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Innovation Update Archive

Discover the Latest Innovations with
RMS Cloud

RMS is dedicated to driving innovation at every turn, staying connected with the pulse of the global accommodation industry, and listening to our clients so we can continue to build a product they love. The features below are just some of the 3,000+ new product enhancements deployed to RMS each and every year.

RMS Cloud Innovation Update Archive

RMS Cloud 9+ Enhancements

April 2024

 

Loyalty by Nights
Elevate your rewards experience with the newest module in our lineup

We’ve enhanced our loyalty program options by adding Loyalty by Nights. This new module enables your guests to earn rewards for each night they stay at your property.

Configure rewards how you want with this module, whether your guests get $25 after staying for seven nights, or $10 for the first two nights they visit your property. You’ll still enjoy the customisation you’re used to, including sign-up credits, expiration rules, birthday rewards, and more. 

Smarter room assignments
Revolutionise how you determine booking order with smart room assignments

Streamline your reservation allocation strategy with enhanced controls. Assign room numbers in bulk and prioritise room assignment with criteria such as units with owner contracts, date of arrival, total length of stay, and date of initial booking.

Other new options give you more control over your allocations by enabling you to create more specific rules, like excluding room numbers and categories from auto-assignments or opting to ignore existing booking preferences 

Guest management in the Guest Portal
Enhance the visitor experience with more guest management options in the Guest Portal

We’ve made the Guest Portal even more convenient for you and your guests. Now, when a guest needs to add another person to an existing reservation, they can do this independently in the Guest Portal.

These modifications will still adhere to your maximum guest rules and your guests will see a recalculated balance if additional charges are required. You’ll never miss an added guest since these changes will trigger a Message Center notification.  

Cancellation policy fees
Customise your property’s cancellation policies with enhanced fee settings

We’ve added even more options to your Cancellation Policies setup page. Now, set detailed rules around your cancellation policies, like what percentage fee you’ll charge based on days’ notice given, or if you want a flat cancellation fee to apply to cancellations.

Once you’ve configured your policies, your database will prompt staff to review and confirm the fee before processing a cancellation and you can even require staff to leave supporting notes. 

Enhanced Tour Desk suite
We’ve made significant enhancements to the Tour Desk

Run tours at your property more efficiently with these upgraded controls and exciting new features:

  • QR codes for easy scanning in of tour attendees  
  • Send automatic tour confirmation emails with new merge fields, including QR codes, tour name, details & pricing
  • Tour availability and schedule will display while adding a tour to a reservation 
  • Tour details now show up in the In/Out Movements screen, alongside existing crucial in and out activities 
  • While booking a tour, the date will match the arrival date on your guest’s booking 
  • Restrictions you’ve configured in the Control Panel now appear in the Tour Desk too 
  • You’ve got more controls while creating tours, including increasing or reducing capacity, overselling, and stop selling 
Clean Status with Night Audit
Conveniently refresh your property’s room clean statuses during the Night Audit 

Complete one action with multiple results by configuring room status updates to take place during the Night Audit. While processing the Night Audit your room statuses can automatically refresh according to your preferences, like Vacant Dirty rooms switching to Vacant Clean.

You can even configure the status of rooms that have been empty for a set number of days to switch to the new status of your choice.  

Quote on unavailable areas
Assign your reservation quotes to occupied rooms to manage a waitlist in RMS

We’ve expanded the functionality of Quotes in RMS to empower properties to create a detailed waitlist. Now, when a guest calls in to inquire about availability and there isn’t any that matches their preference, you can create a quote, assign it to a specific occupied room, and confirm the quoted reservation once this room becomes available.

You’ll be able to see these quotes in grey in the order of creation, so you’ll know who’s up next on the waitlist.  

Integrated partner: RemoteLock
Meet our new access control partner: RemoteLock

RMS has now partnered with RemoteLock, simplifying remote access management for properties worldwide. 
Say goodbye to keys and hello to smart access control. RemoteLock’s universal access control platform offers the convenience and control that hosts need to manage access to their properties while sparing their guests the inconvenience of coordinating precisely timed key exchanges.

Automate property access and eliminate the hassle of keys for good with RemoteLock today by accessing the Module Market from your database. 

