Hotel Information With Online Reservation
Hotel Information With Online Reservation
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Chapter 1
Introduction
Colleges and Universities in the City are held with high regards as places
for higher level of education and learning, preparation for a bright future. Most of
newly graduate students in High School from provinces flung to the city to pursue
their courses or chosen carriers. Others that may come from provinces to city are
identified into several categories like job seekers or workers, travelers, tourist
and more.
person belongs, students will prefer to stay within the vicinity of the campus they
will study. Job seekers or workers may choose to stay in a place near their
workplace, while travelers and tourists alike may stay in hotels or hostels. These
days, there are several factors to be considered in looking for the place to stay
for years for students and workers, while short term for travelers and tourists.
Since every traveler has different needs when searching for a place to
stay, one will need to ask oneself what is important. Whether one is looking for a
great deal or a great location choosing the right place is always a trying task, and
with the enormous number of promotions, deals and programs offers out there, it
Before searching, one can ask what type of accommodation to get that will
suit the budget. The most common determining factors in choosing a place to
stay, as well as tips for finding properties that suit each particular need is
sometimes concerned with price. Whether you’re intimidated by the high cost of
hotels or eager for a more social travel experience, the most often associated
of accommodation is a hostel.
The Encyclopedia refers to ‘Hostel’ as the old name for an inn, later used
to describe a building providing lodging for students and other groups. The words
"hotel", "hostel" and "hostal" are etymologically the same, coming into the English
language from Old French hostel itself, from Late Latin hospitale, denoting a
place of rest. Later on “hostel” was used strictly for a place where the students
may rent a bed or share a bathroom, lounge or kitchen at times. Rooms can be
mixed for male and female together or separately, although private rooms may
of a room with a bed, a cupboard and small table has been replaced with a room
Project Overview
Project Background
Established on October 2014, Yuj Village Inn Corp. (Yuj Inn Hostel) was
City. The hostel is owned and managed by Mr. Eugene N. Remata who currently
works at Globe Telecom. Mr. Remata started his business when their family
rented their house to his friend way back in his college years. After graduating in
college, some of his acquaintance asked him for some hotels near in UP
Campus, thus he decided to try this line of business. Yuj Village Inn Corp has
expanded its business by renting two buildings for room type accommodations
either for a short term or long term stay. The two buildings have a total of thirty-
feeling of Filipino warmth and hospitality to their guests, and will continue to do
so under the management of the family. The billing and reservation system
currently used by the management in Yuj Inn Hostel is manually done. Tellers
staying in the reception are dependent on incoming calls or emails booking for a
room. Calls or emails are translated into written entries on their monthly calendar
for reservation.
To promote the hostel even more, Mr. Remata also made a contract with
booking services through their website and mobile app in exchange for cheaper
rooms but comes with a percentage share from the total amount of booking rate.
Though Agoda Company provides most of Yuj Inn Hostel’s guests, various
weaknesses were identified with regards to their current system; (1) manual
reservation is a time consuming job and at the same time, (2) data are not
Yuj Inn Hostel maintains a Facebook page that provides information such as
contact numbers, emails and pictures about the types of rooms that guests can
choose from. It is the proponents’ goal to make a website for the Yuj Inn Hostel
management that can be used for their customers reservation and billing.
pleasure.
System for Yuj Inn Hostel. The proposed system aims to help minimize the long
company grow or expand their business by attracting new customers with the
use of internet. Even though they are new in business, Mr. Remata is persuaded
transaction processing system that would help speed up the operation of Yuj Inn
Hostel. The proponents intend to develop a system that will contribute to the
company’s growth, thereby may result in a profitable increase for the corporation.
The project will, at the same time, help boost the skills of the proponents with the
goal of receiving the approval of the client, evaluator and thesis adviser.
General Objective
Online Reservation and Billing System for Yuj Village Inn Corp. that will help
manage the transactions of the hostel through modern techniques and methods.
Specific Objectives
and make reservation via the Internet in order to improve their transaction
and services.
