Traditional hotels still benefit from the familiar room-type and room structure. The important change is allowing that model to coexist with serviced apartments and short-stay properties in the same broader booking platform.
Keep room types and physical rooms separate
A room type describes a category; a physical room is the inventory that becomes occupied. The relationship matters when assigning actual guests and dates.
Show availability from real reservations
Search results should be driven by bookable inventory, not a static room count that ignores existing bookings.
Keep guest, booking and payment records connected
A reservation should show who is staying, what was booked, the stay dates, price components and payment status.
Support multiple accommodation businesses consistently
The operating model can serve a hotel company, a short-stay host or a serviced-apartment operator without requiring separate software architecture for each.
Frequently asked questions
Does Marima Booking still support normal hotels?
Yes. The broader model preserves hotel-style room types and rooms while adding other accommodation structures.
Can a hotel manage several room types?
Yes. Room categories can group similar inventory while the actual rooms remain separately bookable.
Can guests book online?
Marima Booking is designed around guest discovery and reservations, subject to the deployment and enabled payment options.
Can hotel staff add an offline reservation?
The broader booking workflow supports direct/manual reservations so staff can keep the calendar complete.