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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. Less price sensitive - seek flexibility - weekday travel - book at the last minute - cannot wait for deals
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
Electronic Switch Technology
Fenced Rates
Corporate Guests
2. Guest booked to depart today
Optional Reservation Data
Pegasus Solutions
Expedia Competitive Price Grid Report
Expected Departures
3. Number of guests in hotel
Understay
House Count
Chain Sites
Categories of Group Business
4. Very price sensitive - weekend travel - will trade price for restrictions - are motivated by deals
Spread Rate
Four primary functions of ASPs
Leisure Guests
Corporate Guests
5. The actual office site at which chain reservationists reside.
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
Adjusting the Room Block
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
6. Guest without reservations needing rooms
IT packages
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
Walk-ins
Categories of Group Business
7. Guests booked to arrive today
Expected Arrivals
Selling Against Room Block
Chain Sites
Third Party Travel Sites
8. The American Society of Association Executives
Search Engine Optimization
House Count
Expected Departures
ASAE
9. The Airlines
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Selling Against Room Block
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Four primary functions of ASPs
10. Is able to determine the number of rooms available for sale for a given date. Offers various status reports under the reservations module.
Reservations to take
Independent Reservation Services
Automated Inventory Tracking System
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
11. Hurdle point is set - lower rates rejected
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Hotel Web Sites
Nests and Hurdles
Understay
12. Guest who stay longer than booked
No Show
Group Guests
Overstay
Role of Yield Management Systems
13. Status of rooms sold and available
Committed Rooms
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
Room Count
Electronic Switch Technology
14. The role that airline reservation systems played
Global Distribution System (GDS)
IT packages
Adjusting the Room Block
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
15. 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.
Stayover
Four primary functions of ASPs
Adjusting the Room Block
Meta-Search Technology
16. Guest who leave earlier than expected
Understay
Overbooking percentage
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
17. 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
Expected Departures
Walking the Guest
Meta-Search Technology
Hotelligence Report
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.
Walking the Guest
Selling Against Room Block
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
Expected Arrivals
19. Advanced reservations (the best) -Guaranteed Reservation -Confirmed Reservation
Reservations to take
No Show
In-House Reservation Center
Third Party Travel Sites
20. Hotel sets up and sells own package to individuals. May be better than the group rate.
Leisure Guests
Expedia Competitive Price Grid Report
IT packages
Chain Sites
21. 100 booked - 40 used means 60% attrition - 40% pick-up
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
Categories of Group Business
Understay
22. More sophisticated - accounting for many issues
No Show
Adjusted Room Count
Stayover
Unidentified Delegates
23. Logical rules that give options based on sensitivity
Hotelligence Report
Hotel Web Sites
Fenced Rates
Room Count
24. In 2001 - Galileo was purchased by Cendant Corporation for $2.9 billion.
Room Count
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
Pegasus Solutions
25. Unavailable long-term due to non-fixable problems. Cannot be sold due to unacceptable condition.
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
PHASER complete Access Reports
Overstay
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
26. History and preferences of that particular guest. Being used more often today
Electronic Switch Technology
Guest History Database
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
27. 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.
No Show
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
Role of Yield Management Systems
Adjusted Room Count
28. Continuing guest - as per booking
Nests and Hurdles
Stayover
Pegasus Solutions
Guest History Database
29. Guest with confirmed/guaranteed booking who does not arrive - but has not cancelled
Reservations to take
No Show
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Expedia Competitive Price Grid Report
30. 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
Expected Departures
Role of the Housing Bureau
Selling Against Room Block
Components of the Simple Room Count
31. Convention guest who try to get a better rate by using other deals
Unidentified Delegates
Spread Rate
Optional Reservation Data
Stayover
32. Guest who arrive days before booking
Early Arrivals
Guest History Database
Role of Yield Management Systems
Adjusted Room Count
33. Sending a guest with confirmed or guaranteed booking to another hotel as we are full
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Early Arrivals
Walking the Guest
34. Estimated time of arrival -Special Requests -Smoking preferences -Discounts or Affiliations -Address
Optional Reservation Data
IT packages
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Walk-ins
35. The lodging industry's oldest and most popular provider of ASP Central Reservations software.
Spread Rate
Pegasus Solutions
Stayover
Flat Rate/Run of the House
36. Sites that search all available websites to present side-by-side comparisons and booking options (kayak - sidestep or travelzoo)
Meta-Search Technology
Electronic Switch Technology
Adjusting the Room Block
Categories of Group Business
37. When a person calls directly to the hotel to book their reservations.
Pegasus Solutions
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
In-House Reservation Center
Hotelligence Report
38. Estimated over $80 billion. Group delegates spend more dollars.
Stayover
Group Business
Categories of Group Business
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
39. Some get suites - some get singles - all pay same rate
Flat Rate/Run of the House
In-House Reservation Center
Adjusting the Room Block
Pegasus Solutions
40. Based entirely on historical date. Does not share specific performance date for each competing property.
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41. 1)Tour Groups 2)Convention Groups 3)Exposition and Trade Shows
Chain Sites
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
Categories of Group Business
Independent Reservation Services
42. Speaking the same language within incompatible systems
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
Overbooking
Electronic Switch Technology
Overstay
43. Rooms available -Occupied last night -Expected check-outs -Stayovers -Today's Reservations -Rooms committed today -Rooms available for sale -Occupancy percentage
Stayover
Reservations to take
No Show
Components of the Simple Room Count
44. Rates are gathered through the CRS' seamless connection. Displays discounts and lowest available rates for all hotels in the competitive market set
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Corporate Guests
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
Overbooking
45. Encourage booking by enhancing quality of website - offering lowest price guarantee - letting users research for multiple brands at multiple price points with one click.
Independent Reservation Services
Meta-Search Technology
Guest History Database
Chain Sites
46. Use stored data to form rules that govern decisions. Allows for instantaneous response to changing conditions
Global Distribution System (GDS)
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Early Arrivals
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
47. 5-7%
Overbooking percentage
Overstay
Yield Management Revolution
Corporate Guests
48. Software companies that offer a suite of software applications via Internet-based access.
Meta-Search Technology
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
Seamless Connectivity
Optional Reservation Data
49. 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
Categories of Group Business
Fenced Rates
Unidentified Delegates
Role of Yield Management Systems
50. Sites that are not controlled either by the hotel or the chain. (hotwire - expedia - travelocity - orbitz etc..)
Meta-Search Technology
Group Business
Pegasus Solutions
Third Party Travel Sites