• To develop a system that will generate reports and compute total bills of
and experts.
Statement of Work
• Scope of Project
Reservation and Billing System for Yuj Village Inn Corp. The proposed
system would help provide their guests an easy access for room
convenience in computing guests’ bills. The billing system shall include the
amount of the room rental and other services of Yuj Inn Hostels. Refunding
• Limitation
The proposed system also has its limitation. The system only
displays other services offered by the company but is not included in the
reservation form. Clients may only reserve room and packages displayed in
client inquiry, the administrator may only reply to any inquiry or message
List of Deliverables
User Manual - a booklet that provides all the instruction to the employee for using
the system.
Progress Report – for the company and to the adviser. To let them know what
Training Plan – the step by step procedure on how to operate the system by end
users.
In this chapter the proponents will discuss the existing system of the
company and the overall process of it. The current reservation system of Yuj Inn
Hostel still uses the Manual Reservation of paper and pen and a spreadsheet
program for record purposes. This allows presenting the problems they
At present, Yuj Inn Hostel does their booking manually. Walk-in guests will
have to inquire personally for their reservation and will fill-up the form regarding
the necessary information. The guest shall pay the amount of the room that
he/she reserved. Afterwards, the teller will confirm to the guest his/her request.
different languages. Part of the process in Agoda is to ask for information such
as check-in and check-out date, name, contact information and the necessary
payment method for your reservation. Even though Agoda provides cheaper
room rates for guests opposed to the original rates of Yuj Inn, the site tends to
deduct a percent on the rate. After the online reservation via Agoda, a copy of
voucher will be sent to the e-mail address that the guest provided in their contact
information. An I.D. Number will be sent to Yuj Inn via email and will be verified
Since many of their competitors are already using web based reservation
systems, it will be to their advantage to use a similar system, so that they will not
With the use of the proposed system, their clients can find them at the
internet, book online their reservation, and pay without the need for clients to
leave their office or home. This improved process for booking will help them gain
loyalty from their guests. They might also find additional clients since people can
System Description
Yuj Inn Hostel uses a manual system of paper and pen to detail all the
reservation information of their guests. After listing all the necessary information
of the guest and the type of room they are going to accommodate, the hotel
receptionist will arrange the desired itinerary after payment. The guest can
The diagram shows an overview of the current system. It shows the flow
of data that goes in and out of the system. The client will fill up the form then
choose a room; the receptionist will check the availability of the room then
confirm it to the guest after that the receptionist will compute the total bill of the
client. The guest will decide to pay in full payment or down payment. When the
receptionist acquires the full payment, they will issue the receipt to the client. All
1. Rates are cheaper 1. With the use of Online 1. Email notification will be
compared to nearby Advertisement on the received after reservation
competitors website the customer for security purposes (S3,
2. There are sufficient will view enough & T1)
rooms available for the affordable rooms 2. There is a need to create
customer available for them a Billing System to lessen
3. Customer will be (O1,O3, S1, S2, S3) the error in computation
informed regarding 2. CCTV security for the (S4, T2, T4)
reservation through SMS safety of the customer
4. They are accepting Walk- (S4,O4)
In customer
Weaknesses (Internal) WO Strategy WT Strategy
Strength
Price is one thing that must be considered before staying in a hotel, as Yuj
Inn Hostel offers cheaper rooms it is considered as strength in the company. Yuj
Inn has a total of thirty-six (36) room capacities that are sufficient and available
for guests to stay in. Accepting walk-inn customer is also an advantage to them
Weaknesses
weakness for Yuj Inn Hostel for it can cause a mismatch for their records in their
spreadsheet program and their logbook. Having few amenities is also one of their
weaknesses because some near competitors around them may have more
amenities that can offer to guest which may lead to guest preferring others
Opportunities
company. Thus we listed the opportunities of Yuj Inn Hostel; (1) customers are
decision for future purposes. (2) Because of lower price against competitors,
thrifty customers are willing to stay on their hostel to save money and time
because the hostel is located in nearby establishments that are known in the
area.
