This release brings new MyPMS enhancements to the user login as well as to Group Bookings. With Group bookings, you are now able to check-in all reservations within a group by clicking a single button. BookingCenter is also a certified on to the Google Hotels interface which allow real-time bookings from a Google search for your property - with no ads to buy or commissions to pay. We have also updated the Expedia (and Booking.com) interface to better accommodate OTA tax remittance. A detailed summary is included below.
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Owners Area
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BookingCenter is now a certified partner with Google Hotels. There have been some properties that are live on the pilot program, now being rolled out and we are now rolling this valuable OTA channel to all interested properties. This works just like a connection with Airbnb, Expedia, or Booking.com. BookingCenter synchronizes your rates, restrictions, and availability in real time with Google Hotels and anytime a reservation is made, it will seamlessly import back into your BookingCenter software. The program is like TripAdvisor's "Instant Booking", where booking uses your Booking Engine and becomes a 'direct booking' to you, so you can cancel, modify, enforce (or not) your deposit and cancellation policies without any concern for Google Hotels program utilizes your current BookingCenter booking engine. Contact Sales to get started with the Google Hotels program for unlimited bookings without any advertising purchase required by Google. Note, your property must be a registered Google Hotel, which is free, to enable this feature.
Distribution Tax Remittance (Primarily Expedia Collect)
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Dave – Status on these?
MYPMS-2891 - Suspend Self Check-in Communications?
MYPMS-2956 - Expose and allow edits of the booking engine selection by the property
MYPMS-2698 - Time Offsets are wrong on MyGuest Widget, Letters, and MyGuest tab
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