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title: "Booking Calendar Owner, Customizable Contact Statuses, and More..."
description: "Introducing the Booking Calendar Owner setting, enhanced customization and organization for the Booking Calendars Lobby, a new MCP tool for managing pending meeting requests, and fully customizable Contact Statuses."
url: "https://help.oncehub.com/whats-new/2026-09-17-booking-calendar-owner-booking-calendars-lobby-australian-phone-numbers-mcp-tool-customizable-contact-statuses/"
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## Booking Calendar Owner Setting

[Section titled “Booking Calendar Owner Setting”](#booking-calendar-owner-setting)

[How to Configure The Booking Calendar Owner Setting](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/EEU3r15LPUU?wmode=opaque)

The new **Booking Calendar Owner** setting allows you to designate a primary user responsible for managing and editing a Booking Calendar’s configuration settings.

This clearly separates **editing permissions** and **hosting responsibilities** into two distinct, well-defined roles:

* **The Owner:** Responsible for managing and configuring all Booking Calendar settings.
* **The Host:** Responsible for conducting the meetings booked through the Booking Calendar.

By separating editing permissions from hosting responsibilities, you can assign calendar configuration management directly to specific administrative users while allowing meeting hosts to focus solely on conducting their scheduled meetings.

### Key Benefits

[Section titled “Key Benefits”](#key-benefits)

* **Delegated Responsibilities:** Allows specific team members, such as office assistants, sales ops, or compliance associates, to manage Booking Calendar setups without giving them broader data access & account permissions.
* **Restricted Editing:** Members and Team Managers who are non-owners are prevented from making unauthorized edits to existing Booking Calendar configurations.

To learn more, read [**The Booking Calendar Owner**](https://help.oncehub.com/product/booking-calendars/introduction-to-booking-calendars/the-booking-calendar-owner/) article.

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## Enhanced Customization and Organization for the Booking Calendars Lobby

[Section titled “Enhanced Customization and Organization for the Booking Calendars Lobby”](#enhanced-customization-and-organization-for-the-booking-calendars-lobby)

We have updated the **Booking Calendars Lobby** to provide you with enhanced control over how you view and organize your Booking Calendars.

* **Customizable Grid View:** Personalize your lobby by selecting which columns to show or hide, and reorder visible columns to match your preferences.
* **Internal Labels:** Categorize your Booking Calendars by adding custom internal labels.
* **Advanced Filtering:** Filter Booking Calendars by **Owners**, **Hosts**, **custom internal labels**, or **name** to locate specific calendars quickly.

For more information, see [**The Booking Calendars Lobby**](https://help.oncehub.com/product/booking-calendars/introduction-to-booking-calendars/the-booking-calendars-lobby/) article.

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## New MCP Tool Added: Manage My Pending Meeting Requests

[Section titled “New MCP Tool Added: Manage My Pending Meeting Requests”](#new-mcp-tool-added-manage-my-pending-meeting-requests)

We’ve added the `manage_my_pending_meeting_requests` tool to the OnceHub Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing you to review and manage meeting requests pending your approval. You can fetch your full list of pending requests and approve or decline bookings individually or in bulk. When declining a meeting, you can also include a custom reason to keep guests informed and maintain clear communication.

To see all available MCP tools, read our [**List Of Supported MCP Tools**](https://help.oncehub.com/account-integrations/automation/oncehub-mcp/list-of-supported-tools/) article.

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## Customizable Contact Statuses

[Section titled “Customizable Contact Statuses”](#customizable-contact-statuses)

[How to Set Up Custom Contact Statuses in OnceHub](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pGnAQUv8jCw?wmode=opaque)

You can now fully customize **Contact Statuses** in OnceHub to reflect your unique customer journey, giving you the flexibility to create, rename, reorder, recolor, and delete lifecycle stages such as New Lead, Qualified, Onboarding, or Customer.

### Key Features

[Section titled “Key Features”](#key-features)

* **Mirror Your Unique Business Model:** Create custom status labels, assign distinct color codes, and reorder statuses directly from your **Account Settings** or from the **Contacts Lobby** dropdown menu.
* **Automatic Status Updates:** Update contact statuses automatically based on visitor interactions in **Chatbots** and **Routing Forms**.
* **Status-Based Routing:** Use existing contact statuses to execute real-time routing logic in **Chatbots** and **Routing Forms**.
* **Keep OnceHub and Your CRM in Sync:** Map your custom OnceHub statuses directly to matching picklist fields in **Salesforce (Lead Status)** or **HubSpot (Lifecycle Stage)** to push updates automatically without manual data entry.

To learn more, please take a look at our **[How to Manage and Customize Contact Statuses](https://help.oncehub.com/contact-management/how-to-manage-and-customize-contact-statuses/)** article.