, which summarizes total revenue by rate type booked (e.g. Rack, BedandBreakfast.com, etc.)
• Revenue by Package report, which details sales by addon and lodging packages.
• Phone number masking for all list and edit views (including customer and reservation lists). This setting can be turned on by going to Configuration > Additional Settings > Lists and Occupancy Map.
• Auto refresh for all lists and occupancy map. This will refresh the lists / occupancy map on whatever interval you choose (30 seconds - 15 minutes). This setting can be turned on by going to Configuration > Additional Settings > Lists and Occupancy Map.
• For more features, as well as bug fixes, take a look at the release notes.
  

 

We're proud to annouce the latest update to RezOvation GT, version 5.1.6.20.  This release includes many important bug fixes, along with the following features:

•  Added a "copy rate type" feature which allows you to both copy an existing rate type to a new rate type, and copy rates between one rate type and another. You can also automatically adjust rates by a specified amount. This is particularly useful if you are part of the BedandBreakfast.com online reservations program, as you can copy rates from your Rack rate to BB.com rate and automatically adjust the rate. 
  

• Added template codes for "add-on packages" and "lodging packages" to the Housekeeping report.
• Added template code for "room description" to confirmation letters, folios, registration card, follow up and reminder emails, housekeeping report, and reservations reports. This code is [sRoomsDescription] and will display descriptions for any rooms added to a reservation.
• Added a "guest notes" template code to the reservations reports.
• Added a "Quick select" feature to the reports viewer which allows you to quickly select a date range such as "today", "this month", "last month", etc.
• Added a cancellation warning to the Customer edit and Reservation edit screens which asks you to confirm cancelling changes when clicking the cancel button or close (X) button.
• Improved the organization of the Configuration screen.
• Improved the reservation list "taken by" custom filter to be a picklist instead of a text box.
• SQL Express 2008 is now installed by default with new installations.

Read more here.

We released an update this week to RezOvation GT, and the version is now 5.0.4.255.  Some features include:

• Reservation Wait List. To add a reservation to the wait list, create the reservation using the Add Reservation button. Do not assign a room to the reservation, and enter any other reservation details (guest name, notes, payments, etc.). Click the Actions button and select Add to Wait List. To view the wait list, go to the Reservations list and click the "Wait List" button on the left hand side.
• Minimum night stay enforcement when booking a reservation via the Occupancy Map or Add Reservation screen. If the dates you have selected to not meet the minimum night stay requirements, a message will appear when you click the "Book" button, and you will be asked if you want to proceed.
• Packages by day of the week. You can now restrict packages so that they are only available on specific days of the week. This is useful if you want to set up mid week specials, etc. This feature works both for bookings made through RezOvation GT and through the Booking Engine.
• Custom colors for the Booking Engine. You can now choose what colors are used for the Booking Engine buttons and header images. Currently, there are 6 colors to choose from, and more will be added in the future.
• Fax confirmations for Booking Engine & BedandBreakfast.com reservations. To configure this option, simply enter a special email address into the Automated Notifications section under Configuration > Online Reservations > Global Online Reservation Settings. Simply enter your fax number followed by @metrofax.com, e.g. 5125551212@metrofax.com.  Do not use a prefix such as 1 or 9.
• Improvements to the data synch process. For example, if you move RezOvation GT to a new computer, and forget to uninstall / disable RezOvation GT on your old computer, you will be prompted to register the data synch on your new computer. This helps to ensure that data is always synched to our servers.
• Booking Engine display improvements. The Availability Calendar now displays room description when you mouse over room picture, and the room name is now displayed in the photo viewer (photo viewer is accessed by clicking on the room picture or room name from the Availability Calendar, or by clicking the Enlarge link from the select room list).
• Many bug fixes.
  
• Read the release notes ...
  

 

 

Sorry for the delay on posting this -- December was quite a month for us here at RezOvation with the acquisition of Webervations as well as some big end of the year projects, and our blog posting got a bit behind. So without further ado ...

