How to manage your OTA Promotions for Agoda?

STAAH MAX – How to manage your OTA Promotions for Agoda?


OTA promotion feature allows a property to setup promotions on Agoda via MAX extranet. 

This feature supports creating NEW promotions created in MAX extranet, and option to pull existing promotions created on OTA extranet.


Where is this found?
  1. Login to MAX Extranet > Setup > Channels > OTA promotion

     



Get Promotion – enables property to pull in existing promotions created on OTA extranet.
  1. Properties that manage multiple OTA listings can select what listing to pull promotions from.
  2. Select ‘Get Promotion’ for applicable OTA Listing


Add Promotion – ability to create a NEW promotion. 

Click ‘Add Promotion’ button. 

      



Add promotion name > select ‘Channel’ > promotion type > Channel ID. 


The below Agoda promotions are supported, each with their set requirements.
  1. Basic
  2. Early Booker
  3. Last Minute
  4. Express Tonight
  5. Long Stay
  6. 72 Hours
  7. Special offer

Select applicable Room/Rate plan combination that will be part of the promotion>Next. 
  1. Multiple Rate plan selection supported
  2. Rooms/Rate plans displayed will be based on what is mapped to the Channel listing ID selected.



BASIC  

Easy to use promotion that will give the guest a discount on selected rooms and rates. Follow prompts and complete as required




Promotion requirements 
  1. Booking dates: Dates range the booker must book to receive promotion
  2. Stay dates: Date range the booker must stay to receive discount
  3. Booking time: Option to set time frames promotion is bookable (i.e 5pm-7pm)
  4. Custom days: Ability to apply promotion to custom days of the week, default is All days.




  1. Discount type: Choose the type of discount you want to offer

  2. Amount per night
  3. Amount per booking
  4. Percentage per night
  5. Free nights – option to offer a free night. Enter the night that you want to offer free.
  6. Example: 2, means the 2nd night is free.

Recurring: default is no, select yes, every second night would be free.
  1. Optional features:


  1. Blackout dates: select dates that discount will not apply (optional)
  2. Cancellation policy
  3. Book min number of rooms: Minimum number of rooms needed to receive discount.
  4. Stackable: To combine discount with existing promotions.
  5. Segments: Select drop down box to view options, set/pre-determined by Agoda.



  1. Click on SAVE to create promotion: When promotion is successfully created and submitted to Agoda, success message is returned.
 

Early Booker  Discount to early bookers. Follow prompts and complete as required.




Promotion requirements
  1. Booking dates: Dates range the booker must book to receive promotion
  2. Stay dates: Date range the booker must stay to receive discount
  3. Option to set time frames promotion is bookable (i.e 5pm-7pm)
  4. Custom days: Ability to apply promotion to custom days of the week, default is All days.




  1. Discount type: Choose the type of discount you want to offer
  1. Amount per night
  2. Amount per booking
  3. Percentage per night

  1. Optional features :


  1. Blackout dates: select dates that discount will not apply (optional)
  2. Cancellation policy
  3. Book min number of rooms: Minimum number of rooms needed to receive discount.
  4. Stackable: To combine discount with existing promotions.
  5. Segments: Select drop down box to view options, set/pre-determined by Agoda.




  1. Click on SAVE to create promotion: When promotion is successfully created and submitted to Agoda, success message is returned.


Last Minute  Promotion that is booked within a short time before check-in




Promotion requirements

  1. Booking dates: Dates range the booker must book to receive promotion
  2. Stay dates: Date range the booker must stay to receive discount
  3. Option to set time frames promotion is bookable (i.e 5pm-7pm)
  4. Custom days: Ability to apply promotion to custom days of the week, default is All days.




  1. Choose the type of discount you want to offer
  2. Amount per night
  3. Amount per booking
  4. Percentage per night

  1. Optional features:




  1. Blackout dates: select dates that discount will not apply (optional)
  2. Cancellation policy
  3. Book min number of rooms: Minimum number of rooms needed to receive discount.
  4. Stackable: To combine discount with existing promotions.
  5. Segments: Select drop down box to view options, set/pre-determined by Agoda.




  1. Click on SAVE to create promotion: When promotion is successfully created and submitted to Agoda, success message is returned.


