Niseko Digital Map is finally released! Access the map at https://kta.evoke.jp/ The map offers eight unique map modes to allow the users to easily access the information they need to make the most of their time in Niseko. Find your next culinary delights or exhilarating activities, and check the lift status. The map offers real-time bus location tracking and Google navigation from your current location to the destination with a single tap. This interactive map was developed by RoomBoss as a part of Japan MLIT’s tourism digital transformation grant project. We are happy to be a member of the Niseko Smart Resort Consortium.
System Updates
Improvements to our integration with SKIDATA. We’ve improved the speed when checking whether a booking has been synced from RB to SKIDATA, and whether the guest has picked up their lift pass. Improvements to our integration with Rentals United, a popular channel management solution for vacation rental properties. Bug fixes and performance enhancements.
Released a new feature for our B2C booking engines. It’s now possible to make it mandatory for your customers to enter their names using the alphabet as opposed to using kanji. Improvement to the performance of the Housekeeping Report for users who have hundreds of rooms and/or who wish to estimate how busy future housekeeping will be over a large number of future dates. Various performance enhancements.
Updates to our integration with Wintersteiger Easyrent. Equipment rental stores who use Easyrent for operations can easily receive B2C and B2B sales directly into Easyrent via our booking engines. Updates to our integration with Zenryo payment system, a provider of online payment solutions that offers highly competitive rates. Bug fixes and performance enhancements.
Until now it’s been possible to set a Strategy at the account level that determines how invoices are automatically created, and unpaid bookings automatically cancelled. Now you can now create additional Strategies and link a Strategy to a Rate Plan. For example to establish different automated policies for guests who book a discounted, non-refundable Rate Plan versus those who book a more expensive and flexible Rate Plan. Make use of the minimum nights and other criteria of the Rate Plan to more precisely control how automatic generation of invoices and automatic cancellation occurs. Your existing Strategy is still in effect so there is no need to take any immediate action. To take advantage of this new feature you can access the new page in your account or browse documentation for more information.
The Search & Quote page has been modernized and includes a number of new features: Support for Rate Plan promotion codes. A price filter that allows lower and upper boundaries to be specified. Support for quoting in alternative currencies, for accounts where payment in more than once currency is accepted.
As part of our drive to provide the best sales distribution possible for RB users, we’re happy to have integrated with The Luxe Nomad, Asia-Pacific’s leading luxury villa booking portal and management company. Rates and availability are synced in real time to TLN’s systems, allowing their clients instant access to booking online. Improvements to the booking engine for resort services such as lift passes, ski lessons, rentals and transportation when purchasing by mobile.
New shiny user interface for hotel reservations teams and their B2B partners to check availability. A number of minor bug fixes and performance improvements.
Easier upload of photos for guests purchasing lift tickets online, as part of our SKIDATA integrated webshop. Never easier for skiers to arrange their season passes online, pick up in resort from a vending machine, and head directly to the slopes!
Added the Barcode merge-tag to Rich Messages, allowing you to send scannable Booking IDs to customers in your automated-emails. Added a range of new fields to the Custom Excel Report Download, including External System ID, Hold status, and Room Allocation.