VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS

1.7.6

Release date – 19 February 2025

• Admin-widgets rendered in modal windows can be minimized or enlarged.
• Introducing the admin-dock bar for the minimized admin-widgets.
• New inbox-style layout for the admin-widget “Guest Messages” with infinite scroll loading.
• Options of type damage deposit allow to configure a payment window and payment method.
• Various improvements to the rates overview page and pricing update features.
• Various improvements to the operator tools framework.
• Introducing the new operator tool “Guest Messaging” (E4jConnect CM required).
• Various improvements to the listing-style layout of the front-end page “Room Details”.
• Visual editor improvements for Cron Jobs to preview the message for a specific booking ID.

1.7.5

Release date – 29 January 2025

• JavaScript improvements with new dates-range picker calendars.
• Styling and responsiveness improvements with new dates-range picker calendars.
• Introduced listings automatic mini-thumbnail for drop down menus.
• Storing the pre-checkin guests registration data will invoke the pax driver callback.

1.7.4

Release date – 22 January 2025

• JavaScript bug fixing with new dates-range picker calendars.
• Introduced new guest registration field type signature.

1.7.3

Release date – 21 January 2025

• New dates-range picker calendars.
• New listing layout parameter for room-details shortcode.
• Gen AI functions for listing contents (E4jConnect CM required).
• Gen AI Assistant in Visual Editor (E4jConnect CM required).
• Various Visual Editor improvements.
• Maintenance controller for performance optimization (large datasets).
• Multiple security improvements.

1.7.2

Release date – 18 December 2024

• Custom OTA pricing overrides in Rates Overview.
• New default PMS Reports.
• New options/extras of type late check-out/early check-in.
• Various AI framework improvements.
• New front-end search settings to display unavailable rooms.

1.7.1

Release date – 12 November 2024

• New OTA listing onboarding functions (Airbnb and Booking.com).
• Refactoring of PMS Reports framework.
• AI framework improvements required by Vik Channel Manager and E4jConnect.
• Minor back-end design improvements.
• Minor fixes.

1.7.0

Release date – 23 September 2024

• Major framework release.
• AI framework powered by ChatGPT (Channel Manager and E4jConnect subscription required).
• New admin-widget “AI Assistant” (Channel Manager and E4jConnect subscription required).
• New admin-widget “Guest Reviews” (Channel Manager and E4jConnect subscription required).
• Added support to Airbnb reactions in “Guest Messages” admin-widget.
• Derived rate plans with automatic rates and restrictions update from parent rate plans.
• Tiny URLs generated automatically to improve the OTA messaging capabilities.
• Room rates and restrictions management in admin-widget “Bookings Calendar”.
• Improved Notifications Center functionalities and CTA buttons.
• Schedule automatic payment collections.
• Register, update and delete offline payments.
• New financial statistics.
• New back-end styles.
• Several framework improvements.

Earlier versions

For further details about older versions, please refer to the changelog.md file of the plugin.