Threats
There are things that must be considered to avoid risk in the company. A
you don’t have any copy of records apart from the original records. Miscalculation
of bills is also another threat factor because it can lead to mistrust of customers
Inn Hostel, thus we propose to them an Online Reservation system for better
will be informed about their cheaper room rates and having already an SMS
Loss of data and miscalculation of bills is one of the threats that Yuj In
billing system and an additional Email notification for them for security purposes
after reservation.
they are willing to have a system as one of their opportunities, thus we propose
While Yuj Inn Hostel is operating they are vulnerable to threats like loss of
data. We will propose a database for them to save their files and we will
distribute user manual for them as for the employees that will handle the
proposed system
Review of Related Literature and Studies
Related Literature
Foreign Literature
greatly facilitate cross border consumer activity. The Internet has enabled hotels
revitalized the role of agents and lead to a new type of agent, the web agent or
travel gate, selling a far wider range of accommodation on behalf of a far wider
range of hotels. However, while online booking has increased the range of offers
available, there are also some emerging worries due to examples of unfair
consumer and hotel. They also included that online reservation systems must
display the final price of a hotel room both before and during any booking
procedure.
for reservation. Also, a contract terms and conditions about cancellations will be
(ease of access through the Internet) but doing it better and more effectively
themselves. Large numbers of travelers are now booking their rooms through
areas, spas and other amenities, giving clients the ability to see what they are
booking even more clearly than they would by calling the hotel's reservation
system like this brings with it a whole set of unique legal and management
issues. For example, how do you manage security on the site? Do you have a
concerned users? There is no legal requirement for what a privacy policy says,
but whatever it says, you have to live up to it. If you say that no information about
customers is ever given to third parties, you have to abide by that without
exception. If you say that you will do everything possible to train employees and
employ security measures to prevent hacking, you have to abide by that as well.
to live up to the promises made in policies they post on their websites. (Develop
essential).
This article discusses about the security of the system. This can
help the proponents in constructing an effective and efficient privacy policy that
products. A user who enters a website must be able to understand the design
can’t immediately understand how to use a website, they will either transfer to
competitor. The key difference between usability research and market research
is that market research tells you whether a group of people will use a website
while usability research tells you whether they can use it. (Bainbridge, 2003)
He also stated that “Price / rate data are some of the most
important pieces of information that users look for on a website. Price is often the
compete in terms of design and at the same keep a user friendly environment
Online payment is designed to help Nippon Travel and Tours improve their
manual system thru internet website. The system will be created for booking
clients reservation and receiving their payment thru internet. The information
needed shall include the client’s desired date, destination, preferred airline and
the total amount due and payable to Nippon Travel Agency. The system will be
protected by data access control which will restrict the unauthorized users having
immense help in managing and improving St. Vincent Cottages Resorts (SVCR)
reservation system. The system that they implemented was an online reservation
with billing system. The system was designed to serve and to provide the guests
with a room reservation via online. The system that they developed contains all
the compulsory information about the resort itself, the room reservation, room
types, room rates, services and facilities. And by means of internet connectivity,
the guest would have an easy way in accessing the system for them to have their
and SVCR is almost similar to the proposed system of the proponents which also
has backup features, restore, databases and information about the rooms of the
hotel that the costumers can reserve. This article helped the proponents
authority and power on hotel or motel room booking over the internet. This entails
that one can accumulate all guest payments; enter own room descriptions,
facilities, rates and allocations into the Reservation System. OHRS also allows to
confirm accommodation in real-time at hotel’s web site and close the sale without
more ado. There are several benefits of OHRS. It makes the reservation process
a low cost. It enables one to check available inventory and complete an online
booking form making the reservation process more efficient and less time
consuming. OHRS assists hotel’s guests and agents with different payment
options such as credit/debit cards. The system can track hotel’s performance on
confirmation, where the system will generate a confirmation code that will be sent
to the customers email address for the completion of their reservation process.
