STL CookbookRoom types
Create and edit CRS sellable room types, including capacity, occupancy limits, and display order.
Entry: Console → CRS → Settings → Room Type.
Prerequisites
Room types are the sellable room categories for the hotel. Maintain a full profile for sales and operations.
Use cases:
- Booking quotes: At booking, the system filters room types by guest counts and shows matching rates.
- Rate strategy: Different pricing by room type.
- Inventory: Track sellable counts per room type.
- Reports: Analyze sales by room type.
Field notes:
Max capacity, max adults, max children:
- Adults and children on the reservation must not exceed the room type maxima.
- Adults + children must not exceed max capacity.
Sequence number:
- Controls guest-facing room type order (lower numbers first).
- Affects paid upgrade banner display logic.
Steps
Create a room type
Click Create Room Type.
In the dialog, fill in:
- Room Code: Up to 6 characters; letters or numbers only.
- Room Type Name: Multilingual; Chinese up to 10 characters, English up to 20.
- Room Category: Single or Suite.
- Max capacity: Dropdown 1–5.
- Max adults: Dropdown 1–5; must be ≤ max capacity.
- Max children: Dropdown 0–5; must be ≤ max capacity.
- Sequence number: Integer 0–99.
Click Confirm.
Edit a room type
Find the room type to change.
Open More Options → Edit.
Update fields in the dialog.
Click Confirm.
Room Code and Room Category cannot change after creation.
Result
- New room types appear for rate plans, inventory, and room attributes.
- Edits apply on save for fields that remain editable.
FAQ
None