Event Calendar Overview: feature allows a property to mark and track special events, high-demand dates, or notable occurrences directly on their rate calendar.
Key features:
· Mark events, highlight specific dates (or date ranges) with an event — e.g., local festivals, conferences, concerts, holidays, or property-specific happenings (renovation, maintenance, in-house promotions).
· Visual Awareness, as it acts as a prompt/reminder for the revenue or front office team to review that date and check current rates, restrictions and inventory allocation
1. Event Calendar Setup
Step 1 – Navigate to Event calendar
· Login to extranet > Settings > Tools > Event Calendar
Step 2 – Understanding the Event Calendar module
· The current year displayed, regardless of the current month – this provides an overview of all events added within the year
· At a glance calendar will highlight Available days (green), Unavailable days (red) and Events assigned to a date/date
Step 3 – Create Event
· Simply select the date to apply Event
· Multiple events supported, this offers more insight into what is happening
· Option to set a date as a public holiday, this helps differentiate Events to Public holidays
2. Display of events – how Events are displayed when added
· Navigate to Availability & Rates
· Within the Availability & Rates calendar an icon is visible above the date to highlight dates that have an event assigned
· Simply hover over icon to view events
· If the date has been set as a public holiday the icon is presented as red