About Group Rate Landing Pages

If the b4promo product is purchased through the properties Agilysys Sales Representative, custom Optional rate landing pages (RLPs) can be created by the group sales team for each booking Booking ID. These pages serve to hold photography and information specific to the group for can be used to present group specific information to create a customized booking experience.

1. The booking Booking ID associated with the Group Rate Landing Page must first be built in the chameleon admin portal. See section Adding, Editing, Customizing & Removing a Visual One Group Booking ID to b4checkin Admin Site. See Agilysys Visual One Groups & chameleon™ for more information.
   
   
2. Whichever chameleon booking engine user experience a property chooses will dictate The chameleon™ User Experience (UX) design you have applied to your booking engine dictates which group rate landing page experience is utilized; the two must match.
   Group Rate Landing Pages are not required for all groups; however, they are recommended by b4checkin.
   At least one sample landing page will be created for each property during the build of the platform.
   layout is available.
   
   
3. Custom banner images can be uploaded for every each landing page you create. The size Size requirements for these images are different for every user experience version and are included below: each UX: 
   
   
   1. User Experience 1 Banner Image Sizes: 3000px x 600px (display: 1500px x 300px)
      
   2. User Experience 2 Banner Image Sizes: 2720px x 600px (display: 1360px x 300px)
      
   3. User Experience 3 Banner Image Sizes: 2280px x 600px (display: 1140px x 300px)
      
      
4. Custom logo images can also be uploaded for every each landing page. The size requirement for this image is included below:
   All User Experiences Image Sizes:Size requirement is 86px x 86px
   
   

Rate Landing Page Screenshots

User Experience Demo (UX) #1:

https://book.b4checkin.com/chameleon/agilysys/rlp/HartmanWedding  

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User Experience Demo (UX) #2:

https://book.b4checkin.com/chameleon/agilysys2/rlp/HartmanWedding

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User Experience Demo (UX) #3:

https://book.b4checkin.com/chameleon/agilysys3/rlp/HartmanWedding

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Adding a Group Rate Landing Page

1. Your Group ID must be created first. See Adding, Editing, Customizing & Removing a Visual One Group Booking ID to chameleon™.
   
   
2. Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.
   
   
3. Select “Add a RLP”.
   
   
   
   
4. Rate Plan ID: Select the booking Booking ID that was created under “Rate Plans” > “Manage Rate Plans”.
   
   
5. RLP Category: groupSelect Group.
   
   
6. Name in URL: this is what the property wants as Enter the end-point of to be used for the RLP URLlink.
   
   
   1. Example: http://book.b4checkin.com/chameleon/agilysys/rlp/HartmanWedding
      

      Note: this field cannot include any special characters. These special characters include:
      
      

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7. Inactive: select to make this Selecting this would make the page inactive and therefore inaccessible.
   
   

8. Use Booking Button: if the group can book online, select this check-box to enable the display a booking button . If a guest cannot book online yet, disable this booking button so that that no booking button appears on the page and bookers cannot navigate over on the rate landing page. Leaving out the booking button disables the ability to navigate to the booking engine from this the rate landing page.
   
   

9. Effective Date: a date utilized for sorting on the admin summary list. Recommended to be the Normally the start date of the group. This determines the initial sort order for the full list of all rate landing pages you create.
   
   

10. Display Room prices on RLP: the Causes prices will to pull from Visual One and display on the landing page.
    
    

11. Show Rooms: the Causes room types will to pull from Visual One and display on the RLP rate landing page. Required This is required to show prices on the landing page. 
    
    

12. Use logo: a custom logo image field per group Causes the logo image you uploaded to display on the rate landing page.
    
    

13. Use banner: a Causes the custom banner image field per group you uploaded to appear on the rate landing page.
    
    

14. Show date for group: will pull Causes the dates specific to for the group to pull from Visual One to and display on the rate landing page.
    
    

15. Show cut-off date: will pull Pulls the cut-off date specific to for the group from Visual One to display on the rate landing page.
    
    

16. Show cut-off message: will show Causes a standard message specifying - stating that the group is no longer bookable online due to the cut-off date having passed - to display when the page is accessed after the cut off date has passed.
    
    

17. Company Name: bolded bold name of the group for this landing page. This Appears appears at the top of the landing page and appears on the admin Admin summary list as a sorting field.
    
    

18. Headline: bolded bold text that appears below the company name on the landing page.
    
    

19. Title: appears at the top of the landing page.
    
    

20. Opening Text: opening message text that appears below the headline.
    
    

21. Fine Print: any special conditions applicable to the group that appears at the bottom of the landing page.
    
    

22. Closing Text: closing message as text forming the second last message on the landing page; above the fine print.
    
    

23. Terms Text: terms & conditions applicable to Terms & Conditions for this group; appears below the room types and prices.
    
