Integration of WEB reservation system Evo-W into hotel websites
А. Introduction
Evo-W reservation system has been designed for fast
and efficient integration into hotel websites. For seamless blending
into any site, its user-friendly editor allows customizing the colour
scheme.
The WEB reservation system is hosted entirely on a ClockBS server and does not require any additional resources or equipment.
To
use the WEB reservation system you need hotel system version
Evolution. It is incompatile with older versions (Clock 2008, 3.7,
3.5, ...).
В. Integration
The integration of the
reservation system in a website requires several steps:
1.
Prepare a template page, where the reservation system will be
located.
Your
site needs a page, where the reservation system will be located. For
the purposes of this document, we shall call this page
wbe_integration.html. Its design should be similar to that of the
website (navigation, headers, footers, etc.). Leave a blank space of
at least 600px or 44 em width for the reservation system. The system
itself is integrated into wbe_integration.html with a single-line
script, which creates an iframe at the same location. Please consider
that the height of the reservation system frame is auto defined by
the script. Multihotel organizations need a separate page for each
hotel (e.g. ReservationsHotel1.html, ReservationsHotel2.html,
etc.).
2. Insert the integration script in the
wbe_integration.html page.
For
tests, use the demo scripts on the test page
http://infomatic.clockbs.com/wbe/demo.html.
The actual script for your hotel can be generated in the hotel system
itself: ClockEvolution->Hotel->Channel
management->Channels->WBE->Other settings->Script
generator. Multihotel organizations need a separate script for each
hotel, which is then inserted in the respective page.
3. Set
the colour scheme of the reservation system
The colour scheme of
the reservation system is set in the hotel system:
ClockEvolution->Hotel->Channel
management->Channels->WBE->Other settings->Colors.
4.
Set different types of links to your wbe_integration.html page.
Beside
the standard links to the new page, you can also use the two types of
widgets developed by ClockBS.
4.1.
Standard link.
Beside the standard link to wbe_integration.html, you can also insert a
link defining the language of the reservation system. For this
purpose add parameter 'lang' in the link to wbe_integration.html. You
can generate a link with a language parameter in the hotel system:
ClockEvolution->Hotel->Channel management->Channels->WBE->Other
settings->Script generator. You can find samples here:
http://infomatic.clockbs.com/wbe/demo.html.
4.2. Widget – Availability calendar. You can use this
widget to insert, on the home page or on any other page, a calendar
showing 1, 2, 3 or more (up to 12) months, where days with and days
without available rooms are marked in green and red respectively.
Clicking on a day in the calendar could direct the user to the
reservation system page wbe_integration.html.
This widget is integrated with a script. Each months needs a blank space of at least 200px or 115 em width.
If a month does not fit in a horizontal line, it is transferred onto the next line.
To display 3 months horizontally, set the width of the integration script element at 600px.
To display 3 months vertically, set the width of the integration script element at 200px, so the months are transferred vertically.
The widget script contains several defining parameters:
months=M – number of months to be visualized,
rfr=<url на wbe_integration.html> - URL of the reservation system webpage,
lang=<lang code> - language (bg, en, ...).
The
script can be generated in the hotel system:
ClockEvolution->Hotel->Channel management->Channels->WBE->Other
settings->Script generator. You can find samples here:
http://infomatic.clockbs.com/wbe/demo.html.
4.3. Widget – Arrival-Stay-Book. Use this widget to
insert a ready-made form containing 'Arrival date', 'Stay', and
'Available rooms and prices' button in the home page or any other
page. After filling in the fields and clicking the button, the user
is directed to wbe_integration.htm, which displays the available rooms
and prices for the defined date.
This
widget requires a blank space of at least 400px / 30em width. Find
samples at: http://infomatic.clockbs.com/wbe/demo.html.
4.4. Customized Arrival-Stay-Book form for opening the
reservation page wbe_integration.html. If the design of the ready-made
form does not match the overall design of the site, you can design
your own form directing to the reservation page. The parameters used
to call wbe_integration.html are as follows:
wcbs_from[=yyyy-mm-dd] - Arrival,
wcbs_to[=yyyy-mm-dd] - Departure or wcbs_days[=X] - Stay, lang - Language (bg, en, ...).
Here
is what the final URL should look
like:
http://HotelSite.com/wbe_integration.html?wcbs_from=2009-03-17&wcbs_days=2&lang=bg
Find samples at: http://infomatic.clockbs.com/wbe/demo.html.