This week sees the addition of a new Trust Accounting tool that enables you to project income for future periods where bookings are yet to be transferred into trust. A journal entry forecast is generated by selecting a report period and one or more accommodation vendors, providing an Excel download containing the projected credits & debits entries on a booking-by-booking basis.
System Updates
The latest RoomBoss updates.
Designed with face-to-face operations in mind, the new RoomBoss ID Scanning interface streamlines and optimises your check-in and data-collection workflows, allowing you to rapidly scan & store guest information from international Passports and Driver’s Licences using industry-leading Thales hardware. Review & update existing guest details in seconds using our easy-to-understand UI; or effortlessly populate & add new guests to bookings in just the click of a button. Once saved, guest information can be immediately utilised throughout your RoomBoss account for operations, CRM, reporting, and more. Find out more about AdriaScan here, or visit our Help Site for more information about setup and use of the integration.
Accessible via the Search Bookings page, Front Desk HQ, and directly using a related booking ID, the new Itinerary page visualises packages in a timeline format, providing a breakdown of accommodation and activities booked each day, from arrival to departure. View and edit additional details such as arrival and departure information—including flight numbers, times, and airport transfer methods—and quickly access overviews of each packaged item, all from one screen.
Following updated requirements surrounding Japanese Consumption Tax introduced in Q4 2023, it is now possible for Japan-based users to setup RoomBoss to issue receipts which meet the specifications of the new Qualified Invoice System. New configuration options are available now on the new Japan Qualified Tax Invoice Settings page, and via RB’s Price Component Profile. Once setup, you are able to issue receipts from within RoomBoss which show: Per Item Tax Breakdown Tax Summary Qualified Invoice Issuer Registration Number Visit our Help Site for more information on the Japan Qualified Invoice System and how to configure and issue Qualified Tax Invoices.
Provide seamless, end-to-end guest pre-arrival & check-in experiences with the Roomboss x Canary integration. Take advantage of Canary’s powerful Guest Experience Platform, informed and empowered by live-syncing of RoomBoss booking information. As bookings come in, guest details, arrival information, and more are collected, managed, and updated via Canary; before being pushed back to RoomBoss for immediate use within your account. If you would like to know more about the new Canary Integration, Contact Us for more information.
[SSMS] Instructor Stock Columns Added to Schedule+ New Instructor Stock columns have been added to the Schedule+ dashboard, making it easier view the number of instructors set as available to book and Schedule Activities accordingly. In the new columns, Instructor Stock (IS) is displayed for each day by category, with availability set via the Instructor Availability Management page. New Price Component Profile Options Kutchan Tax Price Component Profiles now have the option to include Onsen Tax. Price Component Profiles can be used to break down booking prices into components such as taxes and services charges. Once set and mapped to products, Onsen Tax and other predefined levies and charges are calculated and reflected within applicable bookings, invoices & receipts, and Trust Accounting.
RoomBoss now supports the newest version of industry-leading web-analytics and tracking service, Google Analytics. Much like our existing integrations with Google Tag Manager, Adwords, Facebook Meta Pixel, and legacy Google Analytics, request and reservation conversions made on RoomBoss Accommodation and Services Booking Engines can now be measured within Google Analytics 4, alongside a wide array of best-in-class tracking, user-insight, and reporting tools.
[ECS] Added URL Parameter for Vendor Filters Recently introduced Vendor Filters can now be pre-selected using the vendorCategory parameter. Simply append the parameter and category to your multi-vendor ECS booking engine URL and the filter will be automatically applied upon page load—showing only applicable services of that type. [ECS] New Dynamic Styling Options on Services Booking Engine A flexible tool for those using custom CSS, these classes can be leveraged to apply visual changes to headers, categories, services and more when specific vendors have been selected.
[PMS] Housekeeping Only Logins Grant in-house and third-party operators secure access to housekeeping pages with newly added Housekeeping Only logins. To create a new housekeeping-limited user, simply enter the desired login details on the Users page, select the Housekeeping Only Access role, and click Save. [PMS] Printable Housekeeping Report PDF A new PDF download option has been added to the Housekeeping Report page. To generate a printable A4 Housekeeping Task PDF, simply navigate to the Housekeeping Report, Show tasks after choosing your desired criteria, and select Download PDF.
New Vendor Type filters have been added to ECS booking engines, making it quicker and easier for prospective customers to find what they need when presented with products from a wide range of providers. Available when using the multi-vendor view, customers can now limit displayed vendors to a certain type, with filterable options including Activities, Lift Tickets, Rentals, Ski Schools and Guiding, Transportation and Tours, and more.