{"id":1022,"date":"2024-03-15T14:58:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e360hospitality.com\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2024-05-04T10:04:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T10:04:54","slug":"what-is-opera-pms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e360hospitality.com\/opera-free-training\/what-is-opera-pms\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Opera\u00a0PMS, How Does It Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As part of our posts to help prepare you for our free Opera PMS training, this article gives an overview by introducing you to how this property management system fits into assisting the daily operations of any hotel and briefs on a few powerful functionalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>What is Opera PMS?<\/strong> <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Opera PMS system is a comprehensive hotel property management system. Add-on licenses to activate additional modules as required and parameterized control over functionality setup help hotels customize the software to address only their operational needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, the possibility to integrate with a vendor from a huge list gives the hoteliers options to work with different brands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Operating a hotel is a complicated business. SOP (Standard Operating Procedures), service levels, meeting regional legal requirements, and target markets are different from one hotel to another, and hotel chain to chain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opera (Property Management System) is used in hotels of all types around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>How Does Opera Hotel System Fit Hotels of All Types?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Opera PMS provides different ways to customize the system to suit the hotel\u2019s requirements and to address operational needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When you have the primary Opera PMS license, you have the core functions and features that can address any hotel\u2019s operational needs throughout a guest’s journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For example, handling travel agent commissions or back office (City Ledger) that are not part of a hotel guest\u2019s journey, but some hotels might still want to use them as a module in Opera PMS. The advantage is that the hotel doesn\u2019t need another software integrated with Opera PMS to handle the operation. There are many add-ons available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>‘Application Settings<\/strong>‘ Helps Customize the Software to Lazer Target Hotels’ needs<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Application Settings <\/strong>consists of Functions, Parameter, and Settings that allow further fine-tuning of a selected module by choosing what features it should have and their behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For example, a hotel enables Currency Handling under Functions<\/strong>, then sets daily handling limits under Parameters<\/strong>, and finally sets the limit under Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vendor integrations:<\/strong> Enrolment of vendors into Opera PMS integration<\/a> is controlled by the Oracle validation program, but the list is huge and counting. Google \u201cOpera validated interfaces,\u201d and you will get a list of integrated vendors from the Oracle site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>Opera Profiles<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Opera guest profile features examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n