Siebel Hospitality Guide


What's New in This Release


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Overview of Siebel Hospitality

About Siebel Hospitality

Business Purposes of Screens in Siebel Hospitality

Viewing Information on the Hospitality Home Page (End User)


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Getting Started with Siebel Hospitality

Administrator Setup Tasks

Hospitality Workflow Processes

Verifying Hospitality Workflows Are Active


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Setting Up Properties

Process of Setting Up Properties

Defining Airports and Booking Centers

Creating Addresses for Properties

Adding Property Records

Defining Property Facilities and Room Service Attributes

Defining Property Day Parts

Updating the Property Team

Creating Sell Notes for a Property

Setting Up Special Dates for a Property

Viewing the Special Dates Calendar


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Setting Up Function Spaces, Sleeping Rooms, and Suites

Function Spaces, Sleeping Rooms, and Suites Administration

Process of Setting Up Function Spaces, Sleeping Rooms, and Suites

Creating Specific Space of Type Indivisible

Creating Specific Space of Type Configured

Creating Function Space Categories for Property

Associating Specific Space to Function Space Categories

Defining Setup Style LOVs

Creating Property-Specific Setup Styles and Associating Packages

Associating Setup Styles with Function Space Categories

Optimizing Setup Styles for Specific Spaces

Creating Sleeping Rooms

Setting Up Suites

Setting Up Indivisible and Configured Specific Space Suites

Setting Up the Suite Category and Assigning Suite-Specific Spaces

Associating Setup Styles with Suites

Setting Up Suite Administration


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Setting Up Products and Assets

Product Administration in Hospitality

Process of Setting Up Products and Assets

Creating Hospitality Product Categories

Creating Hospitality Product Subcategories

Simple and Complex Products in Hospitality

Creating Simple Products for Hospitality Events

Creating Complex Products for Hospitality Events

Preparing a Simple Product Base for a Complex Product

Creating a Complex Product for Hospitality Events

Creating Generic Catering Products

Creating Generic Room Blocks

Creating Property-Specific Products

Mapping a Generic Catering Product to a Property-Specific Product

Mapping Generic Room Block to Property-Specific Room Types

Creating Hospitality Assets


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Setting Up Inventory Controls

Process of Setting Up Inventory Controls

Defining Function Space Inventory Controls

Defining Sleeping Room Inventory Controls

Defining Suite Inventory Controls

Defining Out-of-Order and Unavailable Function Space at a Property


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Defining Day Parts, Status Indicators and Translations

Function Space Administration

Process of Defining Day Parts, Status Indicators, and Translations

Setting Up Property Day Parts

Defining Function Space and Asset Inventory Status Indicators

Setting Up Function Space Style Translations


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Setting Up Charge Codes, Taxes, and Service Charges

Hospitality Charge Codes, Taxes, and Service Charges

Process of Setting Up Charge Codes, Taxes, and Service Charges

Category Administration

Associating Categories with Products

Service Charge Administration

Creating a Service Charge

Associating a Service Charge with a Property

Tax Code Administration

Creating a Tax Code

Associating a Tax Code with a Property

Associating Tax Codes to Service Charges

Charge Code Administration

Defining Charge Codes

Associating Charge Codes with Tax Codes

Associating Charge Codes with Service Charges

Reviewing Charge Codes Associated with a Category

Reviewing Property-Specific Taxes and Service Charges


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Setting Up Pricing and Property Pricing

Process of Setting Up Pricing and Property Pricing

Pricing and Property Pricing

Setting Up Price Lists

Property Pricing Administration

Creating a Property Pricing Profile

Sleeping Room Pricing Administration

Setting Up Rates for Different Sleeping Rooms

Defining Government Sleeping Room Pricing Types and Rates

Setting Up the Negotiation Floor Rate and Exceptions

Defining Weekend Prices

Function Space Pricing Administration

Setting Up Pricing Day Parts

Defining Function Space Pricing Types and Rental Fees

Defining a Profit Series and Percentages

Defining Function Space Threshold Pricing

Setting Up Average Values and Function Types

Costing and Profitability Administration

Setting Up Sleeping Room Costing Data

Setting Up Profit Series for Categories

Setting Up Profit Thresholds

Discount Pricing Administration

Price Lists and Catering Products

Setting Up Arrival Date Adjustments for Product Pricing

Setting Up Account and Segment Discounts

Suite Pricing Administration


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Capturing Hospitality Opportunities

Scenario for Capturing Hospitality Opportunities

Process of Capturing Hospitality Opportunities

Profiling the Event Customer Account

Creating Hospitality Event Opportunities

Adding Details to the Event Opportunity

Modifying the Opportunity Arrival Date

Adding Activities to an Event Opportunity

Adding Attachments to an Event Opportunity

Adding Notes to an Event Opportunity

Adding a Function Agenda and Line Items to an Event Opportunity

Adding a Function Agenda to an Event Opportunity

Adding Function Agenda Line Items to an Event Opportunity

Using Function Agenda Buttons When Defining an Opportunity Function

Adding Room Block Information to an Event Opportunity

Adding General Billing Information to an Event Opportunity

Selecting Properties for the Event Opportunity

Using Quick Opportunity Capture

Adding an Assessment to the Event Opportunity


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Managing Property-Specific Event Quotes