The latest version of RezOvation GT was released on December 10, 2008, and is version 5.0.1.538.  Some highlights:

• The Booking Engine availability calendar view now automatically updates the room prices based on # of guests selected.
• When adding an extra, there is now an option for "Save and Add Another".
• When adding an extra, you can now move through the extra list by using the keyboard (e.g. type "c" to move to any extras that start with the letter "c").
• A sign up link for Intuit's QuickBooks Merchant Service has now been added to the Credit card processing configuration screen.  Intuit has some of the best rates available and fully integrates with RezOvation GT.  Check out this link for more details.
• Numerous improvements to the Webervations synch process, including:
  • Cell phone # is now downloaded
  • Arrival time is now downloaded
  • Reservations that cross the year boundary behave normally (previously, these reservations were not getting saved correctly)
• Many more bug fixes -- view the release notes for details.

 

We are very pleased to announce a major update to RezOvation GT today, version 5.0.1.232.

Some key highlights of this release are:

• Merge customers feature, which allows you to merge duplicate contacts from the Customer List.
• A new Quick Booking screen which allows users to quickly and easily get a list of rooms & rates for a certain date range, and then book the room.
• Enhancements to the occupancy map, including custom colors, color flags, out of service labels, and additional reservation detail.
• Many significant security enhancements, including the ability to purge credit cards automatically.
• Additional fields on the BE checkout, including arrival time and other names.
• A new feature for the BE that allows you to sell “orphaned room nights”.  For example, you might have a 2 night minimum stay on a Friday / Sat, but if the rooms are fully booked Thurs – Sat – Sun, then the Friday cannot be booked online because of the 2 night minimum.  We now have a feature which can be turned on that ignores minimum stays when this occurs, which will help you sell the 1 night stays that would otherwise have gone unbooked.  This is an optional feature which is off by default.  If you would like to use it, please contact support to have it turned on.
• Much more … read the release notes for details.

We released a new update for RezOvation GT today, which includes many bug fixes, improvements, as well as some enhancements.  Highlights:

• Occupancy Map > added a confirm room move dialog when changing rooms or dates using the click & drag feature.
• Improved the CSV (customer list) import to make the process of importing customers lists easier.
• Improvements to the initialization wizard for new customers.
• Customer List > Marketing List Export > added phone numbers and company name

For more details, view the release notes.

We released a new update today which addresses a few issues that have come up since the last release.  Click here for release notes.

We're pleased to announce a new update to RezOvation GT today, which includes the ability to book packages through our Booking Engine.  Some details: 

• This new feature is considered BETA. While it has been fully tested, we encourage your feedback and appreciate your understanding as we make improvements.
• There are two types of packages: Lodging packages (which include rooms, and which can be used for things like room specials, etc. as well as all-inclusive packages which include the room rate), and add on packages (which are stand-alone packages that may contain one or more items).
• Packages can now include photos, which are uploaded to each package via the package configuration section.
• Packages must be enabled individually for display on the Booking Engine -- by default no packages will be displayed. To make a package available for the Booking Engine, edit the package and select the option for "available on Booking Engine"
• Only packages that are available for the Booking Engine enabled rate type (typically "Rack") AND which are enabled for Booking Engine will show up online.
• If there is a date restriction on package, then the arrival and departure date of reservation must be within package date restrictions for the package to be available.
• Rooms added after packages are configured are not automatically associated with / available to be booked with existing packages. You must edit each package and update manually after the new room is added.
• Lodging packages cannot be booked at this time when using availability calendar; only add-on packages can be booked.
• If you wish to sell single items through the Booking Engine, then simply create a new add on package with only one item in it.
• Packages can only be booked through the RezOvation Booking Engine. Packages cannot be booked through BedandBreakfast.com online reservations, Webervations, Expedia, or any other Expedia affiliate.

 For more information about this release, please view the release notes.