We are happy to announce that we are getting closer to the release of the new versions very soon.

The first theme demo Flat, is online, so you can check-it out!

We plan to release the fist public beta during this week, the whole new system is actually in private beta, we are still working on the documentation and bug fixing. Please note that the release of the first beta will be only for testing, so no documentation and support will be provided till the production-ready version is released.

We are developing the WHOLE system from scratch, applying all the knowledge and experience accumulated during the last 5 years.

We plan to launch the first beta version by the end of this month. A production ready release is espectied in Oct/Nov 2015. The new release will include a new version of Cloud Admin Panel (that we will call Cloud Admin Pro), and a new version of the website building suite:

• New FREE hotel theme that we call FLAT
• New version of JKit with uikit layouts
• New version of the CloudHotelier Booking Engine Client

The new CloudHotelier Admin Pro panel will be open source, so it can be used as a normal Joomla extension (although you will continue to have the new product as managed Cloud service also).

In this post we will explain you how to easily get de e-commerce conversion report from Google Analytics.

With the release of CloudHotelier 3.1.7 we have introduced the ability to track Google Analytics e-commerce conversions, every time a reservation is processed on your hotel website.

With this new feature you will be able to obtain the conversion reports using Google Analytics, amongst other useful information.

The new Cloud Admin Pro panel will provide multiple rates per room, so it will be more flexile for different conditions like non-refundable rates.

The new version, that we plan to release in mid 2015 will provide the hoteliers the ability to set multiple rates for one single room. This will give the hoteliers more control over rates and simplify the availability update process.

CloudHotelier extensions and templates are fully compatible with Joomla 3.4, so you can update your CMS with just one click.

Joomla 3.4 is stable so you should update your Joomla. If you use one of our Joomla 3 packs, such as Base, Classic, Minimal, Boutique or Glassy, ​​we recommend tu upgrade your Joomla to be ready for the upcoming releases.

This year 2015 will be full of new developments in CloudHotelier

We are currently preparing a new version of the Cloud Admin Panel administration system, a new version of the Joomla client CloudHotelier Booking Engine and a new generation of templates based on the UIkit framework.

The ubiquity of the large operators such as booking.com causes very pronounced specificities in the hotel industry. This can be a problem, but also an opportunity.

Every hotel website has a natural traffic produced by direct searches based on the hotel name. If you take a look at Google Analytics you will see that the number #1 keyword for your website is the name of the hotel. More important, the name of the hotel produces the 99% of the reservations at your website.

This is consecuence of users seeing your hotel in a reservations portal, such as booking.com, and then looking for your hotel website trying to get more information.

CloudHotelier Glassy, the best choice for beach resorts

Are you looking for a theme specially designed for beach resorts? Introducing Glassy Paradise

Glassy is a gnarly hotel theme designed for photo-based projects. It is ideal for modern design hotels or beach resorts with light environment like gardens and pools.

CloudHotelier Boutique, for hotels with a story to tell

Why distract your potential customers with multiple fireworks, when you can just show them your product, your hotel?

Boutique is an unique theme specially designed to build simple but stylish websites for very special hotels. It's clean design will help to emphasize your project images and copy work

Next week we will release CloudHotelier Panel Lite, a new extension for small properties or low-budget projects.

CloudHotelier Panel Lite will install as a normal Joomla extension. You will be able to manage the hotels directly into your Joomla Administrator. Panel Lite doesn’t have the same professional features of Cloud Admin Panel, but definitively is enough functional to be useful for small properties or amateur projects.

To avoid your website having problems with email delivery, you only need to change your Joomla configuration to use and external SMTP service

UPDATE: since Mandrill service is no longer available for a reasonable price, we now recommend to use Mailgun instead. Here's an updated post on how to use Mailgun with Joomla.

Having problems delivering email from your site? Bookings not arriving to your customers or hotels? If your email is getting bounced or it is delivered in the spam folder, your server IP may have been added to a spam black list.

Minimal and Classic are built on top of CloudHotelier JStrap II template engine, taking advantage of new Joomla v3.3 CMS core

Since the launch of Apple's iOS7, flat and minimalistic design is trending topic worldwide. Following this trend, Minimal is the stylish version of his brother theme Classic

CloudHotelier Minimal Theme follows the steps of his brother, Classic, but with a modern style and elegance. Minimal and Classic are built on top of CloudHotelier JStrap II template engine, taking advantage of new Joomla v3.3 CMS core for the back-end and Bootstrap v2.3 front-end framework -the same version as Joomla core- for maximum compatibility and long-term stability.

Last week the Joomla Project announced the release of a new stable version of the CMS, Joomla 3.3.0. It means that the CMS is mature enough in the 3.x series to start working with it.

Last week the Joomla Project announced the release of a new stable version of the CMS, Joomla 3.3.0. For us, this is a special version because it means that the CMS is mature enough in the 3.x series to start working with it.

Our goal was to launch a new version of each extension of our "suite" to adapt to this new Joomla version, which will focus our development efforts in the future.

This is a maintenance release with a few bug fixes and minor changes

CloudHotelier 2.7.5 has been released. This is a maintenance release with a few bug fixes and minor changes

• Booking Email: re-added guest address. Some users require the guest email address in the confirmation email.
• Mercadopago: solved issues with SSL version that appear to happen in some servers
• Installer: updated compatibility version
• Book form: incorrect payment amount when booking a pack, not a room.

No template updates are required with this version.