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