• Released a new feature for our B2C booking engines. It’s now possible to make it mandatory for your customers to enter their names using the alphabet as opposed to using kanji.
• Improvement to the performance of the Housekeeping Report for users who have hundreds of rooms and/or who wish to estimate how busy future housekeeping will be over a large number of future dates.
• Various performance enhancements.

Now most of the ski resorts in Hokkaido are open for the 2022-23 winter season! This is the first winter season after the Japan’s borders have opened again to the international guests. We are proud to be providing systems to Niseko, Rusutsu, Kiroro, Moiwa, Teine resorts and a myriad of independent resort businesses across the prefecture.

• Updates to our integration with Wintersteiger Easyrent. Equipment rental stores who use Easyrent for operations can easily receive B2C and B2B sales directly into Easyrent via our booking engines.
• Updates to our integration with Zenryo payment system, a provider of online payment solutions that offers highly competitive rates.
• Bug fixes and performance enhancements.

The Search & Quote page has been modernized and includes a number of new features:
Support for Rate Plan promotion codes.
A price filter that allows lower and upper boundaries to be specified.
Support for quoting in alternative currencies, for accounts where payment in more than once currency is accepted.

We are happy to have released a new system “RB CAR” on November 1st! RB CAR was developed as part of a DX (Digital Transformation) project sponsored by the Hokkaido Transport Bureau. The project aims to increase efficiency when rental cars are transported by carrier trucks to the starting point required by customers. As well as digitizing the order process, RB CAR can help maximize the number of cars transported by each carrier truck. We are proud to be working with the Hokkaido Transport Bureau and supporting the 18 rental car companies and 9 transportation companies who are participating in this exciting initiative. 

• As part of our drive to provide the best sales distribution possible for RB users, we’re happy to have integrated with The Luxe Nomad, Asia-Pacific’s leading luxury villa booking portal and management company. Rates and availability are synced in real time to TLN’s systems, allowing their clients instant access to booking online.
• Improvements to the booking engine for resort services such as lift passes, ski lessons, rentals and transportation when purchasing by mobile.

Japan announces borders to return to normal from October 11. Travellers will once again be able to enter Japan without the need for a special visa, PCR tests or to be part of a tour. Long awaited and welcome news for the travel industry as a whole, and the 320 Japanese-tourism businesses that we support.