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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. When a person calls directly to the hotel to book their reservations.
In-House Reservation Center
Overstay
Walk-ins
Global Distribution System (GDS)
2. 100 booked - 40 used means 60% attrition - 40% pick-up
Electronic Switch Technology
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Committed Rooms
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
3. Guest with confirmed/guaranteed booking who does not arrive - but has not cancelled
Understay
Leisure Guests
No Show
Overbooking percentage
4. 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
Spread Rate
Walk-ins
Selling Against Room Block
Stayover
5. Rooms available -Occupied last night -Expected check-outs -Stayovers -Today's Reservations -Rooms committed today -Rooms available for sale -Occupancy percentage
Adjusted Room Count
Fenced Rates
Components of the Simple Room Count
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
6. A negotiated discount below the rack rate. Members pick the rate they want to pay
Spread Rate
Expedia Competitive Price Grid Report
Stayover
Automated Inventory Tracking System
7. 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.
Four Global Distribution System Providers
In-House Reservation Center
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
Chain Sites
8. The role that airline reservation systems played
Nests and Hurdles
Early Arrivals
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
Global Distribution System (GDS)
9. 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.
Independent Reservation Services
Expected Departures
Nests and Hurdles
Adjusting the Room Block
10. Guests booked to arrive today
Yield Management Revolution
Seamless Connectivity
Group Business
Expected Arrivals
11. 1)Amadeus 2)Galileo 3)Sabre 4)Worldspan
Four Global Distribution System Providers
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Understay
12. The act of controlling rates and restricting occupancy to maximize gross room revenues
Group Guests
Overbooking
Yield Management Revolution
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
13. Guest without reservations needing rooms
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Independent Reservation Services
Walk-ins
Reservations to take
14. The American Society of Association Executives
ASAE
Walking the Guest
PHASER complete Access Reports
House Count
15. Guest who leave earlier than expected
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Walking the Guest
Understay
Four Global Distribution System Providers
16. Place and date more important than rate.
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Group Business
Categories of Group Business
Group Guests
17. Sites that search all available websites to present side-by-side comparisons and booking options (kayak - sidestep or travelzoo)
Seamless Connectivity
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Meta-Search Technology
Role of Yield Management Systems
18. Continuing guest - as per booking
Search Engine Optimization
Overbooking
Stayover
Yield Management Revolution
19. The actual office site at which chain reservationists reside.
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Independent Reservation Services
Third Party Travel Sites
20. Sites that are not controlled either by the hotel or the chain. (hotwire - expedia - travelocity - orbitz etc..)
Overbooking
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Third Party Travel Sites
21. 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.
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
Committed Rooms
Search Engine Optimization
Meta-Search Technology
22. 5-7%
PHASER complete Access Reports
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
Components of the Simple Room Count
Overbooking percentage
23. CRS for hire - used by smaller chains - independent hotels.
Independent Reservation Services
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
Global Distribution System (GDS)
Third Party Travel Sites
24. Yesterdays stay-overs + today's reserved arrivals
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
Nests and Hurdles
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Committed Rooms
25. In 2001 - Galileo was purchased by Cendant Corporation for $2.9 billion.
Spread Rate
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
Chain Sites
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
26. Speaking the same language within incompatible systems
Walking the Guest
Electronic Switch Technology
Stayover
Four Global Distribution System Providers
27. The Airlines
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
Role of the Housing Bureau
28. Estimated over $80 billion. Group delegates spend more dollars.
Room Count
Nests and Hurdles
Group Business
Automated Inventory Tracking System
29. 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
Role of Yield Management Systems
Electronic Switch Technology
Role of the Housing Bureau
Walk-ins
30. Guest who arrive days before booking
Early Arrivals
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Walk-ins
31. Number of guests in hotel
House Count
Categories of Group Business
Leisure Guests
PHASER complete Access Reports
32. The lodging industry's oldest and most popular provider of ASP Central Reservations software.
Pegasus Solutions
Overbooking
Role of the Housing Bureau
Early Arrivals
33. Is able to determine the number of rooms available for sale for a given date. Offers various status reports under the reservations module.
Expected Departures
Automated Inventory Tracking System
Seamless Connectivity
Optional Reservation Data
34. Publicly funded - quasi-govermetnal organizations to represent city's hospitality industry. Represent bid for large and small conferences
Understay
No Show
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
35. Changes in dates - names - numbers - room types etc.
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
Committed Rooms
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
Spread Rate
36. 2-3 minutes
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Nests and Hurdles
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
37. Faster - more accurate - sells more rooms at higher rates
Pegasus Solutions
Overstay
Seamless Connectivity
Group Guests
38. Very price sensitive - weekend travel - will trade price for restrictions - are motivated by deals
Components of the Simple Room Count
Leisure Guests
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
Corporate Guests
39. Rates are gathered through the CRS' seamless connection. Displays discounts and lowest available rates for all hotels in the competitive market set
ASAE
Independent Reservation Services
Global Distribution System (GDS)
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
40. Software companies that offer a suite of software applications via Internet-based access.
PHASER complete Access Reports
Selling Against Room Block
Optional Reservation Data
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
41. Temporarily unavailable due to fixable problems. Can be fixed quickly if absolutely essential. Can be sol at a discount if un-fixed - with disclosure.
Understay
Meta-Search Technology
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
Role of Yield Management Systems
42. 40% of annual marketing budget may be spent on online products. Booking through own website nets more revenue than booking through 3rd party websites.
Stayover
PHASER complete Access Reports
Hotel Web Sites
Seamless Connectivity
43. Unavailable long-term due to non-fixable problems. Cannot be sold due to unacceptable condition.
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
Group Guests
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
Electronic Switch Technology
44. More sophisticated - accounting for many issues
Role of the Housing Bureau
Adjusted Room Count
Selling Against Room Block
Room Count
45. More rooms sold than available - done deliberately.
Categories of Group Business
Overbooking
In-House Reservation Center
Hotel Web Sites
46. Guest who stay longer than booked
Overstay
Spread Rate
Room Count
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
47. Convention guest who try to get a better rate by using other deals
In-House Reservation Center
Adjusting the Room Block
Unidentified Delegates
Understay
48. Hurdle point is set - lower rates rejected
Adjusting the Room Block
Nests and Hurdles
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Third Party Travel Sites
49. 1)Tour Groups 2)Convention Groups 3)Exposition and Trade Shows
Categories of Group Business
Four primary functions of ASPs
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Guest History Database
50. Estimated time of arrival -Special Requests -Smoking preferences -Discounts or Affiliations -Address
Four Global Distribution System Providers
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
Optional Reservation Data
Committed Rooms