New features
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This page provides you with the newest functions for the latest version of the program. The links will direct you to the respective help topic where the feature will be described in more detail within the program's context.
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In the History chapter you can see the improvements sorted by version and year.
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Rates | Warning list opens before Rate limitations are changed protel SD > Rates >Rate Code Details > Rate Code detail > Rate limitations New system setting: If a user changes the period of Rate limitations for an existing rate code detail, reservations that have already been created may be affected. With the new system setting, a warning list opens before saving the changes. It shows all reservations affected by this change.
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Reservation | Display of the Allocation overview improved protel FO > Reserviation > Maintain Allocation > Allocation Overview The following details are now displayed more clearly in the Allocation overview table:
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Bookkeeping | Additional check box for hiding Payment Methods in FO protel SD > Bookkeeping > Revenue and Payments > Methods of Payment New system setting: In the “SD:Edit Methods of Payment” dialog an additional check box has been added in the “Visibility” sector. If the check box "11 Do not display in check/currency exchange" is ticked, the payment methods which has been marked is hidden in the protel Front Office > Cash Register > Cheque / Currency Exchange dialog.
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Invoices | Two methods of calculating VAT available in one invoice New system setting | Legal Requirement Romania: In Romania showing VAT per line total is imperative both for the invoice text and the VAT table in the invoice. A new system setting meets exactly this requirement. In addition, a setting can be made that causes the VAT table on the invoice to show VAT on line total, but the invoice text to show VAT added onto each individual unit price.
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Banquet | "Banquet Open Invoices" dialog box | Additional [Checkout] button New system setting: An additional [Checkout] button can be inserted into the Banquet Open Invoices dialog box. This button is activated as soon as one or more invoices with a balance of 0.00 have been marked. With just one click of the button, all of the marked invoices are checked out without previously having to open the invoice window. Unmarked invoices remain in the list.
ATTENTION: Customers required to fiscalize should not use the function. Even if fiscalization is activated, these invoices are still unfiscalized!
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System | Advanced algorithm protects user passwords New system setting: To protect against hacker attacks, protel offers an advanced algorithm for password encryption. Once the setting has been made, the passwords of all newly created users are encrypted in this fashion. Existing passwords can also be re-encrypted. This happens as soon as users change their existing password.
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Navigator | RBD: Virtual rates available after arrival date New system setting: Rate availability for virtual rates can be extended upon request. Virtual rates which are available after the arrival date can then also be set via the RBD. Example: A business guest is staying over the weekend and books a wellness package.
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Reports | New housekeeping room status: "Make up room" FO > Reports > Housekeeping > Room status In the Housekeeping report, you can now enter "Make up room" as an additional room status. Under the "Enter Room Maid Reports" tab, enter the code number "10" into the "Room status" field. |
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Optimizations and fixes
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protel Add-ons | New: protel Suites manages any combination of rooms protel Suites is a new add-on for protel SPE/MPE. It enables the creation and management of varying room combinations that can be reserved as a suite. "Suite reservations" consist of a suite master and several rooms, which are combined into a suite for a reservation. A suite reservation can be made via the room plan, the category overview, and the reservation request. The reserved rooms will be blocked, moves will be tracked automatically. protel Suites is seamlessly integrated into the protel logic, so that trained protel users can work with it after just a short introduction. The add-on can be integrated into existing installations at any time, even if reservations already exist for the rooms involved.
PLEASE NOTE Due to transmission issues, this add-on cannot be used in combination with the following modules/interfaces:
If you do use any of these modules, you will not be able to work with protel Suites. |
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Reservations | Avoid duplicate wake-up calls FO-Navigator > More > Wake-up Calls Improvement: A new control mechanism ensures that no duplicate wake-up calls can be created. If an wake-up call is created a second time for the same time and day, a corresponding message appears. Even wake-up calls that you create via "FO > Options > Wake-up Calls" are now also included in the reservation's wake-up call overview and recorded in the reservation history and action log. |
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BWI Interface | BWR enrollment during check-in -Only relevant for Best Western properties- Improvement: If protel determines at check-in that a guest is not yet a BWR member, the query as to whether the guest should be registered for the BWR program appears automatically. This query now only appears for reservations in actual rooms and only for private guests. If desired, the query can also be deactivated.
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Sales Add-on | Enter negotiated sales revenue per property -Only relevant for MPE properties using "protel Sales and Marketing" Add-on- Profiles > Sales Revenue Tab New system setting: Upon request, negotiated sales revenues can now be entered into the guest profile for various properties.
Values that have already been entered are saved under "All hotels" after activating the system settings. Please note: protel does not calculate a sum for all hotels from the individual values per MPE hotel. |
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Form Administration | Display salutation and name of linked profiles SD > Text > Form Administration With these two new replacement codes, the salutation as well as the first and last names of up to 5 linked profiles can be displayed in reservation texts:
New system setting: By default, the display is limited to a maximum of 5 linked profiles. Upon request, this limitation can be turned off.
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Form Administration | New form group for deposit invoices SD > Text > Form Administration New system setting: If desired, an additional form group for deposit invoices can be created in the system data. After activating the settings, the form group DEPOSIT can be newly created and configured in the system data under "Text > Form Administration" - see following figure:
The forms stored here can be selected when creating deposit invoices.
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protel Update-News 2018 in PDF format |
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