You can block rooms on the room rack or in the Housekeeping-menu.
To block a room on the room rack, proceed as follows:
Ø Highlight the room on the room rack for the required period.
Ø Click Room OOO, Room OOI or Room OOS in the function pane.
SIHOT opens the respective dialog box to block a room.
Ø Change the housekeeping and maintenance status as per hotel policy.
Ø Enter the reason for blocking the room.
Ø Click Block.
TIP:
A tooltip on the blocked room in the
room rack shows the full reason why the room has been blocked.
Figure 9: Tooltip for blocked room in room rack
To block a number of rooms at the same time or for an extended period of time, use the respective layouts in the Housekeeping-menu. The procedure to block rooms OOO, OOI or OOS is the same in all three layouts.
Ø In the “unblocked”-tab 
, enter the rooms to be
blocked and the period, or select a category as a search parameter.
Ø Click Search in the function bar.
Ø Highlight the rooms to be blocked in the listbox.
Ø Click Change status next to the
listbox 
or in
the function bar.
SIHOT opens a dialog box to enter further details.
Ø Change the housekeeping and maintenance status as per hotel policy.
Ø Enter the reason for blocking the room.
Ø Click Block.
The blocked rooms now appear in the “blocked”-tab .
Figure 10: Blocking multiple rooms at the same time