New Features

1. Group Operations:

The feature allows routine activities like reservation, check-in and check-out for multiple rooms in one shot. A single interface can be used for all the activities. The charges and payment can be assigned at group level or room level using the same interface. Undo operations can also be performed at group level. Reports are designed to suit the billing and reporting requirements for multiple rooms assigned to a group.

2. Direct Billing:

The feature is added to facilitate the guests which are corporate clients. The billing can be directed to the respective company for their stay. The client can set the credit limit for a company. The payments from such companies are recorded when actually received.

3. Payment Authorization:

This feature is for open credit card transaction. Guests can be rented rooms with open credit card. When sale transactions are performed, the authorizations can be converted into payments. The authorization to sale payments can be converted into a payment at any time during the guest stay.

4. Bad Debt Assignment:

This is a utility to assign non receivable dues as bad debts. When a guest is checked out and the some due is left, one can mark such due as bad debts using this tool.

5. Network:

This is a major break through into the ASIFD as now the product can be used in the network environment. Multiple clients can connect to single database. A completely automated setup procedure makes it simple to deploy.

6. Localization:

The software allows setting the labels like state, zip code and country name as per individual country naming convention. The Windows localization option for date format is now supported.

7. Room Display Size:

Each room can be of different height and width for display purposes. This feature will further enhance the room layout interface unique to ASI FrontDesk.

8. Advance Guest Search:

This new feature allows searching a guest based on variety of information like address, id related fields, license related fields and displays its stay information.

9. Monthly Summary Report:

This report summarizes monthly activities like occupancy, ADR, taxes and gross total day wise for a selected month.

Modified features

1. Guest Messages:

A list is given similar to other interfaces to list all messages and add, delete, deliver them. The link from room information also displays list if there are multiple messages.

2. Bulk Charges:

The interface has been simplified to select minimum. It displays current guest and by clicking one can select all of them. It also displays charges for the current selected date. As client changes date, the list is refreshed to display only those guests which were checked in.

3. Backup/Restore :

Manual backup will be in more compact file format, to make backup of small size. The compact format as well as previous formats are supported for backward compatibility.

4. Print Invoice Options:

Here the client can select default behavior of print button as well as which bill has to be printed when and number of copies. Users have choice to print Folio or receipt and when.

5. Folio Notice interface:

Now users can set the text for folio notice through easy to use interface to simplify the task.Most of the new features implemented in this version were requested by our existing clients. We thank them for their continued support and look forward to their engagement in further defining our product development activities.