RATE LANDING PAGES in chameleon™ for Visual One

Owned by Kel Hill
Last updated: May 11, 2018
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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 the target audience, and to provide members of that audience a customized booking experience, as they are able to access your booking engine from their Rate Landing Page with their exclusive rates pre-selected.


Rate Landing Page Screenshots


The User Experience (UX) Design you have applied to chameleon™ dictates which Rate Landing Page layout is available 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


  1. The User Experience (UX) Design you have applied to chameleon™ dictates which Rate Landing Page layout is available to you.

  2. 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.

  3. Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.

  4. Select “Add a RLP”.



  5. Rate Plan ID: Select the Booking ID that you want to the Rate Landing Page to feature.

  6. RLP Category: Select one of Group, Package, Company, Government, Organization.

  7. Name in URL: Enter the Endpoint to be used in the RLP link.

    1. Example: http://book.b4checkin.com/chameleon/agilysys/rlp/HartmanWedding

      This field cannot include any of the following special characters.

      :/?#[]@!$')(*+=;,&%



  8. Inactive: Selecting this would make the page inactive and inaccessible.

  9. Use Booking Button: Adds a booking button to the Rate Landing Page. Leaving out the booking button disables navigating to chameleon™ directly from the rate landing page.

  10. Effective Date: Normally the start date of the group. This determines the initial sort order for the full list of all rate landing pages in the b4checkin Admin Site.

  11. Display Room Prices on RLP: Causes rates to pull from Visual One and display on the landing page.

  12. Show Rooms: Causes Room Types to pull from Visual One and display on the rate landing page. This is required to show prices on the landing page.

  13. Use logo: Enables you to upload a logo image which will display on this rate landing page. File size requirement for the logo is 86px x 86px.

  14. Use banner: Enables you to upload a banner image to appear on the rate landing page. Size requirements for these images are different for 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)

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

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

  17. Show cut-off message: Causes a standard message advising that the Group is no longer bookable due to the cut-off date having passed to display when the page is accessed after the Cutoff date.

  18. Apply RLP to Room Type



The following headlines and text fields appear in specific locations on the landing page.

See the screenshots above.

  1. Title: appears at the top of the page.

  2. Company Name: bold name of the group appears at the top of the page and on the Admin index list as a sorting field.

  3. Headline: bold text appearing below the company name on the page.

  4. Opening Text: opening text that appears below the headline.

  5. Fine Print: special conditions that appear at the bottom of the page.

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

  7. Terms Text: Terms & Conditions that appear below the room types and prices.

  8. Short Terms Text: Additional text appears below the Book Now button and the Group dates.

  9. Sold Out Text: If you are displaying Room Types, this message will appear when a Room Type is sold out.

  10. Bullets Header: Headline for optional bullet points; appears on the page below the Room Types, Events and Terms & Conditions. 

  11. Events Header: Headline for optional Events; appears on the page below the Room Types and the Terms & Conditions.

  12. Add New Bullet

  13. Add New Event 

  

Copying a Rate Landing Page


Copying a group rate landing page can save time when creating similar pages.

  1. Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.

  2. Select the Copy button next to the desired rate landing page.  

  3. Edit or fill in required fields pertaining to the new rate landing page.

  4. Save.


Editing a Rate Landing Page


To make changes to a rate landing page:
   

  1. Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.

  2. Select the Edit button next to the desired group rate landing page. 

  3. Adjust the appropriate fields. 

  4. 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.

  1. Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.

  2. Select the Email icon next to the desired group landing page. 



  3. Email to: Enter the email address of the recipient. If sending to numerous people, separate the email addresses with semi-colons.

  4. Email subject: Enter a subject line for the email.

  5. 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.  

  6. 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:

  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 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:

  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 to the right of the desired landing page. 

    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 button to the right of the desired landing page. 

    4. De-select the “Inactive” box.

    5. Save.

    6. The group rate landing page is now active and accessible online.



Deleting a Rate Landing Page


To completely delete a rate landing page:

  1. Select “Groups” then “Manage RLPs”.

  2. Select the trash bin icon next to the desired group rate landing page. 

  3. Save.

  4. The group rate landing page is deleted and no longer accessible online.




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