Included Below
Table of Contents | ||
---|---|---|
|
About Rate Landing Pages
Create and distribute custom Rate Landing Pages (RLPs) to promote any negotiated or exclusive rate.
Indispensable for communicating corporate rates, group rates and exclusive promotions to a specific target audience.
Rate Landing Pages let you communicate any pertinent booking and stay details to
athe target audience, and to provide members of that audience a
waycustomized booking experience, as they are able to access your booking engine
andfrom their Rate Landing Page with their exclusive rates pre-selected.
About Rate Landing
PagesOptional rate landing pages (RLPs) can be created for each Group Booking ID. These pages can be used to present group specific information to create a customized booking experience.The Booking ID associated with the Group Rate Landing Page must first be built in the b4checkin Admin Site. See Agilysys Visual One Groups & chameleon™ for more information.
The chameleon™
Page Screenshots
The User Experience (UX)
Design you have applied to
your booking enginechameleon™ dictates which
group rate landing pageRate Landing Page layout is available
.Custom banner images can be uploaded for each landing page you create. Size requirements for these images are different for each UX:
Custom logo images can also be uploaded for each landing page. Size requirement is 86px x 86px
Rate Landing Page Screenshots
User Experience (to you.
User Experience (UX) #1
https://book.b4checkin.com/chameleon/agilysys/rlp/HartmanWedding
User Experience (UX) #2
https://book.b4checkin.com/chameleon/agilysys2/rlp/HartmanWedding
User Experience (UX) #3
https://book.b4checkin.com/chameleon/agilysys3/rlp/HartmanWedding
Adding a Rate Landing Page
- Your Group ID must be created first. See Adding, Editing, Customizing & Removing a Visual One Group Booking ID to chameleon™The User Experience (UX) Design you have applied to chameleon™ dictates which Rate Landing Page layout is available to you.
- Rate Landing Pages (RLPs) can be created for any Booking ID. The Booking ID must first be built in the b4checkin Admin Site, under Rate Plans -> Manage Rate Plans.
- Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.
- Select “Add a RLP”.
- Rate Plan ID: Select the Booking ID that was created under “Rate Plans” > “Manage Rate Plans”you want to the Rate Landing Page to feature.
- RLP Category: Select one of Group, Package, Company, Government, Organization.
- Name in URL: Enter the end-point Endpoint to be used for in the RLP link.
- Example: http://book.b4checkin.com/chameleon/agilysys/rlp/HartmanWedding
Note: this This field cannot include any of the following special characters. These special characters include:
: / ? # [ ] @ ! $ ' ) ( * + = ; , & %
- Example: http://book.b4checkin.com/chameleon/agilysys/rlp/HartmanWedding
- Inactive: Selecting this would make the page inactive and inaccessible.
Use Booking Button: if the group can book online, select this check-box to display Adds a booking button on the rate landing pageto the Rate Landing Page. Leaving out the booking button disables the ability to navigate to the booking engine navigating to chameleon™ directly from the rate landing page.
Effective Date: Normally the start date of the group. This determines the initial sort order for the full list of all rate landing pages you createin the b4checkin Admin Site.
Display Room prices Prices on RLP: Causes prices rates to pull from Visual One and display on the landing page.
Show Rooms: Causes room types Room Types to pull from Visual One and display on the rate landing page. This is required to show prices on the landing page.
Use logo: Causes the Enables you to upload a logo image you uploaded to which will display on the this rate landing page. File size requirement for the logo is 86px x 86px.
Use banner: Causes the custom Enables you to upload a banner image you uploaded to appear on the rate landing page. Size requirements for these images are different for each UX:
- User Experience 1 Banner Image Sizes: 3000px x 600px (display: 1500px x 300px)
- User Experience 2 Banner Image Sizes: 2720px x 600px (display: 1360px x 300px)
- User Experience 3 Banner Image Sizes: 2280px x 600px (display: 1140px x 300px)
- User Experience 1 Banner Image Sizes: 3000px x 600px (display: 1500px x 300px)
Show date for group: Causes the dates for the group to pull from Visual One and display on the rate landing page.
Show cut-off date: Pulls the cut-off date for the group from Visual One to display on the rate landing page.
Show cut-off message: Causes a standard message - stating advising that the group 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 passedCutoff date.
Apply RLP to Room Type
The following headlines and text fields appear in specific locations on the landing page.
See the screenshots above.
Title: appears at the top of the page.
Company Name: bold name of the group for this landing page. Appears appears at the top of the landing page and on the Admin summary index list as a sorting field.
Headline: bold text that appears appearing below the company name on the landing page.
Title: appears at the top of the landing page.Opening Text: opening text that appears below the headline.
Fine Print: special conditions applicable to the group that appears appear at the bottom of the landing page.
Closing Text: closing text forming the second last message on the landing page; above the fine print.
Terms Text: Terms & Conditions for this group; appears that appear below the room types and prices.
Short Terms Text: Additional text area that appears below the book now Book Now button and group the Group dates.
Sold Out Text: If you have room types enabled to show on the landing pageare displaying Room Types, this message will appear when a room type Room Type is sold out.
Bullets Header: Headline for optional bullet points; appears on the landing page below the room typesRoom Types, events and terms and conditionsEvents and Terms & Conditions.
Events Header: Headline for optional eventsEvents; appears on the landing page below the room types and terms and conditions.
Note: Location of these headlines and text fields is labelled in the screenshots above.Room Types and the Terms & Conditions.Add New Bullet
Add New Event
Copying a Rate Landing Page
Copying a group rate landing page can save time when creating similar pages.
- Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.
- Select the Copy button next to the desired rate landing page.
- Edit or fill in required fields pertaining to the new rate landing page.
- Save.
Editing a Rate Landing Page
To make changes to a rate landing page:
- Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.
- Select the Edit button next to the desired group rate landing page.
- Adjust the appropriate fields.
- Save.
Email a Rate Landing Page
An email can be sent from the b4checkin Admin Site to the Group Convenor to provide them with the link to their group rate landing page.
- Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.
- Select the Email icon next to the desired group landing page.
- Email to: Enter the email address of the recipient. If sending to numerous people, separate the email addresses with semi-colons.
- Email subject: Enter a subject line for the email.
- Email body: Enter the email text to be sent with the link to the 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.
- Send.
Deactivating a Rate Landing Page
Group rate landing pages can either be deleted or deactivated. Deleting 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:
- 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.
- Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”. Select the Edit symbol to the right of the desired rate landing page. Select the “Inactive” box. Save. The group rate plan is now deactivated and no longer accessible online.
Re-Activating a Rate Landing Page
There are two ways to re-activate a previously deactivated rate landing page:
- Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.
- Select the drop-down menu on the left which normally displays Active Only.
- Select “Inactive Only”.
- Select the activate check box to the right of the desired landing page.
- The landing page is now active and accessible online.
- Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.
- Select the drop-down menu on the left which normally displays Active Only.
- Select “Inactive Only”.
- Select the Edit button to the right of the desired landing page.
- De-select the “Inactive” box.
- Save.
- The group rate landing page is now active and accessible online.
Deleting a Rate Landing Page
To completely delete a rate landing page:
- Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.
- Select the trash bin icon next to the desired group rate landing page.
- Save.
- The group rate landing page is deleted and no longer accessible online.
Include Page | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
|