September 2023
  • UI & Login changes to Guest Portal login screen

  • Book rooms with Interactive Maps on the Quick Quote screen

  • Easily navigate room details with photo icons

  • Create department to-dos using traces within RMS

  • Create automatic booking holds to complete room tasks

  • Pencil reservations are automatically confirmed with a deposit payment

  • Sell passes on your Internet Booking Engine & in the RMS Passes Portal

  •  Send automatic renewal reminders to pass-holders

  •  Create custom terms and conditions in the Guest Portal

  • Let guests book from inventory groupings on OTAs 

  •  Travel Agents can make payments in the RMS Corporate Portal

  • Let owners use their FF&E account to pay third-party invoices

    > Read more

October 2022
  • Group Bookings are now Master Bookings

  • Stay on the pulse with pre-check-in alerts and central management

  • New IBE Features to Improve Booking Experience

    • Areas currently marked as dirty can now be made unavailable to guests in real-time, when booking via your IBE

    • Guests can now book facilities across multiple dates and reservations, based on property configurations and availability

    • Enable multiple rate options and configurations for group bookings made via your IBE

  • Make your guests feel at home with personalised touchpoints

  • Enhanced booking management

    • Easily view rates with new column view in the master reservation screen

    • Clearly see default rates when dragging & dropping in the booking screen

    • Add-ons automatically adjust when reservations are extended

    • Conveniently convert any confirmed reservation to a pencil reservation

    • Perform room moves for interconnecting reservations without hassle

  • Enhanced housekeeping management

    • Stay on top of tasks with each room clean status clearly visible on the job screen

    • Keep track of current cleans in progress and staff movement around the property

    • Easily view which staff are on leave, across individual properties

    • The ability for staff to pause in-progress cleans and track activity in housekeeping lists

    • Start the day the right way with maintenance screens appearing on login

  • Advanced Owner & Trust Accounting

  • Embrace flexibility with enhanced meal plan customisations

  • Welcome new opportunities with custom booking configurations

  • Featured Integrated Partners: Saflok, Salto, Ariane

    Read more

August 2022
  • Introduce new revenue streams with custom gift cards

  • Create unforgettable experiences with customised allotment areas

  • Make online transactions a breeze with secure token storage

  • Create loyalty programs that translate into real value

  • Reward guests for booking multiple stays in a single transaction

  • Featured Integrated Partners: Assa Abloy, Goki

    > Read more

July 2022
  • Better back-of-house management with enhanced Housekeeping reporting functionality

  • Advanced automation with the new monitored triggers screen

  • Give guests a complete picture with projected balances

  • Automate more of your guest communications with balance reminders & loyalty triggers

  • Deliver custom sundry packages as consumption credits

  • Dynamic exchange rates make currency conversions automatic and stress-free

  • Powerful Interactive Maps with custom area selection surcharge capabilities

  • Featured Integrated Partner: Flexkeeping

    > Read more

May 2022
  • Booking Chart colour customisation

  • Centralised Monitored Trigger Management

  • Static exchange rates

    > Read more

February 2022
  • Easy guest document uploads - anywhere, anytime

  • New Point of Sale chargeback features

  • Enhanced Group Allotment release options

  • Efficient reservations with attribute filtering

  • Even more ways to view Booking Chart options

    Read more

November 2021
  • Document Checklists in your Guest Portal

  • Pre-Authorisations are now customised to your exact needs

  • Set Credit Limits across a group

  • One-click payments from anywhere with Paylink

  • New Filtering on the Booking Chart

  • POS chargeback configuration options

    > Read more
October 2021
  • View add-ons directly in your Guest Portal

  • Two-way email improvements in Message Centre

  • Flexible Rate posting puts you in control

  • Slow release 2FA makes transitioning easier

    > Read more
September 2021
  • Drive your own custom workflow

  • Easy guest booking experiences with DIY interactive maps

  • Keep up with guest conversations directly in RMS

  • Take control of the important stuff with interactive documents

    > Read more

RMS Pay Enhancements

September 2023
  • Create pre-authorisation payment tokens using Guest Profile tokens
    Take advantage of tokenised credit card details to create simpler payments for guests who have previously stayed at your property or within your enterprise group.
    > Help Centre

  • One-click Pre-Authorisation release
    Properties can now release funds held as pre-authorisation back to the cardholder within minutes, with just one click.
    > Help Centre

  • Triggered correspondence options for Pay By Link Expiry
    Now, you can send Triggered Correspondence to your guests and customise the reminder timeframe, prompting them to make payment before their Pay By Link expires.
    > Help Centre

