Grand Horizon Resort CMS

Grand Horizon Resort CMS is a hotel room booking and reservation management system built for small hotels, bed-and-breakfasts, and guesthouses. It helps property teams manage room inventory, check availability for date ranges, coordinate reservations, and monitor room conditions through a centralized administration dashboard.

Key Features

• Date-Based Availability Search: Filter room availability by date range and calculate reservation pricing based on the selected dates.
• Double-Booking Prevention: Prevent overlapping reservations for the same physical room, according to the documented booking logic.
• Visual Reservation Timeline: View current and upcoming bookings in a property-management-style availability grid.
• Room Inventory Management: Manage room types, rates, occupancy capacities, and photo galleries.
• Room Status Tracking: Track physical room conditions such as Available, Maintenance, and Dirty.
• Reservation Management: Review and coordinate room bookings, check-ins, check-outs, and walk-in reservations.
• Guest Portal: Includes a demo guest account for evaluating guest check-in lookup functionality.
• Guided Installation: Configure database access, create an administrator profile, and optionally load demonstration listings and bookings.
• Security-Oriented Forms: Includes CSRF tokens, bcrypt password hashing, output encoding, and upload validation as documented.
• Customizable Branding: Update the hotel name, contact information, currency symbol, logo, and color palette.

Reservation Management Workflow

1. Configure room types, rates, capacities, and room records.
2. Search for availability using the required dates.
3. Review reservation pricing and room availability.
4. Manage upcoming bookings through the visual timeline and reservation dashboard.
5. Track room conditions and coordinate operational tasks such as check-ins and check-outs.

Technology Stack

• PHP 8.0 or newer
• MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.3+
• PDO and PDO MySQL
• Fileinfo PHP extension for MIME validation
• Apache with mod_rewrite support or Nginx
• HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Security Features

The project documentation lists CSRF protection, bcrypt password hashing, output encoding against cross-site scripting, upload verification, and restrictions on direct PHP execution in the uploads directory. Configure the server correctly and test the complete application before using it for live reservations.

Installation

Install locally with XAMPP or WAMP, or deploy to compatible PHP hosting. The guided web installer checks server requirements, imports database tables, creates the administrator profile, configures the application, and can load realistic demo data. Manual database installation instructions are also included.

Demo Account

When the demo data option is enabled, the README lists this guest account for evaluation:

• Email: guest@example.com
• Password: guest123

The administrator account is created during the guided installation. Change demonstration credentials before deploying the system for real use, and remove the installation directory after setup.

Requirements

• PHP 8.0+
• MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.3+
• PDO, PDO MySQL, and Fileinfo extensions
• Apache with mod_rewrite or a compatible Nginx configuration
• Writable uploads directory with appropriate permissions

Ideal For

• Small hotels and boutique properties
• Bed-and-breakfasts and guesthouses
• Independent accommodation operators
• Developers building hotel administration solutions
• Freelancers and agencies delivering custom hospitality systems

Important Notes

The documented features cover room availability and reservation management. The README does not establish integration with external booking marketplaces, online payment gateways, or channel managers, so these should not be advertised as included features without additional verification.

Version: Check CHANGELOG.md for the exact release version before publishing.