Related Studies
Foreign Studies
commonly used in resort and hotel industry. CRS is a computerized system that
and host of lodging facilities. CRS as a tool is used to reach the global
distribution system or GDS along with internet distribution system from a single
point system. Hotel managers use this tool to manage their online sales and
in the form of video, pictures and detailed hotel information like address, phone
reservation system. This helped the proponents understand and learn about the
usability problems with interface quality, information quality, and service quality
affect negatively the purchase and revisit intentions of website users. The author
and simpler pathways to leisure breaks, greater depth of information for room
reservation systems.
that can help customers decide on what type of rooms they are going to reserve.
as they don't need to stand in queues for getting their seats reserved and they
can easily make reservations on any airline just from a single system. On the
other hand, it also removed an extra burden from the Airline Department as most
of the passengers and travel agencies use this service instead of making
reservations from the counters. With the help of the system, customers can view
all the different flight's availability with different timings for a particular date and it
also allows them to reserve a seat, cancel a reservation or modify it. The only
problem with the system is that it doesn't allow the passengers to change the
particular part of his or her reservation. The data is updated immediately to the
server because at the same time many users will be reserving the seats from
different places. So each request will be send to the central server by the
software and the server will check the request. If the request can be granted, the
server will give a positive response to the user or else it will indicate an error
proponents, the only difference is the system used in the article is for an aviation
company while the proposed system of the proponents is intended for a hotel.
The proponents shall develop a system that update every time a new reservation
Local Studies
The website of The Theodore Hotel gets an upgrade with the recent
book accommodations within minutes. Guests of the hotel can now enjoy a quick,
easy reservation process, thanks to the recent launch of a booking engine on the
and compare available room types, rates, and features before indicating their
room choice and length of stay. A 10% deposit through credit card secures the
innovative way of reserving accommodations saves time and energy that guests
would normally spend using more traditional means of booking rooms at the
reservation system that can help them promote their services, and at the same
time help their customers lessen the time they spend booking rooms at their
hotel. The proponents will design a system that can help Yuj Inn Hostel promote
significance for the convenience of the employees and for faster transactions. It
must also reduce time consumption and therefore cut off the hassle for the
personnel in charge and also for the guests. By this, they were able to find some
online payments for the online reservation, creating data archiving of reservation
and other transaction and to generate reports. This solution will assist the
personnel in charge in the front desk in terms of fast transaction, secured data
The article also includes programs that can help the personnel in
charge in the front desk on how to use their proposed system. Thus, the
proponents considered providing user’s manual and tranings for Yuj Inn Hostels
employees. The user’s manual and trainings can help the employees understand
Mira Moon Hotel is 91-bedroom hotel located in the pioneering new Hong
Kong. With the theme of Ancient Chinese and a dash of 21 st century melds with
countries and their easy to access Online Reservation System. Mira Moon
the famous Manila Bay that stands out with prime commercial areas that gives a
as its capital you can access them through their Online Reservation System in
their Reservation Form for its simplicity yet absolute information gathering and
the design of their Billing System at the near end of their Reservation Form.
Rothman Hotel’s Reservation Form start with the potential guest choosing
the desired date together with the departure date on their standard calendar
where in you can clearly see the day to choose from unlike other reservation
where in you will just input the date of arrival and inform the departure date upon
fascinated in their Reservation and Billing System because after gathering the
information you can already see your bills after choosing the room as per the part
3 of the Reservation Form. The customer can also clearly see the policy
regarding the cancellation of their reservation and the can also put comments in
their special request box that can clearly please their potential customer.
Operational Definition of terms
This part is all about the words that the proponents used in this study so
Admin – refers to the unit that handles the inquiries regarding the room
Backup Files – it is the copy you can use in case your data corrupted.
Database – this is where the company store data for their system.
Evaluator –is responsible for giving opinion based on his/her review and
reservation fee.
and peace.
Manual – it means usually done through hand or the used of pen and
paper.
Walk-in – the guest who come to the hotel personally to check in without
making a reservation.