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Hotel Front Office Management
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hospitality
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. History and preferences of that particular guest. Being used more often today
Expected Arrivals
Role of the Housing Bureau
Guest History Database
Selling Against Room Block
2. Hotel sets up and sells own package to individuals. May be better than the group rate.
Unidentified Delegates
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
IT packages
3. 100 booked - 40 used means 60% attrition - 40% pick-up
Overstay
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
Expected Departures
In-House Reservation Center
4. Guest who stay longer than booked
Overstay
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
Adjusting the Room Block
5. Hurdle point is set - lower rates rejected
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Room Count
Optional Reservation Data
Nests and Hurdles
6. Sites that are not controlled either by the hotel or the chain. (hotwire - expedia - travelocity - orbitz etc..)
Third Party Travel Sites
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Early Arrivals
Global Distribution System (GDS)
7. The lodging industry's oldest and most popular provider of ASP Central Reservations software.
Overstay
Hotelligence Report
Four primary functions of ASPs
Pegasus Solutions
8. Speaking the same language within incompatible systems
Electronic Switch Technology
Unidentified Delegates
Independent Reservation Services
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
9. The role that airline reservation systems played
Global Distribution System (GDS)
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
10. More sophisticated - accounting for many issues
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
Third Party Travel Sites
Adjusted Room Count
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
11. Some get suites - some get singles - all pay same rate
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
Flat Rate/Run of the House
12. Estimated time of arrival -Special Requests -Smoking preferences -Discounts or Affiliations -Address
Reservations to take
Overstay
Optional Reservation Data
Fenced Rates
13. When a person calls directly to the hotel to book their reservations.
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
In-House Reservation Center
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Committed Rooms
14. Encourage booking by enhancing quality of website - offering lowest price guarantee - letting users research for multiple brands at multiple price points with one click.
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
Chain Sites
Third Party Travel Sites
Reservations to take
15. Less price sensitive - seek flexibility - weekday travel - book at the last minute - cannot wait for deals
In-House Reservation Center
Search Engine Optimization
Corporate Guests
Understay
16. 5-7%
Role of the Housing Bureau
Overbooking percentage
Automated Inventory Tracking System
In-House Reservation Center
17. The act of controlling rates and restricting occupancy to maximize gross room revenues
Yield Management Revolution
Components of the Simple Room Count
PHASER complete Access Reports
Fenced Rates
18. Temporarily unavailable due to fixable problems. Can be fixed quickly if absolutely essential. Can be sol at a discount if un-fixed - with disclosure.
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
Walking the Guest
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
IT packages
19. 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.
Guest History Database
Walking the Guest
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Adjusting the Room Block
20. 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
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Selling Against Room Block
Role of Yield Management Systems
Third Party Travel Sites
21. Guests booked to arrive today
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Understay
Expected Arrivals
Independent Reservation Services
22. Publicly funded - quasi-govermetnal organizations to represent city's hospitality industry. Represent bid for large and small conferences
No Show
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
House Count
Central Reservation System (CRS)
23. Very price sensitive - weekend travel - will trade price for restrictions - are motivated by deals
Committed Rooms
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
Leisure Guests
Role of the Housing Bureau
24. Faster - more accurate - sells more rooms at higher rates
Chain Sites
PHASER complete Access Reports
Seamless Connectivity
Electronic Switch Technology
25. Rates are gathered through the CRS' seamless connection. Displays discounts and lowest available rates for all hotels in the competitive market set
Group Guests
Search Engine Optimization
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
Spread Rate
26. Sending a guest with confirmed or guaranteed booking to another hotel as we are full
Walking the Guest
Chain Sites
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
Hotelligence Report
27. The Airlines
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Chain Sites
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
28. Changes in dates - names - numbers - room types etc.
IT packages
House Count
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
Stayover
29. Number of guests in hotel
House Count
PHASER complete Access Reports
Selling Against Room Block
No Show
30. 1)Tour Groups 2)Convention Groups 3)Exposition and Trade Shows
Yield Management Revolution
Automated Inventory Tracking System
Categories of Group Business
Corporate Guests
31. A CRS -GDS connectivity -Connections to 'alternate' distribution systems -Internet Reservations
Four primary functions of ASPs
Spread Rate
Electronic Switch Technology
Overstay
32. Guest who arrive days before booking
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
ASAE
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Early Arrivals
33. The actual office site at which chain reservationists reside.
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Overstay
Meta-Search Technology
Pegasus Solutions
34. Guest with confirmed/guaranteed booking who does not arrive - but has not cancelled
Four primary functions of ASPs
Unidentified Delegates
Chain Sites
No Show
35. Establishes and monitors rate structure - Continually monitors reservations activity and sets inventory controls as needed - Aids rate negotiations with bulk buyers -Monitors and restricts the number of reservations that can be taken for any particul
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Hotelligence Report
Role of Yield Management Systems
Expected Departures
36. Yesterdays stay-overs + today's reserved arrivals
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Committed Rooms
Spread Rate
Leisure Guests
37. Status of rooms sold and available
IT packages
Room Count
Hotel Web Sites
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
38. Convention guest who try to get a better rate by using other deals
Third Party Travel Sites
Stayover
Unidentified Delegates
Categories of Group Business
39. Needed for large conventions where delegates may stay in many hotels
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
Role of the Housing Bureau
Corporate Guests
Flat Rate/Run of the House
40. More rooms sold than available - done deliberately.
Expedia Competitive Price Grid Report
Walk-ins
Overbooking
Four primary functions of ASPs
41. Rooms available -Occupied last night -Expected check-outs -Stayovers -Today's Reservations -Rooms committed today -Rooms available for sale -Occupancy percentage
Optional Reservation Data
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
Components of the Simple Room Count
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
42. 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.
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
Pegasus Solutions
43. Guest booked to depart today
Leisure Guests
Overstay
Expected Departures
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
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.
Hotel Web Sites
Room Count
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
Four Global Distribution System Providers
45. 1)Amadeus 2)Galileo 3)Sabre 4)Worldspan
No Show
Four Global Distribution System Providers
Overbooking
In-House Reservation Center
46. Logical rules that give options based on sensitivity
Corporate Guests
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Pegasus Solutions
Fenced Rates
47. Software companies that offer a suite of software applications via Internet-based access.
In-House Reservation Center
Spread Rate
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
Yield Management Revolution
48. The American Society of Association Executives
Room Count
Early Arrivals
Walk-ins
ASAE
49. CRS for hire - used by smaller chains - independent hotels.
Expected Departures
Group Business
ASAE
Independent Reservation Services
50. 2-3 minutes
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Early Arrivals
Third Party Travel Sites
Overstay