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In this video, you will learn how to  create a block and allocate rooms on

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the room and rate grid. Let's get started.

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First, I will create a new block. In Opera Cloud go to Bookings, select Blocks,

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and then select Manage Block. I click create block.

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I click the property magnifying glass  and select a property from the list.

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Next, I click the account magnifying glass. To link a company, I enter the company name,

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and then click search. Now, I see a list of company accounts on the left,

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once I select an account any linked  contacts display on the right.

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Or I can click the I want to menu to  create a new company profile.

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In this example, I select an company account and  then scroll down to select the account only.

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I update the default block  name to company conference.

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Next. I complete the required fields. I click the market magnifying glass,

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to select the market from the  list and then click select.

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Next, click the source magnifying glass  and select the source from the list

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and then click select.

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Now, click the reservation type magnifying  glass, select the reservation type from the list

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and then click select. I can scroll down to complete any additional

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room details or catering details for the block. In this example, the rate code is mandatory.

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I click the rate code magnifying glass to select a  rate code from the list and then click select.

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Next, I click Yes, to automatically update the

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market and source code for  the selected rate code.

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This property has the OPERA Cloud Sales and  Event Management Premium Cloud Service active,

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so now I have the option to quickly setup the  block room allocation by selecting a room pool,

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entering the number of rooms to allocate, and  I can also enter a rate amount or define the

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cut off date or days. For the catering details,

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I must enter the number of event attendees. Next, I click save and go to room grid to

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manage the room allocation for this block. Now, I see the house availability per room type

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for the block dates and I also see there are  zero rooms allocated to the block right now.

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If I click to expand the rates, I can see the  pricing for 1-4 adults room occupancy display

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because I previously selected the rate  code when creating this block.

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Now, to allocate rooms to this  block, I click the actions menu,

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and then click Load Room Grid. I can specify the date range,

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or the days of the week, and the number  of rooms per room type for the block.

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On the room grid options, I can  specify the days of the week,

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the cut off date or the number of cut off days  to release the rooms back to the inventory.

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Entering a cut off date means rooms not  picked up with reservations by this date

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are returned to the house availability. Or I can enter a number of cutoff days,

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and instead of assigning one cut off date to  release all available rooms for the block,

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defining the number of days for the Cutoff Days  releases the rooms one night at a time.

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The cutoff days field is only available  if the Cutoff Date field is empty.

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To add 5 standard rooms to the block, i  select the checkbox for the standard room type

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and then add 5 to the number of rooms. And then click save and continue.

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Next, I select the deluxe room type  and add 5 to the number of rooms,

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and click save and continue. And finally, I select the checkbox

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for the translation6 room type and  then add 10 to the number of rooms.

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And click save. Now, I can see these

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rooms are allocated to the block. Let's take a look at how to add more

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rooms to the block. Go to the action menu,

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and click the load room grid option. Now, I can select the checkbox next to

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room type, I want to update. Next, I must select the checkbox to

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increase / decrease the number of rooms,  and then add the number of rooms.

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If I want to decrease the number of  rooms I would enter a negative number.

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In this example, I add 2 standard  rooms and then click save.

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Now, I can see the standard room type  increased by 2 rooms, from 5 to 7 rooms.

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I can also find the room and rate  grid directly from the block.

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Next, I click the block  name to go to the block.

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On the block, I can edit the  details or I can go to the

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I want to menu to find actions  related to this block.

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In this example, I click the option  to go to the room and rate grid.

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To view or update the room  allocation click manage.

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Now, click actions and then load room grid to make

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any more changes to the room  allocation for this block.