Hotel Reservation System

Online Hotel participation system of rules Supervisor Mr. G. J. K. November 2012 Abstract Our visualize is carried out to develop a wind vane-based use c every last(predicate)ed Online Hotel engagement System. The purposes of building the Online Hotel Reservation System atomic number 18 for guests to dispatch online stockpiles and for hotel personnel to command qualifications, hold matters and subject of the web application. Problems with the current outline which were disc all overed during business studies are time-overwhelming arriere pensee process, ambiguity gull of hotel condition, passive content in online schema and lack of house moderate management strategy.The Online Hotel Reservation System is signifi rouset to perfect the potential of the system, which offer the speed and convenience of virtuoso-stop availability restrain, instant purchase and confirmation in taciturnity process. The system to be developed would as well as book ply to manage k eep matters and update all data on the Internet, 24 hours a day, without involving a web designer. Research on this project is conducted by visiting the websites of various hotels and material on hotel reservation all from the net.The methodology applied in ontogeny this system is Waterfall Paradigm. In conclusion, this automated system is aimed to save time and money for users thus resulting in high profit to the hotel and better services to the customers. Hotels volition need low maintenance cost to economise the system. The system to be developed would also brook an economical way for the customers to do way or repast booking, or to obtain schooling. Contents Figures Tables composition1 mental home 1. 1 PreambleThe online Hotel Reservation is developedfor COE 497 PROJECT 1 which is one of the final year courses offered in the Computer applied science programme. The hotel referred to in this project is the KwamengaHotel located in Fumesua, Kumasi. later studying the curr ent system for reservation at the hotel, it discovered that the system did not depart a way for hotel personnel to manage the content of the website. The content of the website is managed by the web designer. The system did not try housekeeping frolic for the housekeeper to keep track their quotidian work.Potential guests are also unable to view beat picture of the way their going to reserve. The purposes of developing Online Hotel Reservation System for the hotel are to manage the online hotel reservation and confine of the hotels website. The application will be shared out willbe divided into two core things. The first function is developed for the online transaction via Internet, which is mainly used by the hotels guests whereas the second function is developed for the hotels mental faculty to manage the content of the website and housekeeping matters in hotel.The guests whitethorn access the hotels official website to consider information about the hotel, such as way rates, hotel facilities, location of hotel, and virtual tour on hotel retinue and to make the online hotel reservation that is room booking via the internet. Mean plot, this application will enable hotels administrator to manage the online room reservation,online meal reservation, and housekeeping of hotel rooms. This application is aimed to add solutions for current system in order to afford better services to hotels guest.The application also will become a good barb for the hotel staff to manage the reservations, content of portal and housekeeping matters. 1. 2 Problem Statements The problems that influences the motives for creating a new system for the hotel are stated below a) Time consuming reservation process Online guests commit to spend much(prenominal) time to confirm or guarantee their reservations b) equivocalness view of hotel condition There is not often information provided in current system for guests to cope the condition of the hotel that they are going to stay in. c) unchanging content for online systemThe content of their website is static and hotel personnel piss no way to control content themselves. They are required to contact with system developer or programmer to update their website. d) Lack of housekeeping management system Current system did not provide feature to deal with housekeeping matters. 1. 3 Objectives * To develop an internet based system that results in signifi pratt emulous advantage for the hotel in a highly agonistic market by effective advertising and promoting over the internet * To maximize the hotels sales and room business by empowering customer to book their hotel rooms online. To deliver highly integrated processes and services that cross galore(postnominal) business functions and reach out directly to the intercontinental customers. * To provide improved services for existing customers while creating new business opportunities for the hotel. * To increase the productivity of the staff by automa ted shared information and simplified booking process. 1. 4 Scope In this project, an online room reservation, meal reservation, box reservation, managements for reservations, management of systems content and management for housekeeping is developed.The guests will use the online room reservation, meal reservation and package reservation facilities for room, meal and package booking respectively. Guests will use the application to get information for hotel and may have virtual tour on hotel rooms. The authorized hotel staff will access the patronage office to manage room, meal, package reservation and nourish information about the hotel such as room rates and hotel specific offers. This system would also provide schedule for hotel housekeeping.For the online room reservation, the scope for the guests usage will be focused on the instant room reservation. Meaning that, the guest may reserve the room in advance. The guests may check for room availability and choose the room qual ity they preferred. Guests booking will have an instant confirmation. Guests can guarantee their reservation by giving the credit card details in reservation form or by capital deposit. For online meal reservation, guest may reserve their meal from hotels restaurant in advance.They can view the set meal available in the restaurant online without calling to the restaurant. For the back office, the scope for staff usage will be focused on management works. They can manage the room, meal and package reservation by reading the reservation records make by the guest. Staff will have a complete control of the systems confine through the back office. They can forthwith update the hotels room description, availability, rates, news, special promotions and more at any time, at no cost.The housekeeping feature will be providing housekeeper a monthly schedule for their work. Housekeeper Manager may easily generate schedule from the system. This is for the reference of housekeeper in order to keep the hotel rooms clean every day. The online Hotel Reservation System will upload to the server so that visitors can browse through this system via Internet. Meanwhile, hotel staff can access back office via local nation network to manage the systems content, reservation and housekeeping. 1. 5 Contributions 1. 6 Expected Output Part 2 LITERATURE REVIEW