    

24. Short Terms Text: additional Additional text that a property wishes to highlight to the group; appears on the landing page area that appears below the book now button and group dates.
    
    

25. Sold Out Text: if the property has the If you have room types enabled to show on the landing page, this message will appear when a room type is sold out.
    
    

26. Bullets Header: header Headline for optional bullet points; appears on the landing page below the room types, events and terms and conditions. 
    
    

27. Events Header: header Headline for option optional events; appears on the landing page below the room types and terms and conditions. 
    

    See screenshots above to see where these fields appear

    
    
    Note: Location of these headlines and text fields is labelled in the screenshots above.

  

Copying a Group Rate Landing Page

Copying a group rate landing page can be done to save time and energy. To copy an existing group landing page: when creating similar pages.

1. Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.
   
   
2. Select the copy Copy button next to the desired rate landing page in question.    
   
   
3. Fill Edit or fill in the required fields pertaining to the new group rate landing page.
   
   
4. Save.
   
   

Editing a Group Rate Landing Page

To make changes to a rate landing page:
   

1. Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.
   
   
2. Select the edit Edit button next to the desired group rate landing page in question. 
   
   
3. Adjust the appropriate fields on the landing page. 
   
   
4. Save.
   
   

Email a Group Rate Landing Page

An email can be sent from the chameleon admin portal b4checkin Admin Site to the group convenor with their respective group landing page linkGroup Convenor to provide them with the link to their group rate landing page.

1. Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.
   
   
2. Select the email Email icon next to the desired group landing page in question. 
   
   
   
   
3. Email to: Enter the email address of the email will be sent torecipient. If sending to numerous people, separate the email addresses will need to be separated with semi-colons.
   
   
4. Email subject: the Enter a subject line for the email to be sent.
   
   
5. Email body: Enter the email text to be send sent with the link to the above email addresses. If a property wishes to default text in this email body, please see the section labelled “Messages in chameleon” as this is a message type that can be built by a property. This default text can be edited per group.  rate landing page. You can also create a starter template for this message text under "Messages". Once you create a template, it becomes the starter text in this field, which can also be further edited before sending.  
   
   
6. Send.
   
   
   

Deactivating a Group Rate Landing Page

Group rate landing pages can either be deleted or deactivated from chameleon. Deleting a page will eliminate it from chameleon forever. Deactivating a page will take the page from the admin summary list and will instead store it in an “inactive” summary list; this is best utilized for groups that the property plans to host again.Deactivating a group rate landing page will mean that the page is no longer accessible online and stored on the admin summary list. Instead, the landing page is stored in an “inactive” summary list for future use later. This is typical for groups that intend to return to the property in the future. eliminates the page completely, while deactivating keeps the page on file in case you need to re-use it in future. Deactivating makes the page inaccessible online and stores it under "Inactive" for potential future re-use.

There are two ways to deactivate a group rate landing page:

1. Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”. Select the (x) symbol on the right of the group rate plan in question. The group rate plan is now deactivated and no longer accessible online.
   
   
   
   
2. Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”. Select the edit Edit symbol on to the right for of the group desired rate landing page in question. Select the “Inactive” box. Save. The group rate plan is now deactivated and no longer accessible online.
   
   

Re-Activating a Group Rate Landing Page

Group rate landing pages can be deactivated for future usage. There are two ways to re-activate a previously deactivated rate landing page:

1. Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.
   
   
1. Select the drop-down menu on the left which normally displays Active Only. 
   
   
2. Select “Inactive Only”.
   
   
3. Select the activate check box on to the right of the desired landing page in question. 
   
   
4. The landing page is now active and accessible online.
   
   
   
   
2. Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.
   
   
1. Select the drop-down menu on the left which normally displays Active Only. 
   
   
2. Select “Inactive Only”.
   
   
3. Select the edit Edit button on to the right of the desired landing page in question. 
   
   
4. De-elect select the “Inactive” box.
   
   
5. Save.
   
   
6. The group rate plan landing page is now activated active and accessible online.
   
   

Deleting a Group Rate Landing Page

Deleting To completely delete a group rate landing page will mean that the page will not be able to be retrieved later. This is best for groups that a property does not intend to host again. To delete a page:

1. Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.
   
   
2. Select the garbage can trash bin icon next to the desired group rate landing page in question. 
   
   
3. Save.
   
   
4. The group rate landing page is disabled deleted and no longer accessible online.