| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Area | A location within a hotel used to organize rooms or work |
| Attendance event | A raw punch or terminal event |
| Attendance record | Reconciled attendance for a staff member and logical workday |
| Booking channel | The source/channel used to classify a reservation and its revenue |
| Dry run payroll | Saved preview payslips without the real payroll attendance/commission/advance effects |
| Guest | The person's contact/profile record, shared by their reservations |
| Hotel time | The hotel's local clock, which can differ from the browser or UTC |
| Inventory location | The place holding an item's stock balance |
| Payroll period | A hotel's date range and payroll calculation/review lifecycle |
| Phone Line | The hotel's telephone-assistant configuration and retained call history |
| POS | Point of sale: products, orders, payment and related sales operations |
| Rental item / asset | The hireable item definition / a specific physical unit |
| Reservation | A booking for a room and stay dates |
| Room charge | A saved order payment type associated with a stay; not proof of collected money |
| Room type | A category of rooms, separate from each physical room |
| Staff App | The mobile application for staff work and manager dashboards |
| Task template / creation policy | Reusable work details / rules for generating that work |
| UTC | A common time reference; convert it to hotel time when comparing local operational days |
Glossary
Common StayLuma.ai terms used in hotel operations and administration.