Restrict hotel bookings by keyword
You can restrict hotel bookings by keywords. The keywords you enter will be compared to terms in the hotel rate name and descriptions. Travelers will not be allowed to book any hotel rates that match the keywords you entered. To set your restricted keywords for hotels, use the procedure below.
- Login to the Online Booking Tool.
- Select Policies from the Program menu.
- Select the desired policy (e.g., Default Policy) in the left hand menu under Policy.
- Expand the Hotel section.
- Expand the Restrict bookings by section.
- Click + Add keyword next to the Keywords in hotel rate description field.
- Enter the keyword you would like to use to restrict hotel bookings (e.g., honeymoon, suite, penthouse-suite)
- Enter a reason why you are restricting rates with this keyword. This reason will be displayed to the traveler if they hover over the Not allowed label when attempting to book the hotel rate.
- Click Save. All hotel rate names and descriptions that contain this keyword will now be restricted from being booked.
If you enabled any rate exclusions by keyword for Lowest property rate field, you should also ensure that a matching keyword has been set for the Restrict bookings by field. Otherwise, you will still allow these room rate types to be booked even though they are excluded from the Lowest property rate calculation. For more details on this setting, see Set lowest property rate at hotel property.
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