  • Added security options for accessing the Module Market
    Customise Security Profile access for your team. Access to the Module Market can now be set for Property Level Modules, for the Properties each user has access to.
    > Help Centre

Internet Booking Engine (IBE) Enhancements

September 2023
  • Multi-language options
    A new option in the IBE header lets guests interact with your IBE in their preferred language. Give your guests peace of mind with an easy-to-navigate booking experience.
    > Help Centre

August 2023
  • Group Bookings outside of allotments
    Guests in group allotments can now choose to arrive and/or depart outside of the allotment window. Give each guest the comfort of customising their stay, while driving additional revenue.
    > Help Centre

  • Multi-currency options
    A new option in the IBE header lets guests view rates converted to their currency of choice. Give your guests a simpler booking experience and peace of mind with the option to view rates in a range of currencies.
    > Help Centre
March 2023
  • Facility bookings as optional add-ons

    With the ability to add facility bookings to their initial reservation, your guests can now pre-plan their stay, and customise their experiences at your property.

    Using your pre-configured facility options and availability, guests can easily add the facilities they'd like to use during their stay after selecting room types when booking through your IBE.

December 2022
  • Extended booking timer
    With the ability to add facility bookings to their initial reservation, your guests can now pre-plan their stay, and customise their experiences at your property.

    Using your pre-configured facility options and availability, guests can easily add the facilities they'd like to use during their stay after selecting room types when booking through your IBE.

  • Loyalty by Spend Sign-up

    Now, guests can easily opt-in to your Loyalty by Spend program. They can easily add to their very first booking made via your IBE, and your internal system will update to show they're active and enrolled.
    The feature is only available to properties with LBS already activated.

API Enhancements

December 2023
  • New parameter to prevent auto recalculateReservation API calls can now adjust dates without recalculating, similar to 9+
  • More Improvements for RMSPay API callsPayment calls now have a notify URL
  • New call to GET guest's creditThis new call can search for a guest's credit balance
  • New API call for Audit trail reportNew call to pull audit trail details – similar to the Audit trail report
  • New call for DwellingsAdd a new call for area availability by dwelling configuration
  • Return cancellation policy in rate quote callsThe ability to return cancellation policy ID in rateQuote calls
September 2023
  • Allow bookings outside of allotment dates
    Shoulder dates can now be included when a booking request is made against a Group Allotment.
  • Group Allotment fields added to POST/rates/grid
    Retrieve a property's availability and rate information for a Group Allotment.
  • Identify Parter UserID
    Filter transactions by POS, Internet Billing, PBX and other service providers.
  • Subscribe to Reservation Account Balance Modifications webhooks
    Notifications can now be sent when a change is made to the balance of a reservation.
  • Promote card payment types that best suit your customers
    RMS Pay is an exclusive, native product that expands available payment methods.
  • Multi-language support for RMS Pay
    Now available in English, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Korean, Bahasa Indonesia, French, German and Spanish.
  • Create a Group "Quote" status reservation
    Previously only available to single reservations, you can now create a group with the status "quote."
  • Filter transactions and search by account type
    Extract transactions from the specified folio tab of a reservation account.
  • Reservation Arrival date is now included in boomgates/search response
    Set the valid period for the access number using arrival date and expiry date.
  • Report on linen requirements at the reservation level
    Know what linen requirements are needed for the day where a linen change is required.
  • Guest mobile phone country codes
    We've updated phone number fields to better support SMS delivery – please ensure your guests provide their phone number in the following format: "+(country code) mobile number"
  • POST/rates/grid - fix
    'minStay' has been updated to'minResStaySoftClose', and 'minStayOnArrival' is now 'minResStay'. A change will be needed with how each MLOS is currently being consumed.
  • Enhanced calls for rates/grids and rates/quotes
    Mirroring the Quick Quote screen, we are delighted to deliver enhanced calls for rates/grids and rates/quotes. The request/response will be identical but with a new endpoint and upgraded function for quoting rates.
  • POST/rates/rateQuote/quick
    RateQuote similar to the RMS 9+ Quick Quote screen.
  • POST/rates/grid/quick
    RatesGrid call similar to the RMS 9+ Quick Quote screen.
  • Override existing discount set on a reservation
  • Update reservation status to Pre-Checkin using the API

Looking for finer detail?

Detailed release notes on all RMS enhancements are available inside RMS – view our Help Centre article to find out more.

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