Express Tonight  Promotion that slows you to get rid of tonight’s inventory quickly. Follow prompts as required



Promotion requirements
  1. Booking dates: Dates range the booker must book to receive promotion
  2. Stay dates: Date range the booker must stay to receive discount
  3. Custom days: Ability to apply the promotion to custom days of the week, default is All days.




  1. Discount type: Choose the type of discount you want to offer
  2. Amount per night
  3. Amount per booking
  4. Percentage per night

  1. Booking time: Option to set time frames promotion is bookable (i.e 5pm-7pm)
  1. Optional features:



  1. Cancellation policy: pre-determined by Agoda
  2. Book min number of rooms: Minimum number of rooms needed to receive discount.
  3. Segments: Select drop down box to view options, set/pre-determined by Agoda.




  1. Click on SAVE to create promotion: When promotion is successfully created and submitted to Agoda, success message is returned.
 

Long Stay Promotion that applies to customers with longer lengths of stay.




Promotion requirements

  1. Booking dates: Dates range the booker must book to receive promotion
  2. Stay dates: Date range the booker must stay to receive discount
  3. Booking time: Option to set time frames promotion is bookable (i.e 5pm-7pm)
  4. Custom days: Ability to apply promotion to custom days of the week, default is All days.




  1. Discount type: Choose the type of discount you want to offer
  2. Amount per night
  3. Amount per booking
  4. Percentage per night
  5. Free Nights - option to offer a free night. Enter the night that you want to offer free.

Example: 2, means the 2nd night is free.
Recurring: default is no, select yes, every second night would be free.

  1. Optional features:




  1. Blackout dates: select dates that discount will not apply (optional)
  2. Cancellation policy: pre-determined by Agoda
  3. Book min number of rooms: Minimum number of rooms needed to receive discount.
  4. Stackable: To combine discount with existing promotions.
  5. Segments: Select drop down box to view options, set/pre-determined by Agoda.




  1. Click on SAVE to create promotion: When promotion is successfully created and submitted to Agoda, success message is returned.


72 hours Limited time sale – a promotion which can only be booked for the next number of days (default 3 days)


Promotion requirements
  1. Booking dates: Dates range the booker must book to receive promotion. Maximum of 3 days, from date is pre-populated based on From date.
  2. Stay dates: Date range the booker must stay to receive discount
  3. Booking time: Option to set time frames promotion is bookable (i.e 5pm-7pm)
  4. Custom days: Ability to apply promotion to custom days of the week, default is All days.

  1. Optional features:





  1. Blackout dates: select dates that discount will not apply (optional)
  2. Cancellation policy: pre-determined by Agoda
  3. Book min number of rooms: Minimum number of rooms needed to receive discount.
  4. Stackable: To combine discount with existing promotions.
  5. Segments: Select drop down box to view options, set/pre-determined by Agoda.




  1. Click on SAVE to create promotion: When promotion is successfully created and submitted to Agoda, success message is returned.

Special offer Promotion that you can customise to suit your needs



Promotion requirements
  1. Booking dates: Dates range the booker must book to receive promotion
  2. Stay dates: Date range the booker must stay to receive discount
  3. Booking time: Option to set time frames promotion is bookable (i.e 5pm-7pm)
  4. Custom days: Ability to apply promotion to custom days of the week, default is All days
.




  1. Discount type: Choose the type of discount you want to offer
  2. Amount per night
  3. Amount per booking
  4. Percentage per night

  1. Optional features:



  1. Blackout dates: select dates that discount will not apply (optional)
  2. Cancellation policy: pre-determined by Agoda
  3. Book min number of rooms: Minimum number of rooms needed to receive discount.
  4. Stackable: To combine discount with existing promotions.
  5. Segments: Select drop down box to view options, set/pre-determined by Agoda.



  1. Click on SAVE to create promotion: When promotion is successfully created and submitted to Agoda, success message is returned.

OTA Promotion details page


  1. All promotions are listed on OTA Promotion Page
  2. Search option to view promotions (based on promotion name).
  3. Option to ‘Edit’ live promotion
  4. Option to ‘Delete’ promotion 
  5. View summary of promotion using the VIEW option.


Click on ‘Report’ button to pull stats from Agoda. Information pulled as below.