Room Classes, Room Types, and Room Features should be defined before you create Rooms Codes for your property. Room Code setup enables you to define characteristics for each sellable room in your property for it to be used. For example, for a 2 Bedroom Parlor Suite, you may need to create each of the 2 bedrooms and the Parlor separately if you want sell them separately or create a single suite as one room if you want to sell it as a single entity.
Creating Room Codes
From the OPERA Cloud Administration menu, select Inventory, select Accommodation Management, and then select Rooms.
On the Manage Rooms screen, enter the following details and click Save:
Property: Select the property for which you want to create the room.
Room: Enter a code for the room. The code can contain a maximum of 6 alphanumeric characters. It is a best practice to evolve a naming convention around giving Room Codes - doing so will also make it easy for you to search for Rooms easily.
Room Type: Select the Room Type for which you want to associate the room. For more information, see Configuring Room Types
(View Only) Room Class: The Room Class appears based on the Room Type selected.
Description: Enter an appropriate description for the Room.
Manage Translation: Click Manage Translations to enter the description in other languages.
Maximum Occupancy: Enter the maximum number of people that can occupy the room.
Published Rate Code: OPERA uses this rate code to calculate the typical rate for the room to print variance reports and has no bearing on the reservation.
Published Rate Amount: Enter the rate amount to calculate the rate variance. Generally, this amount is used when you do not have a standard rate code for this room or if you want to use an amount that is different from the standard rate to calculate the variance.
Floors: Select a floor preference for this room. This help you to search, select and assign a room according to the guest preference.
Square Units: Enter the area (square feet or square meter) of the room.
Measurement: Enter the dimensions (length and width) of the room.
Phone Number: Enter the phone number assigned to the room.
Key Options: Select the default key option when keys ate cut for guests assigned to this room. Key Options depend on the capabilities of the key interface; typically they can be used to designate selected rooms or hotel areas. For example, Pools, Gym, Parking lot, and so on and can be included in the specifications when keys are generated for a guest's room.
Smoking: Specify if the room is a smoking or non- smoking room. This helps you to assign an appropriate room according to the guest preference.
Sequence: Enter a number to determine the order in which room codes are displayed when listed.
Day Section: Enter the day section to which the room belongs. For more information, see Configuring Housekeeping Section Codes
Evening Section: Enter the evening section to which the room belongs. For more information, see Configuring Housekeeping Section Codes
Pickup Credits, Stayover Credits, and Departure Credits: Credits are the cleaning units to measure the housekeeping efforts to clean a room. Specify the number of credits needed to clean the room in case of a Pickup, Stayover and Departure respectively.
Room Features: Click New and Search and select the room features. For more information, see Room Features
Connecting Rooms: If the room that is being configured has a connecting room, click New and search and select the require connecting room.
Modifying a Room Code
To modify an existing room code in your property, do the following:
From the OPERA Cloud Administration menu, select Inventory, select Accommodation Management, and then select Rooms.
Search and select the required room code that you want to modify and then click Actions. You can perform the following modifications:
Delete - SelectDelete to delete the room code.
Edit - Select Edit to modify the room code information and click Save.
Parent topic: Configuring Rooms