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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. 5-7%
Overbooking percentage
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
PHASER complete Access Reports
2. Sites that are not controlled either by the hotel or the chain. (hotwire - expedia - travelocity - orbitz etc..)
Third Party Travel Sites
Expected Departures
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
Unidentified Delegates
3. In 2001 - Galileo was purchased by Cendant Corporation for $2.9 billion.
Yield Management Revolution
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
ASAE
IT packages
4. When a person calls directly to the hotel to book their reservations.
Global Distribution System (GDS)
In-House Reservation Center
Selling Against Room Block
Room Count
5. Guests booked to arrive today
Expected Arrivals
Group Business
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
6. Yesterdays stay-overs + today's reserved arrivals
Group Business
Overstay
Committed Rooms
Global Distribution System (GDS)
7. CRS for hire - used by smaller chains - independent hotels.
Independent Reservation Services
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
Nests and Hurdles
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
8. History and preferences of that particular guest. Being used more often today
Reservations to take
Guest History Database
Role of the Housing Bureau
Overbooking percentage
9. Advanced reservations (the best) -Guaranteed Reservation -Confirmed Reservation
Reservations to take
Guest History Database
Spread Rate
Optional Reservation Data
10. Estimated over $80 billion. Group delegates spend more dollars.
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Corporate Guests
Group Business
Expected Departures
11. 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.
Unidentified Delegates
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
Search Engine Optimization
ASAE
12. Hotel sets up and sells own package to individuals. May be better than the group rate.
Hotel Web Sites
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
IT packages
13. The hotel wants to see the rates it is listing in Expedia as well as the rates listed by competitors in order to manage its own hotel-direct Web site
Four Global Distribution System Providers
Walk-ins
Expedia Competitive Price Grid Report
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
14. Use stored data to form rules that govern decisions. Allows for instantaneous response to changing conditions
Reservations to take
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
No Show
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
15. Encourage booking by enhancing quality of website - offering lowest price guarantee - letting users research for multiple brands at multiple price points with one click.
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
Adjusting the Room Block
Chain Sites
16. 100 booked - 40 used means 60% attrition - 40% pick-up
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
Expedia Competitive Price Grid Report
Overbooking percentage
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
17. Rooms available -Occupied last night -Expected check-outs -Stayovers -Today's Reservations -Rooms committed today -Rooms available for sale -Occupancy percentage
Four primary functions of ASPs
Components of the Simple Room Count
Categories of Group Business
Walking the Guest
18. Publicly funded - quasi-govermetnal organizations to represent city's hospitality industry. Represent bid for large and small conferences
Stayover
Overstay
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
Four Global Distribution System Providers
19. More rooms sold than available - done deliberately.
Overbooking
Components of the Simple Room Count
Walking the Guest
Guest History Database
20. The electronic system - including the last-room availability interface with individual chain properties. Linked airlines with travel agents.
Central Reservation System (CRS)
House Count
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
Yield Management Revolution
21. Is able to determine the number of rooms available for sale for a given date. Offers various status reports under the reservations module.
Group Business
Automated Inventory Tracking System
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
Overbooking percentage
22. 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.
Reservations to take
Group Business
Corporate Guests
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
23. Speaking the same language within incompatible systems
Electronic Switch Technology
Selling Against Room Block
Nests and Hurdles
Corporate Guests
24. 2-3 minutes
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
Spread Rate
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Role of Yield Management Systems
25. Less price sensitive - seek flexibility - weekday travel - book at the last minute - cannot wait for deals
No Show
Corporate Guests
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
26. Needed for large conventions where delegates may stay in many hotels
Early Arrivals
Role of the Housing Bureau
Four Global Distribution System Providers
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
27. Estimated time of arrival -Special Requests -Smoking preferences -Discounts or Affiliations -Address
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
Automated Inventory Tracking System
Optional Reservation Data
In-House Reservation Center
28. 1)Amadeus 2)Galileo 3)Sabre 4)Worldspan
Four Global Distribution System Providers
Fenced Rates
Group Business
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
29. Breaks the hotel rates into two categories - GDS and CRAS and looks for the lowest available rate in each of these areas
No Show
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
PHASER complete Access Reports
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
30. The lodging industry's oldest and most popular provider of ASP Central Reservations software.
Understay
Components of the Simple Room Count
Four primary functions of ASPs
Pegasus Solutions
31. 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
Pegasus Solutions
Stayover
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
32. Guest who arrive days before booking
Overbooking
Expected Arrivals
Early Arrivals
ASAE
33. Unavailable long-term due to non-fixable problems. Cannot be sold due to unacceptable condition.
Third Party Travel Sites
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Group Business
34. Software companies that offer a suite of software applications via Internet-based access.
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
Electronic Switch Technology
House Count
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
35. Logical rules that give options based on sensitivity
Guest History Database
Unidentified Delegates
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
Fenced Rates
36. A CRS -GDS connectivity -Connections to 'alternate' distribution systems -Internet Reservations
Third Party Travel Sites
Adjusting the Room Block
Four primary functions of ASPs
Optional Reservation Data
37. The role that airline reservation systems played
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
Room Count
Global Distribution System (GDS)
Automated Inventory Tracking System
38. The act of controlling rates and restricting occupancy to maximize gross room revenues
Spread Rate
PHASER complete Access Reports
Yield Management Revolution
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
39. Temporarily unavailable due to fixable problems. Can be fixed quickly if absolutely essential. Can be sol at a discount if un-fixed - with disclosure.
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
PHASER complete Access Reports
Overbooking
40. More sophisticated - accounting for many issues
PHASER complete Access Reports
Adjusted Room Count
Leisure Guests
Search Engine Optimization
41. 1)Tour Groups 2)Convention Groups 3)Exposition and Trade Shows
Categories of Group Business
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Guest History Database
42. Number of guests in hotel
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
House Count
Group Guests
Expedia Competitive Price Grid Report
43. Guest without reservations needing rooms
Role of the Housing Bureau
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
Group Guests
Walk-ins
44. Guest booked to depart today
Role of the Housing Bureau
Expected Departures
Adjusting the Room Block
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
45. Place and date more important than rate.
Global Distribution System (GDS)
Group Guests
Overstay
Corporate Guests
46. Guest who leave earlier than expected
Understay
ASAE
Pegasus Solutions
Four Global Distribution System Providers
47. Convention guest who try to get a better rate by using other deals
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
Unidentified Delegates
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
Automated Inventory Tracking System
48. Sites that search all available websites to present side-by-side comparisons and booking options (kayak - sidestep or travelzoo)
In-House Reservation Center
Seamless Connectivity
Expected Departures
Meta-Search Technology
49. Continuing guest - as per booking
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Optional Reservation Data
Expected Departures
Stayover
50. Status of rooms sold and available
Third Party Travel Sites
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Understay
Room Count