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Zak: other imporvements for Monday - lime - 11-25-2021
Dears,
here is another release. Once again, deeply founded on your requests:
those you mentioned to the Italy team and those described on the forum.
Here is the shopping list:
1. The "flying meals",
(those added manually on the reservation), are now counted
on the zView meal report. Attention: they are counted as
adults. We wondered whether to enter them as an additional field,
but for the moment we adopted a quick choice. Also because of the
next arrival of Kylix, the restaurant module. The release of
Kylix will definitely lean on the dynamics of meals and here we
will review everything better. Meanwhile, the count has certainly
improved a lot.
2. Credit cards: forget password
Now it will be possible, after specifying the password, to do a
"logout", so that subsequent consultations of the page do not
make it visible.
3. Credit Cards: print
On the booking detail page, we have implemented a new one
configuration. If enabled, it allows you to add CC data into the
printing of the page. We did it because there are not a few who
want it. At the risk of upsetting those who support us: perhaps
not printing the CC it's the best. If in doubt, ask before
activating that option.
4. Online Checkin and Public Voucher
A new option allows you to disable access to the voucher on the
Online Checkin page. And the motivation is concrete. If you make
changes in the back office, the voucher must be updated (however we
are studying more powerful solutions in this regard). But sometimes
it's desirable do not destabilize customers with information they
do not expect.
5. City Tax and Online Reception
I reiterate that in the latest releases we have produced a new one
city tax template. We are still perfecting it. In the meantime,
I notice that the City Tax is perfectly integrated on the Online
Reception when the Essentials package is active.
6. City Tax and Channel Manager
If the Essentials is active, we prefer to register the city tax
that you have configured rather than honor the one given from OTAs.
On this issue, there are a few things.
As a novelty, in case the Essentials is not active, we will provide
the data that the OTAs give us. And this is a new one functionality.
We will decide (also based on your feedbacks) if it is not the
case of implementing an option on the channel manager, such as:
Even if I have the essentials, honor the city tax of the canals
But happened that a booking.com reservation, get a few days ago,
with a total amount of 270 EUR had 30 EUR of room price and 240 EUR
of city tax (?!). So the data of the OTAs are probably less reliable
than your City Tax configurations in Zak.
7. Reservation History
It should now be 100% correct. It also includes definitions
of city tax and discounts.
8. zView
A check has been inserted: now we notify you if the price it's derived.
So that you do not perform unnecessary actions and that indeed have
more vision.
9. Templating and Messaging
Some communications were down after the last big release of November 02.
We put them back. Sorry for the inconvenience.
10. Reservation page: policy name
Whenever possible (I remind you that Zak also knows how to integrate
well cancellation policies of the OTAs and in this case it is not)
we will also report the name of the policy used.
11. Sorting products and rooms
The configuration of the ordering of products and rooms has been
centralized on the Settings page. It then disappears from the planner,
tabla, sytar and zView. The gain is considerable: single point for the
configuration and, in cascade, you should see them all the pages respect
the ordering you want.
If you notice pages where the sort is not honored, please let us know.
It cannot be ruled out that we have not found all the points (are
lot of)
12. Options and deadlines: visibility on Planner and zView
Deadlines for reservations in option will be visible as a form
warning, both on the planner and on the zView. We are also working
for:
a. put back the optional expiration date
b. prepare a dedicated template/communication to manage
communication of the deadline
It is not to be excluded that it even arrives in release.
13. Rooms on dashboard
The reservations in "preview" on the zak dashboard were
improved. We found the space to communicate the room
reference and, if applicable, the number of rooms involved.
14. Booking page: check box of rooms automatically checked
The rooms are automatically checked. In such a way that, for
reservations of only one room, both immediate order an action.
And for bookings with multiple rooms, either easy select a group.
15. Booking page: quick actions on the rooms
On each room it is possible to add meals, extras, etc.
quickly, without having to access the right "tab".
Example: if you now have to enter the Extras Tab to add
an extra, now it will be possible to do it from the room.
So things get really fast.
16. zView and System Colors
Color settings have also been centralized.
Furthermore, on the zView it is now possible to enable system
colors. I remind you that on the zView system colors are decorative
only. The reservation bar, in fact, already contains all the
necessary info. So, here colors are simply a visual tool.
17. Reconfirm booking
During the booking reconfirmation process, you can
choose the new status (confirmed, option, offer, etc.)
18. City Tax: exemptions and reductions
They will be calculated precisely. They will be automated where
possible and easily editable by hand. Also reported
in reports as it should.
19. Reservation page: link to WooDoo reservations
We have restored links to Woodoo reservation page. They work
when incoming bookings are recognized as not native in Zak.
I remind you that for better management of flows it is good to
activate Booking.com, Expedia and Airbnb channels directly on Zak.
20. Payments to confirm bookings will be shown on Online Checkin and
Online Reception. The city tax is rightly excluded.
Thanks to whoever noticed imprecision.
21. Fixed some bugs on transaltions layers
Some sentence was always in English and never translated in all
languages of Zak interface: now should be fixed. Sorry for the
invenience: now Zak is closer to you.
22. Deposit in french invoice
Deposit invoice will be available also for French Invoicing model.
Finally: we will go on the air on Monday with these news.
Then we will focus on the City Tax and Kylix mainly.
But on the next developments we will notify you and update you
as soon as possible.
Thanks everyone for your attention