Skyware Systems Release Notes 8/9/16 Page 1 of 6

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1 System Release Notes Release Date: Aug, 2016 Skyware Release Notes Here are the MANY great ideas you ve given us to make the system better! I. New Quick Quote Screen! Skyware has a new Quick Quote screen to easily give guests rate and availability information without starting a reservation. Credit goes to one of our newest hotels for this one! It can be found at the top of the page next to Room Availability. On the Quick Quote screen the Date will default to the current date, and Number of Nights will default to the number previously used. Set the date and the number of nights, then click the Here button. The Rate Plan and Number of Persons can also be set. The screen will display the availability and rate information for each day for each Room Type. Room types that don t have availability for the entire date range will not display clickable buttons. Also shown are the Total Taxes, Total Charges, and ADR for the date range for each Room Type. Clicking on one of the Room Type Buttons will start a new reservation will all of the information shown. Skyware Systems Release Notes 8/9/16 Page 1 of 6

2 II. Room Types Base and Calculated Rates! Thanks to another of our wonderful properties for this great idea. We ve implemented something similar to the Rate Plan Base Rates for Room Types. Room Types can now be set up to calculate from a Base Room Type, so just setting the rate for one Room Type could result in rates for all room types! Any Room Types that are set to be calculated will not show on the Manager s Room Rates screen. This is for all Rate Plans. Just like Rate Plans, the calculation can be either a dollar amount or a percentage. A positive amount will result in a rate higher that the base room type s, a negative would be lower. III. New Responsive Booking Engine! Skyware has a new mobile-responsive booking engine. Please contact Sales@SkywareSystems.com if you are interested. Skyware Systems Release Notes 8/9/16 Page 2 of 6

3 IV. Automated Deposits Options! Deposits can now be posted automatically by Rate Plan, with a number of options available. All Room and Tax, the 1 st Night s Room and Tax, a given dollar amount, or a percentage of the Projected Balance allows properties to choose the deposit that best suits their needs. Again, this can be different based on Rate Plan. V. Confirmations by Date Range! Confirmations can now be sent by Arrival date range. From the Configuration Menu, go to Property Definition, and click on the Reg/Conf tab. There is a button to the right of the Confirmation selection box. Clicking on it will take you to a new page where you can define the dates for specific Confirmations. Skyware Systems Release Notes 8/9/16 Page 3 of 6

4 VI. Automatically Guarantee by Guest Type! A new addition to the Guest Type options is the ability to Automatically Guarantee a reservation. VII. Group Shoulder Days! Skyware now has the ability to restrict the number of days prior to or after a group booking that a reservation can be added when using Pickup Outside the Block. A default number of days can be set from the Property Definition page s Other tab. The number of Shoulder Days can be set differently for each booking from the Booking Stay screen. When Pickup Outside the Block is checked, the system will only allow for pickup within the number of Shoulder Days. Skyware Systems Release Notes 8/9/16 Page 4 of 6

5 VIII. Updates to Group Bookings and Functions! Bookings can now be filtered to show only Active/Cancelled/Historical bookings on the Group Account. Two new tokens are available for BEO documents that will show the Function Rooms with totals. Skyware Systems Release Notes 8/9/16 Page 5 of 6

6 IX. Changes to Reports! The Reservations Entered on Report now has more options, including a sort by Arrival Date. The Arrivals Report will now show both Guest and Stay comments when Show Comments is selected. The Department Revenue Report can be done for each ledger, or a combination of all ledgers. Bits and Pieces Closed to Departures has been added to Daily Information and Restrictions. For the Automatic Pet Fee, Skyware now has a # of Free Pets, so only after that number will there be a charge. It is set up in the Posting Type Definition of the Pet Fee. The TripAdvisor interface has been updated to Version 7. That s all for this Update, look for more coming soon! Skyware Systems Release Notes 8/9/16 Page 6 of 6