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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. Number of guests in hotel
Overbooking percentage
Central Reservation System (CRS)
House Count
Leisure Guests
2. Sending a guest with confirmed or guaranteed booking to another hotel as we are full
Chain Sites
Third Party Travel Sites
Guest History Database
Walking the Guest
3. Rooms available -Occupied last night -Expected check-outs -Stayovers -Today's Reservations -Rooms committed today -Rooms available for sale -Occupancy percentage
Smith Travel Research's STAR Reports
Independent Reservation Services
Group Guests
Components of the Simple Room Count
4. Yesterdays stay-overs + today's reserved arrivals
Committed Rooms
Corporate Guests
Understay
Flat Rate/Run of the House
5. 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
Optional Reservation Data
Categories of Group Business
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
6. The lodging industry's oldest and most popular provider of ASP Central Reservations software.
No Show
Pegasus Solutions
Reservations to take
Overbooking percentage
7. More sophisticated - accounting for many issues
Overbooking
Early Arrivals
Hotel Web Sites
Adjusted Room Count
8. Changes in dates - names - numbers - room types etc.
No Show
Third Party Travel Sites
Understay
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
9. The role that airline reservation systems played
Global Distribution System (GDS)
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
In-House Reservation Center
10. Continuing guest - as per booking
Chain Sites
Electronic Switch Technology
Hotel Web Sites
Stayover
11. Temporarily unavailable due to fixable problems. Can be fixed quickly if absolutely essential. Can be sol at a discount if un-fixed - with disclosure.
Yield Management Revolution
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
12. Sites that are not controlled either by the hotel or the chain. (hotwire - expedia - travelocity - orbitz etc..)
Third Party Travel Sites
Expected Arrivals
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
Nests and Hurdles
13. The act of controlling rates and restricting occupancy to maximize gross room revenues
In-House Reservation Center
Yield Management Revolution
Group Business
Committed Rooms
14. Guest with confirmed/guaranteed booking who does not arrive - but has not cancelled
No Show
Electronic Switch Technology
Internet and Web-Based Reservations
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
15. 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.
Overstay
ASAE
Adjusting the Room Block
Hotel Web Sites
16. Logical rules that give options based on sensitivity
In-House Reservation Center
Fenced Rates
Guest History Database
Components of the Simple Room Count
17. 1)Amadeus 2)Galileo 3)Sabre 4)Worldspan
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Hotel Web Sites
Stayover
Four Global Distribution System Providers
18. Publicly funded - quasi-govermetnal organizations to represent city's hospitality industry. Represent bid for large and small conferences
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
Reservations to take
Hotel Web Sites
Role of Yield Management Systems
19. 2-3 minutes
How many minutes should it take to process a reservation?
Walking the Guest
Walk-ins
Categories of Group Business
20. Status of rooms sold and available
Meta-Search Technology
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
In-House Reservation Center
Room Count
21. Needed for large conventions where delegates may stay in many hotels
No Show
Categories of Group Business
Expedia Competitive Price Grid Report
Role of the Housing Bureau
22. 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
Expedia Competitive Price Grid Report
Yield Management Revolution
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
23. Use stored data to form rules that govern decisions. Allows for instantaneous response to changing conditions
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
Optional Reservation Data
Components of the Simple Room Count
Adjusting the Room Block
24. Some get suites - some get singles - all pay same rate
Room Count
Search Engine Optimization
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Third Party Travel Sites
25. A negotiated discount below the rack rate. Members pick the rate they want to pay
Spread Rate
Overbooking
Corporate Guests
Hotel Web Sites
26. Guest who stay longer than booked
What are these global distribution system providers worth?
Electronic Switch Technology
Overstay
Convention and Vistor Bureaus (CVBs)
27. Guest booked to depart today
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Expected Departures
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
Corporate Guests
28. 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
Group Business
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
Optional Reservation Data
Hotelligence Report
29. 5-7%
Overbooking percentage
Group Business
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
30. Sites that search all available websites to present side-by-side comparisons and booking options (kayak - sidestep or travelzoo)
No Show
Travel Information Management Services (TIMS)
Guest History Database
Meta-Search Technology
31. More rooms sold than available - done deliberately.
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
Expected Arrivals
Overbooking
Role of Yield Management Systems
32. The Airlines
Out of Order Rooms (OOO)
IT packages
Independent Reservation Services
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
33. When a person calls directly to the hotel to book their reservations.
In-House Reservation Center
Unidentified Delegates
Amendments/alterations to the reservation
Walk-ins
34. Estimated time of arrival -Special Requests -Smoking preferences -Discounts or Affiliations -Address
Seamless Connectivity
No Show
Chain Sites
Optional Reservation Data
35. Speaking the same language within incompatible systems
In-House Reservation Center
Group Business
Categories of Group Business
Electronic Switch Technology
36. Software companies that offer a suite of software applications via Internet-based access.
Hotelligence Report
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
Independent Reservation Services
Adjusting the Room Block
37. Advanced reservations (the best) -Guaranteed Reservation -Confirmed Reservation
Seamless Connectivity
Chain Sites
Reservations to take
Optional Reservation Data
38. Guest without reservations needing rooms
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Nests and Hurdles
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Walk-ins
39. The American Society of Association Executives
Stayover
ASAE
Group Guests
Components of the Simple Room Count
40. Unavailable long-term due to non-fixable problems. Cannot be sold due to unacceptable condition.
Nests and Hurdles
Out of Inventory Rooms (OOI)
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Attrition/Pick-Up Rate
41. Guest who leave earlier than expected
Guest History Database
Four Global Distribution System Providers
Central Reservation Office (CRO)
Understay
42. The electronic system - including the last-room availability interface with individual chain properties. Linked airlines with travel agents.
Flat Rate/Run of the House
Central Reservation System (CRS)
Nests and Hurdles
Components of the Simple Room Count
43. 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
Unidentified Delegates
Components of the Simple Room Count
44. Faster - more accurate - sells more rooms at higher rates
Group Guests
Seamless Connectivity
Adjusted Room Count
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
45. CRS for hire - used by smaller chains - independent hotels.
Independent Reservation Services
House Count
Yield Management Revolution
ASAE
46. 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
Application Service Providers (ASPs)
Adjusting the Room Block
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
47. Is able to determine the number of rooms available for sale for a given date. Offers various status reports under the reservations module.
Automated Inventory Tracking System
Artificial Intelligence/ Expert Systems
Adjusted Room Count
Selling Against Room Block
48. Based entirely on historical date. Does not share specific performance date for each competing property.
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49. Convention guest who try to get a better rate by using other deals
Independent Reservation Services
Overstay
Yield Management Revolution
Unidentified Delegates
50. Guest who arrive days before booking
Early Arrivals
Where did we steal Yield Management from?
Stayover
Optional Reservation Data