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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. Speaking the same language within incompatible systems
Adjusting the Room Block
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Room Count
Electronic Switch Technology
2. The Airlines
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Role of Yield Management Systems
Overstay
3. Very price sensitive - weekend travel - will trade price for restrictions - are motivated by deals
Pegasus Solutions
Overstay
Corporate Guests
Leisure Guests
4. 1)Tour Groups 2)Convention Groups 3)Exposition and Trade Shows
Understay
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
Categories of Group Business
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
5. 40% of annual marketing budget may be spent on online products. Booking through own website nets more revenue than booking through 3rd party websites.
Hotel Web Sites
Selling Against Room Block
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
Expected Arrivals
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
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
Selling Against Room Block
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
7. 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
Global Distribution System (GDS)
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
Stayover
8. Rooms available -Occupied last night -Expected check-outs -Stayovers -Today's Reservations -Rooms committed today -Rooms available for sale -Occupancy percentage
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
Leisure Guests
Components of the Simple Room Count
9. Encourage booking by enhancing quality of website - offering lowest price guarantee - letting users research for multiple brands at multiple price points with one click.
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
Chain Sites
Adjusting the Room Block
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
10. The electronic system - including the last-room availability interface with individual chain properties. Linked airlines with travel agents.
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Walking the Guest
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
Central Reservation System (CRS)
11. 1)Amadeus 2)Galileo 3)Sabre 4)Worldspan
Automated Inventory Tracking System
Overstay
Four Global Distribution System Providers
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
12. Temporarily unavailable due to fixable problems. Can be fixed quickly if absolutely essential. Can be sol at a discount if un-fixed - with disclosure.
Walk-ins
Reservations to take
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
Group Guests
13. Advanced reservations (the best) -Guaranteed Reservation -Confirmed Reservation
Categories of Group Business
Reservations to take
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Unidentified Delegates
14. The American Society of Association Executives
In-House Reservation Center
ASAE
Spread Rate
Early Arrivals
15. 2-3 minutes
Yield Management Revolution
Global Distribution System (GDS)
Four primary functions of ASPs
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
16. 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
Components of the Simple Room Count
Four Global Distribution System Providers
Automated Inventory Tracking System
17. Continuing guest - as per booking
Stayover
Expected Arrivals
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
Role of Yield Management Systems
18. Based entirely on historical date. Does not share specific performance date for each competing property.
19. The role that airline reservation systems played
Global Distribution System (GDS)
Stayover
Flat Rate/Run of the House
In-House Reservation Center
20. A CRS -GDS connectivity -Connections to 'alternate' distribution systems -Internet Reservations
Four primary functions of ASPs
Overstay
Unidentified Delegates
Early Arrivals
21. Guest without reservations needing rooms
ASAE
Walk-ins
Expected Arrivals
House Count
22. 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
Four primary functions of ASPs
Selling Against Room Block
Hotelligence Report
Room Count
23. 5-7%
Overbooking percentage
Adjusting the Room Block
Four Global Distribution System Providers
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
24. The actual office site at which chain reservationists reside.
Walk-ins
Expected Arrivals
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Group Business
25. The lodging industry's oldest and most popular provider of ASP Central Reservations software.
Pegasus Solutions
Expected Departures
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
House Count
26. 100 booked - 40 used means 60% attrition - 40% pick-up
Four primary functions of ASPs
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
27. Sites that are not controlled either by the hotel or the chain. (hotwire - expedia - travelocity - orbitz etc..)
ASAE
Third Party Travel Sites
Understay
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
28. Sites that search all available websites to present side-by-side comparisons and booking options (kayak - sidestep or travelzoo)
Selling Against Room Block
Early Arrivals
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
Meta-Search Technology
29. 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
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
Expected Arrivals
Expedia Competitive Price Grid Report
Categories of Group Business
30. Some get suites - some get singles - all pay same rate
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Seamless Connectivity
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Pegasus Solutions
31. Yesterdays stay-overs + today's reserved arrivals
ASAE
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Committed Rooms
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
32. Logical rules that give options based on sensitivity
In-House Reservation Center
Automated Inventory Tracking System
Fenced Rates
Seamless Connectivity
33. 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
Leisure Guests
Guest History Database
Expected Arrivals
34. Hurdle point is set - lower rates rejected
ASAE
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Role of the Housing Bureau
Nests and Hurdles
35. Guests booked to arrive today
Expected Arrivals
Role of the Housing Bureau
Fenced Rates
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
36. More rooms sold than available - done deliberately.
Role of the Housing Bureau
In-House Reservation Center
Group Business
Overbooking
37. Less price sensitive - seek flexibility - weekday travel - book at the last minute - cannot wait for deals
Optional Reservation Data
Components of the Simple Room Count
Corporate Guests
Electronic Switch Technology
38. Software companies that offer a suite of software applications via Internet-based access.
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
Overbooking percentage
Room Count
Chain Sites
39. More sophisticated - accounting for many issues
House Count
Adjusted Room Count
Room Count
Walk-ins
40. Guest who arrive days before booking
Early Arrivals
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
Committed Rooms
Adjusting the Room Block
41. History and preferences of that particular guest. Being used more often today
Group Guests
Yield Management Revolution
Global Distribution System (GDS)
Guest History Database
42. Unavailable long-term due to non-fixable problems. Cannot be sold due to unacceptable condition.
Meta-Search Technology
Third Party Travel Sites
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
43. Sending a guest with confirmed or guaranteed booking to another hotel as we are full
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Independent Reservation Services
Yield Management Revolution
Walking the Guest
44. Publicly funded - quasi-govermetnal organizations to represent city's hospitality industry. Represent bid for large and small conferences
Expected Departures
Walking the Guest
Categories of Group Business
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
45. Status of rooms sold and available
Overstay
Walk-ins
Room Count
Role of the Housing Bureau
46. Changes in dates - names - numbers - room types etc.
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
Room Count
Third Party Travel Sites
Unidentified Delegates
47. Convention guest who try to get a better rate by using other deals
Expedia Competitive Price Grid Report
Hotel Web Sites
Unidentified Delegates
Chain Sites
48. The act of controlling rates and restricting occupancy to maximize gross room revenues
Yield Management Revolution
Expected Arrivals
Overstay
Leisure Guests
49. Estimated time of arrival -Special Requests -Smoking preferences -Discounts or Affiliations -Address
Optional Reservation Data
Role of the Housing Bureau
No Show
Overbooking percentage
50. Number of guests in hotel
Chain Sites
Corporate Guests
Expected Departures
House Count