SpaBooker has updated its mobile app following a surge in mobile activity, which tripled during 2012 with 30,000 appointments booked through mobile devices in December alone.

The app lets spas use SpaBooker’s spa management tools on their tablets, enabling booking, editing, cancelling and updating appointments, plus viewing customer details and basic reporting.

Spas can also use the app to accept credit card payments on the go when they connect SpaBooker’s credit card swiper to their tablet, allowing spa owners to take advantage of the growing mobile payment trend.

Booker has also released its 8.5 spa management software update designed to make managing appointments and processing transactions easier.

Its new features include a hover-over to view an employee’s pricing, the ability for administrators to override a cancellation fee from the Orders tab, and an automatic email notifying customers on a spas waiting list when an open spot becomes available.

In addition, there is a Specials landing page to display offered discounts and special deals on spas online booking site.