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Hotel Business
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Investment vehicle for real estate deals including hotels - many tax advantages. Restrictions prevent them from operating hotels - so they set up related companies to run the hotels.
Concierge
Special Characteristics of the Hotel Business
Medium Hotel
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
2. Depends on hotel design. Often arbitrary.
Telephone Department
Modified American Plan
Large Hotel
Room Numbering
3. Small 'individual' properties that offer personalized service
Service Department
Elastic
Boutique Hotels
Franchises
4. Members include-Baggae porters - elevator operators - transportation clerks - door attendants.
Size
Mega- Hotel
Uniformed Services Department
Management Company
5. A name and logo recognized by customers. A unique package of products - services - amenities and ambience at a price point that is associated with that brand.
Cyclical Industry
Central Reservation System
Brand
Hotel Plans
6. Goal is to maximize coverage with minimal costs.
Small Hotel
Uniformed Services Department
Developer
Forecast Scheduling
7. An unsold room can never be sold again for that particular night.
Incentive Tours
Special Characteristics of the Hotel Business
Perishability
Front Office
8. Small independent roadside motels family owned and operated. These are declining in numbers.
Hotel Classes
Break-Even Point
Mom-and-pop hotels
Large Hotel
9. Tend to be numbered upward sequentially. Omit floors 13 and room 13. Asian hotels omit floors 4 and room 4.
Equity/ Ownership
Floor Numbering
Segmantation
20th Century
10. Age of Service; Medicine - Banking - education and hotel-keeping
Hotel Types
Developer
Chains
20th Century
11. The place in the lobby where guest-services are managed and coordinated.
Telephone Department
Mega- Hotel
Convention
Front Office
12. Hotel Manger/ Resident Manager/ House Manager/ Rooms Division Manger/ Guest Services Manager
General Manager (GM)
Trophy Hotels
Career Stepping Stones to GM
SMURF
13. 3:30 PM- 11:30 PM
Elastic
Food and Beverage Department
Convention
Swing Shift
14. Perishability - Location - Fixed Supply - High Operating Cost - Seasonality
Special Characteristics of the Hotel Business
Trophy Hotels
Financier
Sales per occupied room
15. Increasing in popularity because: Large capital needs - Economies of scale - Ability to attract management talent - Ability to invest in and leverage technology
Sales per occupied room
Chains
Food Production
Perishability
16. Closely follows the nation's economic phases: Hotels follow a roller coaster economy - Build during good times - overbuild into the downturn and world oil supply impacts travel and occupancy
Market Segmentation
Career Stepping Stones to GM
Cyclical Industry
Graveyard Shift
17. 7:30 AM-3:30 PM
Day Shift
Management Contracts
Financier
Uniformed Services Department
18. Responsible for general cleanliness of guest rooms - corridors and public spaces. Handles linen - uniforms - laundry and lost & found.
Occupancy
Housekeeping Department
Incentive Tours
Break-Even Point
19. Sees the opportunity and puts together the deal
Developer
American Plan
Swing Shift
Food and Beverage Department
20. From who the money comes- a bank
Financier
Non-buyer Guest
Telephone Department
Room Reservations
21. The relationship between revenue per room and the total room inventory available.
Room Numbering
Rev Par (Revenue per Available Room)
21st Century
Medium Hotel
22. Freebies given to guests to 'reward' stays
Preferred Guest Programs (PGPs)
American Plan
Modified American Plan
Occupancy
23. Special - highly prized single entities.
21st Century
Incentive Tours
Sales per occupied room
Career Stepping Stones to GM
24. The inherent value that the shopper's recognition gives to the brand. Associated with positive images.
Perishability
Forecast Scheduling
Brand Equity
Manger of Guest Services
25. Change prices- demand is static - True only for a LIMITED range of products - business traveler.
Trophy Hotels
Inelastic
Security Department
Food Production
26. 100 rooms or less
Brand
Average Daily Rate Equation
Chains
Small Hotel
27. 11:30 PM- 7:30 AM
Forecast Scheduling
Inelastic
Uniformed Services Department
Graveyard Shift
28. 'Keeper of the Keys' - provides services from A-Z.
Concierge
Franchising Company
Housekeeping Department
Franchises
29. Deals with the production and service of food and beverages. Service and production are two sub-departments
Boutique Hotels
Price Elasticity of Demand
Food and Beverage Department
Perishability
30. 1500 rooms or more
Occupancy
Chains
Concierge
Mega- Hotel
31. Inside rooms - odd shaped - small - of many types - sharing bathrooms
Large Hotel
Service Department
The Old Rooms
Cyclical Industry
32. Agriculture Age
Concierge
Double Occupancy Equation
18th Century
Hotel Types
33. Individual - group - REIT etc..
Equity/ Ownership
Perishability
Small Hotel
Double Occupancy
34. Occupancy= number of rooms sold÷ number of rooms available for sale
Solutions to Seasonality
Occupancy Equation
Double Occupancy Equation
21st Century
35. Societies - Medical - University - Religious - Fraternal: All such groups hold meetings and conventions
SMURF
Swing Shift
Brand
Inelastic
36. Room + 'Light' Breakfast
European Plan
Logic of Segmentation
Security Department
Continental Plan
37. Provides systems and brand recognition
Uniformed Services Department
Trophy Hotels
Size
Franchising Company
38. Room Only
Swing Shift
European Plan
Segmantation
Convention
39. An intermediary between the hotel and the guest who buys the room for the guest
Non-buyer Guest
Graveyard Shift
Franchising Company
Brand
40. The number of available rooms is the standard of measurement.
Incentive Tours
Break-Even Point
Size
Solutions to Seasonality
41. Deals with safety - fire control and prevention - loss-control - accidents - death - suicides - crimes - scams - drunk - prostitutes and drugs.
Equity/ Ownership
Security Department
Convention
Break-Even Point
42. Change prices- demand changes - as price drop - demand rises - as prices rise - demand falls. True for MOST products and services. Few people think it's worth it even if they can afford it; Leisure traveler.
European Plan
General Manager (GM)
Elastic
19th Century
43. Runs the day to day operations for a fee
Day Shift
Management Company
Double Occupancy
Medium Hotel
44. Sub-department of Food and Beverage. It supervises restaurant - banquet and bar managers
Food Production
Telephone Department
Service Department
The New Rooms
45. Sub-department of Food and Beverage. It is headed by a 'chef'.
Central Reservation System
Graveyard Shift
Food Production
Elastic
46. The buyer (franchisee) acquires rights from the seller (franchisor) to the exclusive use of a name product - and system of a franchisor within a defined geographic area - for a fee.
Special Characteristics of the Hotel Business
Parties to the Deal
Adjoining or Connecting Rooms
Franchises
47. 300 rooms or more
Large Hotel
Hotel Types
Consortia and Membership Organizations/ Referral Groups
Double Occupancy Equation
48. Items paid for but not utilized - like meals
Concierge
Chains
Mom-and-pop hotels
Breakage
49. Rate - By level of Service - By level of amenities - Different Rating Systems
Food Production
Perishability
Franchises
Hotel Classes
50. Rooms that abut along a corridor. May be connected with a door. All connecting rooms adjoin; but all adjoining rooms do not connect!
Management Company
Forecast Scheduling
Adjoining or Connecting Rooms
Perishability