Release 26.5

Bringing more of your hotel together.

Release 26.5 is about bringing more of your hotel together. Fewer places to look, fewer platforms to juggle, and fewer things running on a slight delay because they lived somewhere else.

Release 26.5 highlights
InboxNewSetup required

Your Booking.com guests just moved in

Reply to every guest, including the ones on Booking.com, from your RoomRaccoon Inbox.

  • Read and reply to Booking.com messages inside RoomRaccoon
  • Send through Booking.com or through WhatsApp when a phone number is on file
  • Let AI suggest the answer from your property knowledge

Faster replies, happier guests, fewer messages missed.

Not in SA/Mauritius
My PropertyNewSetup required

Stop chasing payments

Set when to collect, how to collect, and what happens if a guest doesn't pay in time. RoomRaccoon takes it from there.

  • Attach policies to the rate plans you choose
  • Deposits, pre-authorisations, or full charges
  • Existing rate-plan payment requests migrate into policies

Your revenue, secured. Your team, freed up.

Examples: Deposit-based. Non-refundable. Full charge at booking.

My PropertyNewSetup required

Sell the right extra, to the right guest, at the right time

Bundle add-ons into packages guests can book directly. Add images to make them look as good as they sound.

  • Bundle existing add-ons into packages
  • Show them on weekends, in high season, or for future stays
  • Every package tracks its parts cleanly in the background
  • No images yet? Magic Image Match finds one for every guest-facing add-on and package, in a couple of clicks

More revenue per booking, without more work.

Examples: Welcome hamper. Dinner for two. Spa credit.

Upgrade trials

We'd rather show you than tell you.

Not sure if an upgrade is worth it? Now you don't have to guess. Every upgrade is free to try for 30 days. Open the one you're curious about in the RoomRaccoon platform, tap "Start trial," and see for yourself.

Click any upgrade to learn more:
RoomRaccoon Marketplace
MarketplaceNew

Meet your new home for integrations

Every supported partner in your market, in one discoverable place.

  • Discover partners filtered by your market and see what's compatible with your setup
  • Connect eligible partners yourself, including Booking.com with a guided setup wizard
  • Manage everything already running from the new Connection Hub

More of your tech stack, in one place, under your control.

The redesigned RoomRaccoon Booking Engine
Booking EngineImproved

A Booking Engine that earns the direct booking

Faster to load, better at guiding guests, and smarter about availability.

  • Website module now splits into Settings (languages, branding, analytics) and Booking Engine (appearance, guest checkout, availability, promos), with explainers and previews that show the guest impact of every change
  • The redesigned date picker shows weather and lowest price for every day, only lets guests select real-availability dates, and helps guide their choice from the first click
  • When one of your properties is fully booked, the Booking Engine now suggests others in your portfolio that may have rooms (for multi-property hotels)

Fewer dead ends. More direct bookings.

Price Checker in the RoomRaccoon Booking Engine
Booking EngineImprovedSetup recommended

Turn more lookers into direct bookers

Price Checker sits inside your Booking Engine, showing guests that your direct rate beats what they'd find on the OTAs. Premium and Pro customers can switch it on themselves. Everyone else can try it free for 30 days. More direct bookings, less commission paid.

Not in SA/Mauritius
Local currency payments on the RaccoonCardMachine
PaymentsNew

A smoother check-out for every international guest

Local currency payments let eligible international guests pay in their card's currency on the RaccoonCardMachine, with the exchange rate shown before they decide. No mental arithmetic at the terminal, and no surprise on their bank statement later.

ReservationsRedesign

Every arrival, departure, and change, in one view

Booking Activity is the redesigned Dashboard, built for the pace of a real hotel day. Pick your date range, scan the overview, and drill into the details that need attention. Less scrolling between screens, more time on the guest in front of you.

Booking EngineImprovedReview recommended

More opportunities for your team to be recognised

Gratuity is now enabled by default for every RoomRaccoon account, so guests going through Online Check-out automatically see the option to tip. Just make sure Online Check-out is set up, review your default tip amount, and give guests an easier way to say thank you.

My PropertyImproved

Extras are a real revenue lever. Now they're easier to build and adjust.

Set up new extras through a guided flow, edit pricing and settings from a clearer detail page, and manage seasonal prices without opening a support ticket. Faster to build, easier to manage, ready when your team needs them.

ReservationsImproved

A calendar that keeps up with you

The reservation calendar has been tidied for smaller screens, search suggestions are quicker to surface, and your view, zoom, and colour settings are remembered between logins. Every second saved on the calendar is a second back on the floor.

Profile menuImproved

Your support conversations, closer to hand

My RoomRaccoon Team now lives in your profile menu, with unread badges when a specialist replies and an Inbox-style layout that makes long threads easy to manage. Status tabs, search, and saved views keep everything organised. Faster to find, easier to follow, harder to miss.