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Room Type Images appear on your website and GDS and OTA sites as well as in MyPMS on the Tape Chart and in the Booking by Inquiry function. Each Room Type you have set up in Room Types will appear in the dropdown list. Before you upload your images, it is important to prepare them to meet size requirements and edit for best presentation.

Each Room Type is allowed 20 images and are displayed as follows

  • MyPMS Tape Chart and Booking By Inquiry: Room Type “View Details” pop out. (1 Image)
  • BookingCenter Booking Engine Templates: Room Type Thumbnail and slideshow (1 Min. and 5 Max.).
  • AirBnB Direct Connection: Uploaded to your AirBnB profile (10 Min. and 20 Max.).

BookingCenter image upload requirements. *See additional AirBnB requirements

  • You can upload up to 20 images per Room Type.
  • Image must be 72dpi and .jpg, .png or.gif
  • Image Size: Min: 240 x 480, Max: 1080 x 1080, Optimal: 1240 x 720,
  • A thumbnail image will be automatically generated for each image uploaded.

Prepare your images: The size of the image is very important and must meet size requirements. Before you upload any images, please prepare your images according to these guidelines.

  • Image style: You can use any image and, In some cases, properties elect to make a collage of images. Collages can be used on your website. However, collage images are NOT allowed on GDS and OTA sites.  Images straight out of a digital camera are not optimized for the Internet – they are very high resolution for printing. The average image size should be between 15 and 50k.
  • Image file format: Image files must be in .jpg format.
  • Size requirements: Images must adhere to the minimum and maximum pixel size, noted next to each image, or they will not properly display properly. All of the main images must be 300 x 300 min and 480 x 480 max . Use an image editor to resize your image, save as a .jpg.  Tip: making all images the same size will insure best viewing. All thumbnails need to conform to 100 x 100 min and 200 x 200 max.
  • Thumbnail Images - Thumbnail images are used on your website booking engine and in the Booking by Inquiry function. To enable the thumbnails to appear on your website go to Booking Engine Settings and choose "yes" for Display Thumbnail images. The first image will display in the "View Details" Window. See Booking Engine | View Details and Amenities. The second image, "Thumb Image " is the Room Type Thumbnail image and will display next to the Room Type in the Booking Engine. For more detalls, see Booking Engine | Room Description and Images
  • Room Type Images

    Each Room Type can display a slideshow with up to 5 images.


  • Room Type Images

    Insert any image you choose as the Room Type Image Thumbnail displayed for the Room Type..This can be a logo, graphic, image, etc.

    • The file you upload must be in a .JPG format.
    • Recommended size for Room Type Thumbnail image is 200 pixels (width) x 120 pixels (height).

    To change your Room Type Thumbnail image, go to SETUP | FEATURES AND IMAGES | ROOM TYPE IMAGES. Here you will see a list of all of your Room Types,  Each Room Type has two images. The first image will display in the "View Details" Window. See Booking Engine | View Details and Amenities. The second image, "Thumb Image " is the Room Type Thumbnail image and will display next to the Room Type in the Booking Engine. For more detalls, see Room Type Images

    To upload an image:

    • Click on Browse to select the image from your local folder. Select the image from your local folder on the computer.
    • Click Submit to upload the image.

    When the image has uploaded, you will see it display below the Room Type name.


    To replace an image:

    • Click on Delete to remove the image.
    • Click on Browse to select the image from your local folder. Select the image from your local folder on the computer.
    • Click Submit to upload the image.

    When the image has uploaded, you will see it display below the Room Type name


To Add an Image:

  • Step 1: Find the name of the Room Type in the List. There are 2 images to upload: the main image and the thumbnail image. You will need to complete these steps twice, once for the main image and once for the thumbnail image.
  • Step 2: Click on the Browse button and a new window will open with your desktop file folders. Locate the image and double click or click open in the window. 
  • Step 3: The image name will appear next to the Browse button if it uploaded correctly. Then, click Submit.
  • Step 4: A message will appear asking to confirm the upload. Click Yes.
  • Step 5: The image will appear in the list under the Room Type. Above the image a message will appear stating whether image meets or does not meet required size dimensions. If it does not meet the required dimensions, then edit the image size and upload again.

To Edit or Change an image

  • Click Delete to delete the current image and then repeat the steps above.

See screenshots of each step below. Click on each image to enlarge.

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