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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. Publicly funded - quasi-govermetnal organizations to represent city's hospitality industry. Represent bid for large and small conferences
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
Pegasus Solutions
Corporate Guests
House Count
2. The actual office site at which chain reservationists reside.
Spread Rate
Hotel Web Sites
In-House Reservation Center
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
3. Breaks the hotel rates into two categories - GDS and CRAS and looks for the lowest available rate in each of these areas
PHASER complete Access Reports
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Expedia Competitive Price Grid Report
Components of the Simple Room Count
4. Very price sensitive - weekend travel - will trade price for restrictions - are motivated by deals
Search Engine Optimization
Leisure Guests
Four primary functions of ASPs
ASAE
5. Hurdle point is set - lower rates rejected
Nests and Hurdles
Spread Rate
No Show
Understay
6. Estimated over $80 billion. Group delegates spend more dollars.
Independent Reservation Services
Group Business
Expected Arrivals
Adjusting the Room Block
7. Guest who arrive days before booking
Early Arrivals
Understay
Adjusting the Room Block
Chain Sites
8. Number of guests in hotel
Categories of Group Business
In-House Reservation Center
House Count
PHASER complete Access Reports
9. Is able to determine the number of rooms available for sale for a given date. Offers various status reports under the reservations module.
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Automated Inventory Tracking System
House Count
10. Rates are gathered through the CRS' seamless connection. Displays discounts and lowest available rates for all hotels in the competitive market set
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
Chain Sites
Fenced Rates
11. Guest who leave earlier than expected
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
Optional Reservation Data
Understay
Fenced Rates
12. 40% of annual marketing budget may be spent on online products. Booking through own website nets more revenue than booking through 3rd party websites.
Role of Yield Management Systems
House Count
Hotel Web Sites
Nests and Hurdles
13. The American Society of Association Executives
ASAE
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
PHASER complete Access Reports
Adjusted Room Count
14. Yesterdays stay-overs + today's reserved arrivals
Committed Rooms
Components of the Simple Room Count
Global Distribution System (GDS)
Seamless Connectivity
15. Faster - more accurate - sells more rooms at higher rates
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
Seamless Connectivity
Walking the Guest
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
16. Estimated time of arrival -Special Requests -Smoking preferences -Discounts or Affiliations -Address
Guest History Database
PHASER complete Access Reports
Optional Reservation Data
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
17. Encourage booking by enhancing quality of website - offering lowest price guarantee - letting users research for multiple brands at multiple price points with one click.
Chain Sites
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
Adjusting the Room Block
18. Convention guest who try to get a better rate by using other deals
Unidentified Delegates
Seamless Connectivity
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
Chain Sites
19. 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
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Electronic Switch Technology
Hotelligence Report
Adjusting the Room Block
20. The role that airline reservation systems played
Independent Reservation Services
Global Distribution System (GDS)
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
Automated Inventory Tracking System
21. Sites that search all available websites to present side-by-side comparisons and booking options (kayak - sidestep or travelzoo)
Automated Inventory Tracking System
Stayover
Meta-Search Technology
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
22. The act of controlling rates and restricting occupancy to maximize gross room revenues
Walking the Guest
Yield Management Revolution
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Stayover
23. 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
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
Four primary functions of ASPs
Overbooking percentage
24. Guest with confirmed/guaranteed booking who does not arrive - but has not cancelled
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
Reservations to take
No Show
25. Guests booked to arrive today
Room Count
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
Expected Arrivals
Automated Inventory Tracking System
26. 5-7%
Overstay
Optional Reservation Data
Spread Rate
Overbooking percentage
27. 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
Categories of Group Business
Selling Against Room Block
Meta-Search Technology
Walking the Guest
28. 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
Early Arrivals
Role of Yield Management Systems
IT packages
Spread Rate
29. More rooms sold than available - done deliberately.
Understay
Group Guests
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
Overbooking
30. The electronic system - including the last-room availability interface with individual chain properties. Linked airlines with travel agents.
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
Search Engine Optimization
Meta-Search Technology
31. Unavailable long-term due to non-fixable problems. Cannot be sold due to unacceptable condition.
Unidentified Delegates
Automated Inventory Tracking System
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
Electronic Switch Technology
32. Place and date more important than rate.
Group Guests
Chain Sites
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
33. Some get suites - some get singles - all pay same rate
Four Global Distribution System Providers
Overstay
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Four primary functions of ASPs
34. Use stored data to form rules that govern decisions. Allows for instantaneous response to changing conditions
Understay
Nests and Hurdles
Guest History Database
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
35. Guest booked to depart today
Expected Departures
Unidentified Delegates
Room Count
Group Business
36. Rooms available -Occupied last night -Expected check-outs -Stayovers -Today's Reservations -Rooms committed today -Rooms available for sale -Occupancy percentage
Guest History Database
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
Components of the Simple Room Count
Adjusted Room Count
37. 1)Tour Groups 2)Convention Groups 3)Exposition and Trade Shows
Adjusting the Room Block
Expedia Competitive Price Grid Report
Role of the Housing Bureau
Categories of Group Business
38. A CRS -GDS connectivity -Connections to 'alternate' distribution systems -Internet Reservations
Committed Rooms
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
Four primary functions of ASPs
Chain Sites
39. History and preferences of that particular guest. Being used more often today
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
Pegasus Solutions
Guest History Database
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
40. Hotel sets up and sells own package to individuals. May be better than the group rate.
Committed Rooms
Guest History Database
Chain Sites
IT packages
41. Less price sensitive - seek flexibility - weekday travel - book at the last minute - cannot wait for deals
Unidentified Delegates
Corporate Guests
Role of the Housing Bureau
House Count
42. Sending a guest with confirmed or guaranteed booking to another hotel as we are full
Walking the Guest
Adjusted Room Count
Room Count
Overstay
43. Sites that are not controlled either by the hotel or the chain. (hotwire - expedia - travelocity - orbitz etc..)
Committed Rooms
Third Party Travel Sites
Walking the Guest
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
44. Temporarily unavailable due to fixable problems. Can be fixed quickly if absolutely essential. Can be sol at a discount if un-fixed - with disclosure.
Automated Inventory Tracking System
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
Spread Rate
Room Count
45. More sophisticated - accounting for many issues
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Fenced Rates
Adjusted Room Count
Walk-ins
46. The lodging industry's oldest and most popular provider of ASP Central Reservations software.
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
Four Global Distribution System Providers
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
Pegasus Solutions
47. CRS for hire - used by smaller chains - independent hotels.
Automated Inventory Tracking System
Fenced Rates
Meta-Search Technology
Independent Reservation Services
48. Advanced reservations (the best) -Guaranteed Reservation -Confirmed Reservation
Expected Arrivals
Categories of Group Business
Reservations to take
Automated Inventory Tracking System
49. Guest who stay longer than booked
Overstay
Electronic Switch Technology
Four primary functions of ASPs
Components of the Simple Room Count
50. 2-3 minutes
Pegasus Solutions
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
Guest History Database
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?