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Hotel Front Office Management
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hospitality
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1. 5-7%
Pegasus Solutions
No Show
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Overbooking percentage
2. The lodging industry's oldest and most popular provider of ASP Central Reservations software.
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
Unidentified Delegates
Pegasus Solutions
Overbooking percentage
3. Rooms available -Occupied last night -Expected check-outs -Stayovers -Today's Reservations -Rooms committed today -Rooms available for sale -Occupancy percentage
Categories of Group Business
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
Overbooking percentage
Components of the Simple Room Count
4. 1)Amadeus 2)Galileo 3)Sabre 4)Worldspan
Four Global Distribution System Providers
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
Nests and Hurdles
Adjusting the Room Block
5. A CRS -GDS connectivity -Connections to 'alternate' distribution systems -Internet Reservations
Reservations to take
Nests and Hurdles
Walking the Guest
Four primary functions of ASPs
6. A negotiated discount below the rack rate. Members pick the rate they want to pay
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Nests and Hurdles
Spread Rate
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
7. The electronic system - including the last-room availability interface with individual chain properties. Linked airlines with travel agents.
Fenced Rates
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Seamless Connectivity
Four primary functions of ASPs
8. Use stored data to form rules that govern decisions. Allows for instantaneous response to changing conditions
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
Nests and Hurdles
Understay
Seamless Connectivity
9. Temporarily unavailable due to fixable problems. Can be fixed quickly if absolutely essential. Can be sol at a discount if un-fixed - with disclosure.
Third Party Travel Sites
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
No Show
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
10. More rooms sold than available - done deliberately.
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Optional Reservation Data
Overbooking
Spread Rate
11. Some get suites - some get singles - all pay same rate
Categories of Group Business
Hotel Web Sites
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
Flat Rate/Run of the House
12. History and preferences of that particular guest. Being used more often today
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
Role of Yield Management Systems
Guest History Database
Yield Management Revolution
13. Hurdle point is set - lower rates rejected
Nests and Hurdles
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Reservations to take
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
14. Hotel sets up and sells own package to individuals. May be better than the group rate.
Meta-Search Technology
Overbooking
Understay
IT packages
15. Very price sensitive - weekend travel - will trade price for restrictions - are motivated by deals
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
Pegasus Solutions
Expedia Competitive Price Grid Report
Leisure Guests
16. Encourage booking by enhancing quality of website - offering lowest price guarantee - letting users research for multiple brands at multiple price points with one click.
Reservations to take
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
Group Guests
Chain Sites
17. Estimated over $80 billion. Group delegates spend more dollars.
Group Guests
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Group Business
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
18. When a person calls directly to the hotel to book their reservations.
Adjusting the Room Block
Group Business
Chain Sites
In-House Reservation Center
19. Number of guests in hotel
Group Business
House Count
Hotel Web Sites
Search Engine Optimization
20. Guest booked to depart today
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
Expected Departures
Electronic Switch Technology
21. Rates are gathered through the CRS' seamless connection. Displays discounts and lowest available rates for all hotels in the competitive market set
Overbooking
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
Four primary functions of ASPs
Chain Sites
22. Sites that search all available websites to present side-by-side comparisons and booking options (kayak - sidestep or travelzoo)
Spread Rate
Early Arrivals
Meta-Search Technology
House Count
23. CRS for hire - used by smaller chains - independent hotels.
Independent Reservation Services
Optional Reservation Data
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
Group Guests
24. The American Society of Association Executives
ASAE
Understay
Leisure Guests
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
25. Based entirely on historical date. Does not share specific performance date for each competing property.
26. Blanket reservation is made initially. Is adjusted as dates come closer. Convention hotels cooperate to determine 'show rate' of a particular group from past records.
Adjusting the Room Block
Stayover
No Show
Adjusted Room Count
27. Guest who arrive days before booking
Categories of Group Business
Early Arrivals
Flat Rate/Run of the House
IT packages
28. Yesterdays stay-overs + today's reserved arrivals
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
Committed Rooms
Fenced Rates
Room Count
29. Changes in dates - names - numbers - room types etc.
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
Role of Yield Management Systems
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
Four primary functions of ASPs
30. 2-3 minutes
Overstay
Role of the Housing Bureau
Corporate Guests
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
31. Compares a manager's room available with those available in the competitive market set and room -nights sold for the manager's hotel against room-night sold across the competitive set
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
Hotelligence Report
ASAE
Adjusting the Room Block
32. Guest without reservations needing rooms
Guest History Database
Walk-ins
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
Committed Rooms
33. Sites that are not controlled either by the hotel or the chain. (hotwire - expedia - travelocity - orbitz etc..)
Room Count
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
Third Party Travel Sites
Global Distribution System (GDS)
34. Logical rules that give options based on sensitivity
IT packages
Fenced Rates
House Count
Automated Inventory Tracking System
35. Guest with confirmed/guaranteed booking who does not arrive - but has not cancelled
Adjusting the Room Block
Components of the Simple Room Count
No Show
Meta-Search Technology
36. As individual room requests arrive at the hotel - they are booked against the group room block. Reservation received after the closeout date - 20 to 30 days before the convention starts - are accepted on an availability basis only
Leisure Guests
Meta-Search Technology
Four primary functions of ASPs
Selling Against Room Block
37. The actual office site at which chain reservationists reside.
Independent Reservation Services
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
ASAE
38. Estimated time of arrival -Special Requests -Smoking preferences -Discounts or Affiliations -Address
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Optional Reservation Data
Adjusting the Room Block
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
39. 80% of web visits start in a search engine. Need to be in the top .0005% of the search to be listed in the top few.
Role of Yield Management Systems
Overstay
Search Engine Optimization
Unidentified Delegates
40. Needed for large conventions where delegates may stay in many hotels
Role of the Housing Bureau
Chain Sites
Adjusting the Room Block
Role of Yield Management Systems
41. Speaking the same language within incompatible systems
Electronic Switch Technology
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
Search Engine Optimization
42. Is able to determine the number of rooms available for sale for a given date. Offers various status reports under the reservations module.
Automated Inventory Tracking System
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
Independent Reservation Services
43. 100 booked - 40 used means 60% attrition - 40% pick-up
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Fenced Rates
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
44. 40% of annual marketing budget may be spent on online products. Booking through own website nets more revenue than booking through 3rd party websites.
Room Count
Third Party Travel Sites
Hotel Web Sites
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
45. Sending a guest with confirmed or guaranteed booking to another hotel as we are full
Walk-ins
ASAE
Walking the Guest
Expected Departures
46. Faster - more accurate - sells more rooms at higher rates
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
Selling Against Room Block
Committed Rooms
Seamless Connectivity
47. The act of controlling rates and restricting occupancy to maximize gross room revenues
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
Optional Reservation Data
Four primary functions of ASPs
Yield Management Revolution
48. Continuing guest - as per booking
Unidentified Delegates
Stayover
Automated Inventory Tracking System
Yield Management Revolution
49. More sophisticated - accounting for many issues
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Overstay
Leisure Guests
Adjusted Room Count
50. Travel related bookings are the largest category of Internet transactions. Each year - the Internet attracts a larger share of reservations away from more traditional sources - growing at a rate four times faster than the rest of the industry.
Global Distribution System (GDS)
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
Overbooking