Creating a Room Type
To create a room type, do the following:
From the OPERA Cloud Administration menu, select Inventory, select Accommodation Management, and then select Room Type.
Click New.
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If you're logged in at multi property level, select Template to create a set of room type templates, which can be copied to individual properties and can be customized as necessary.Enter the following information, and then click Save:
Physical: Select to configure the room as a physical room to include in the inventory.
Pseudo: Select to configure the room as a posting master room. Pseudo rooms do not affect your property's inventory. The room type selected as Pseudo at the template level cannot be changed when it is copied to other properties.
Component Room: Select to configure the room type as Component Room. A component room is comprised of multiple inter-connecting rooms (two or more room types), which define the new Component Room room type. When a reservation is made for a Component Room, OPERA deducts one room from the Component Room room type, and one room from each of the component room's physical rooms.
Inactive: Select to make the Room Type inactive. For example, you may mark it inactive when there is no inventory available for this room type at the property. The same validation checks for deleting a room type remain in effect for inactivating a room type. These include the following: the room type cannot be associated with a rate code; it cannot be associated with a current and/or future reservation; it cannot be associated with an active business block; it cannot have room numbers associated with it; and it cannot be part of a component room type configuration. The inactive room types do not appear when creating a reservation.
Room Type: Enter a unique code to identify the room class. It is a best practice to evolve a naming convention around giving Room Class Codes - it makes easy for you to search and associate Rooms at a later stage.
Description: Enter an appropriate description for the Room Type - the description should ideally describe what the Room Class is about.
Manage Translations: Click Manage Translations to enter the description in other languages.
Long Description: Enter furthermore description of the Room Type. This information appears on different screens in OPERA.
Room Info URL: Enter the room info URL.
Room Class: Search and select the Room Class to which you want to associate the room type.
Yield Status: Select if the room type is yieldable or non-yieldable.
Yield Category: Select a yield category for the room type.
Bed Type: Search and select the bed type.
Smoking: Select if the room is a smoking or non-smoking room.
Rooms: This field auto-populates with the number of rooms of this room type that have been configured for the property. This view-only column is always 0 for templates.
Activate Date: The date the room type is available for sale. Enter the date or use the calendar to select a date.
Sequence: Enter a number to determine the order in which room type codes are displayed when listed. When two or more room types have the same sequence number, they are displayed alphabetically.
Meeting: Select to configure the room type as meeting room. The room type selected as Meeting at the template level cannot be changed when it is copied to other properties.
Housekeeping: Select to enable the room for all the housekeeping functions. Rooms that are configured as pseudo and meeting can also be selected for housekeeping to set them for out of order and out of service.
Send to IFC: Select to send a check in message to the various property interfaces for this room type. For example, you may wish to activate the phone interface or the in-room movie system.
Default Occupancy: Enter the number of people required for a room to be occupied. For Pseudo Room, enter 0.
Minimum Occupancy: Enter the minimum number of people that can occupy the room for this room type.
Maximum Occupancy: Enter the maximum number of people that can occupy the room for this room type.
Maximum Adults: Enter the maximum number of adults that can occupy the room for this room type.
Maximum Children: Enter the maximum number of children that can occupy the room for this room type.
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Maximum Occupancy can be used alone or in combination with Maximum Adults and/or Maximum Children. These values are referenced throughout OPERA, for example, when a room is assigned to a reservation, when rates are set up based on occupancy, and when a room move is performed. A message prompts you when the maximum number of persons exceed for a specific room.When used alone, Maximum Occupancy sets the limit on the number of persons (adults and children) that may occupy rooms of this room type. For example, if Maximum Occupancy is 3 and Maximum Adults and Maximum Children are not defined (null values), the room could be occupied by any mix of adults and children not to exceed 3 persons: by 3 adults, or by 2 adults and 1 child, or by 1 adult and 2 children, or by 3 children, etc. When Maximum Occupancy is used with Maximum Adults and/or Maximum Children, the number of persons occupying the room may not exceed Maximum Occupancy, nor may the individual limits on the number of adults (Maximum Adults) and/or the number of children (Maximum Children) be exceeded. This means that the Maximum Adults value and the Maximum Children values cannot be individually greater than the Maximum Occupancy value.Room Features: Click New and select the required room feature. The room features selected here become the default room features for this room type, and are copied to all rooms created with this room type. These defaults may be changed for individual rooms of this room type when the room is configured. For more information, refer Manage Room Features.
Modifying a Room Type
To modify and existing room type in your property, do the following:
From the OPERA Cloud Administration menu, select Inventory, select Accommodation Management, and then select Room Type.
Search and select the required room Type that you want to delete and then click Actions. You can perform the following modifications:
Delete - Click Delete to delete the room type.
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A room type can only be deleted when it has no dependencies associated with it. This means that it cannot be linked to any reservations, activities, rooms, and so on.Edit - Click Edit and modify the required information. Click Save.
Copying Room Types to Properties
You can copy one or more room types from one property to other at the template level in case of a multi-property OPERA PMS installation as well as at the property level in case of single-property standalone OPERA PMS installation.
To copy room types to other properties, do the following:
From the OPERA Cloud Administration menu, select Inventory, select Accommodation Management, and then select Room Type.
From the Actions vertical ellipse, select Copy and on the Copy Room Types screen, do the following:
Search and select the room type codes that you want to copy.
Select the target properties to copy the selected room types and then click Save.
Review and confirm the copied codes.
Parent topic: Configuring Rooms