About Property-Specific Quotes

Scenario for Managing Property-Specific Event Quotes

Process of Managing Property-Specific Event Quotes

Generating an Event Quote

Modifying an Event Quote

Overriding Multiple Event Quotes

Adding Details to an Event Quote

Modifying the Arrival Date in an Event Quote

Adding Quote Notes

Creating Quote Activities

Creating Attachments for a Quote

Capturing Billing Information for a Quote

Capturing Booking Fee Information

Capturing Credit Requests for an Event Quote

Managing Functions Associated with Quotes

Managing Quote Functions from the Function Screen

Managing Event Room Block Information in Quotes

Time Shifts for Function Spaces and Sleeping Room Blocks

Reviewing Quote Details and Revenue Estimates

Reviewing Quote Summary Information

Reviewing Revenue Estimates for Quote Functions

Reviewing Average Room Block Rates

Reviewing All Room Block Line Items

Reviewing All Category Line Items


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Working with Inventory

Process of Working with Event Inventory

Management of Function Characteristics at the Opportunity Stage

Management of Room Block Characteristics at the Opportunity Stage

Management of Property Characteristics at the Opportunity Stage

Quote Generation Processes

Function Space Reservation

Management of Functions at the Quote Stage

Using Reserve and Next Fit to Hold Function Space

Optioning Function Space

Overbooking Function Space

Canceling a Function

Copying a Function

Understanding Function Status Values

Detailing a Function

Suite Booking for Functions

Inconsistent Setup Styles and Function Space

Unit of Measure Conversions for Function Space Area

Flagging a Function for Spacious Set

Management of Room Blocks at the Quote Stage

Reserving and Overbooking Room Blocks

Canceling Room Blocks

Booking Suite Categories

Booking Specific Suites

Canceling a Suite Category

Scheduling a Function in a Specific Suite

Background Processes at the Quote Level

Changing Attributes Critical to Inventory Reservation

Inventory Critical Fields at the Function Level

Inventory Critical Fields at the Room Block Level

Inventory Critical Fields at the Quote Level

Actualizing a Function

Out of Order and Unavailable

Time Shifting Event Functions and Room Blocks

Event Shifting at the Quote Level

Checking Inventory Availability Using Property Screen Views

Reviewing Total Group Availability

Reviewing SR Type Availability

Reviewing Transient, Group, and Total Availability


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Booking Hospitality Assets

Process of Booking Hospitality Assets

About Hospitality Assets

Defining the Asset Inventory Status Display Color Scheme

Booking Critical and Non-Critical Assets

Viewing Assets Associated with a Product

Viewing Asset Availability and Booking Information

Locating the Owner of the Booked Asset

Locating a Comparable Substitute for a Booked Asset


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Using the Function Space Diary

Process of Using the FSI Diary

Function Space Diary Overview

Function Space Diary Screen Elements

Function Details in the Function Space Diary

Information Display Options in the Function Space Diary

Drag-and-Drop Operations in the Function Space Diary

Expand All and Collapse All Methods in the Function Space Diary

Booking Conversion and the Function Space Diary

Function Space Diary Revenue Management View

Function Space Diary and Total Sleeping Room Availability

Navigating to the Function Space Diary


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Working with Quote and Order Pricing

About Quote and Order Pricing

Function Space Pricing

Function Space Room Rentals

Profit and Revenue Thresholds

Function Line Item and Revenue Data Repricing

Sleeping Room Pricing

Pricing and Room Occupancy

Complimentary Room Pricing

Weekday and Weekend Pricing

Calculating Weighted Average Room Rates

Pricing and the Negotiation Floor

Minimum and Maximum Price

Suite Pricing


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Revenue Management

Hospitality Revenue Management

Scenario for Revenue Management

Process of Revenue Management

Completing the Revenue Evaluation Form

Submitting a Quote for Revenue Evaluation

Evaluating the Event Quote

Responding to a Quote Evaluation

Updating and Reducing the Negotiation Floor Rate


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Finalizing a Quote, Turnover, and Confirming Event Details

Scenario for Finalizing a Quote, Turnover, and Confirming Event Details

Process of Finalizing a Quote and Managing Turnover

Generating an Agreement for the Quote

Setting an Event Quote Status to Definite

Completing and Submitting the Event Turnover Checklist

Reviewing and Accepting or Rejecting the Turnover (Event Manager)

Gathering and Confirming Event Details

Confirming Sleeping Room Details

Confirming Function Space Details

Gathering and Confirming Function Details

Gathering and Confirming Additional Requirements for the Event

Event Change Management


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Generating and Managing Event Orders

About Event Order Generation

Scenario for Generating and Managing Event Orders

Process of Generating and Managing Event Orders

Generating Primary Event Orders

Creating and Managing Event Orders Associated with a Function

Creating Event Orders Associated with a Function

Changing the Primary Event Order Associated with a Function

Associating Event Orders to a Function Line Item

Creating Functions from the Orders Screen

Synchronization of Functions and Function Line Items

Adding Notes to an Event Order

Adding Attachments to an Event Order

Viewing Event Orders and Visibility


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Generating Event Checks

About Event Checks

Scenario for Generating Event Checks

Process of Generating Event Checks

Updating Event Orders

Freezing Orders Before Event Checks

Revising the Order After the Event

Generating an Event Check

Generating a Trial Check for an Event

Posting Event Checks

Guest and Accounting Event Check Rules and Review

Calculation Rules for Generating and Displaying Event Checks

Reviewing Event Checks

Voiding an Event Check

Event Check Reports and Printouts


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Creating Hospitality Reports

Process of Generating Hospitality Reports

About Banquet Event Order (BEO) Reports

Generating and Printing a BEO Report

About Schedule of Events (SOE) Reports

Validating the Print Line in SOE Flag

Generating and Printing the SOE Report

About the Quote Summary Report

Generating and Printing the Quote Summary Report

About the Guest Event Check Report

Generating and Printing the Guest Event Check Report

About the Accounting Event Check Report

Generating and Printing an Accounting Event Check Report

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Siebel Hospitality Guide