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Hotel Operations Management
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hospitality
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Flat organization/ large number of employees reporting to one supervisor
What is the most used operating ratio?
Paying off the due bank
What is a wide span of control?
Who deal with the pre arrival of the guests?
2. Occupancy %
What is elastic demand?
Reality
Who is the keys of gold?
What is the most used operating ratio?
3. Provided to frequent business guests
What is corporate rate?
Top down or bottom up
The hotel classifications that make up 7% of all hotels but make 36% of all hotel revenue
Market segmentation
4. The retention of decision making authority by a high level manager
Caravanseri
Top down or bottom up
What is centralization?
What is rack rate?
5. Blocking/pre-assigning rooms
When does the night audit begin?
Airport hotels
Create a process map for a transient business guest who arrives at the city airport - requires shuttle service - and checks into the hotel using the help of a bellman. This is the 'Business Guest Arrival and Check-in Process.' Indicate all functional
Room assignment process
6. A checking of accounts done every morning to verify accuracy of cash transactions and to prepare bank deposit for the day
Dimensions of Service Quality
What is posting?
TShe income Audit
What is wash (down)?
7. When more money is paid out than comes in and the cashier uses his bank for the payment
Moments of truth
Due bank
What is the responsibility of the reservations?
Create a process map for a transient business guest who arrives at the city airport - requires shuttle service - and checks into the hotel using the help of a bellman. This is the 'Business Guest Arrival and Check-in Process.' Indicate all functional
8. A statement of all transactions that affect the balance of an account
Independent Management Company
What is...
Who deal with the pre arrival of the guests?
What is a guest folio?
9. Literally owns and operates hotel
Create a process map for a transient business guest who arrives at the city airport - requires shuttle service - and checks into the hotel using the help of a bellman. This is the 'Business Guest Arrival and Check-in Process.' Indicate all functional
Modified American Plan
Paying off the due bank
Owner/operator
10. A number of rooms set aside for a group
Over or Short
What is housekeeping status?
What is a block?
Code of Hammurabi
11. Expedia or Orbitz
Why might a hotel owner want to purchase a hotel franchise? What are the advantages of being a franchisee?
Franchisor loading corporation
Room assignment process
What is a third-party distribution company?
12. Actual rooms revenue divided by potential rooms revenue
What is yield statistoc?
Mansio
What is reservation status?
Give an example of a fence used in the hotel industry
13. Coles Ordinary
What was the first Inn?
European Plan
Mansio
What is Room status discrepancy ?
14. 'end of day'
Float Losses
When does the night audit begin?
What is a guaranteed reservation?
Due bank
15. Number of rooms occupied divided by number of rooms available
How do u calculate occupancy %?
Code of Hammurabi
WHat department is the heart of the hotel?
Where will the majority of the global growth take place
16. The difference between money taken in and paid out
What is a third-party distribution company?
Who deals with the arrival of guests?
What is the most used operating ratio?
Net Receipts
17. 1. hotel staff members greet upon arrival 2. a welcome reception for the guests is held 3. guests check in and occupy rooms 4. activities - dining - and entertainment are arranged
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18. The bank has to be re-built to the stipulated amount by giving cash back to the cashier
What is the difference between an employee and an associate?
Dimensions of Service Quality
Paying off the due bank
Room assignment process
19. More money in cash drawer than should be
WHat department is the heart of the hotel?
Why do hotels offer discounted rates?
Over
What is decentralization?
20. Hotels need to satisfy as many guests as possible and maximize revenues from existing demand
Ideal Room Rate
What is centralization?
The lodging industry has several unique characteristics which make it ideal for utilizing yield management. Name at least four of the characteristics.
Why do hotels offer discounted rates?
21. Logical rational rules designed to allow customers to segment themselves into appropriate rate categories
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22. 10000 divided by 95 + 5=10000 divided by 100=100$
What is group rate?
What is a third-party distribution company?
Non-collectible account
10000 rooms revenue. Sold 95 rooms with 5 comps
23. Frequent travelers - vacationing families - professionals( accountants - lawyers - and executives)
Suite hotels
Who deal with the pre arrival of the guests?
Top down or bottom up
What is the average daily rate?
24. The second largest employer in US - 1 OF EVERY 14 AMERICANS EMPLOYED IN TOURISM - MAKES $20000 A SECOND
Tourism
What is a third-party distribution company?
What is the most used operating ratio?
Role of management
25. Negotiated based on number of rooms
Who is the keys of gold?
What is group rate?
What is a wide span of control?
How to calculate average room rate?
26. Travelers who intend to stay five days or longer and required reduced hotel services
What is...
Extended stay hotels
What is a block?
Tourism
27. Means to expand quickly with little capital -collect franchise fees
How the hotel size that has the largest percentage
Moments of truth
Where will the majority of the global growth take place
Why might a hotel owner want to purchase a hotel franchise? What are the advantages of being a franchisee?
28. Coupons used by members of tour groups to pay for meals etc...
NON REIT Owner
Tour package coupons
Mansio
Due bank
29. China and India
Where will the majority of the global growth take place
What is corporate rate?
Who deals with the arrival of guests?
What is...
30. Reversal of problem; solving the problem and retaining the goodwill of the customer.
Service recovery
The hotel classifications that make up 7% of all hotels but make 36% of all hotel revenue
Dimensions of Service Quality
When would you want to use a minimum LOS control?
31. The first american hotels differed from European hotels by charging a fixed fee (1$ per day) for food and lodging
The hotel classifications that make up 7% of all hotels but make 36% of all hotel revenue
ADA
What is the American Plan?
TShe income Audit
32. 1. group common tasks to allow for work specialization - which increases overall productivity 2. training is easier because of similarity and the many opp's for inexp workers to learn from exp workers 3. fosters efficiency - teamwork - and coordinati
Due bank
Market Segmentation
What is group rate?
Hotels are typically organized along functional lines. List three strengths of functional organizational design.
33. Hotel has to pay fee to VISA or AMEx - but does not reduce tip
Market segmentation
What is centralization?
Merchant discount fee
Suite hotels
34. Separation between classes of hotels - luxury - mid-scale - economy
Non-guaranteed reservation?
Where will the majority of the global growth take place
Forbes 5 star
Market segmentation
35. C corp - legal - taxable entity - REIT - exempt from corporate tax as long as they comply with certain guidelines
What is the responsibility of the reservations?
Tourism
Non-guaranteed reservation?
What are the differences between a C-Corp. and a REIT?
36. Encourages department performance instead of the main goal which is overall hotel performance
Forbes 5 star
What is a guest ledger
Non-guaranteed reservation?
Discuss a weakness of functional organizational design.
37. Hotel holds room until 4 or 6
Non-guaranteed reservation?
Over or Short
What is the American Plan?
What is a guest folio?
38. Where the poorer people stayed when traveling in the Roman Empire
What was the first Inn?
Why do hotels offer discounted rates?
Taberna
Moments of truth
39. Hotel gets money later - pays employee up-front
Franchisor
Float Losses
What was the first Hotel?
ADA
40. Turning away free independent traveler guests for lack of rooms due to group business
What was the first Inn?
What is displacement?
Modified American Plan
Merchant discount fee
41. Reality < expectations dissatisfied
How do u calculate occupancy %?
The lodging industry has several unique characteristics which make it ideal for utilizing yield management. Name at least four of the characteristics.
How the hotel size that has the largest percentage
Guest expectations
42. Housekeeping
What is the largest department?
Cut off date?
Merchant discount fee
Market Segmentation
43. Guest accounts are all charges and payments of guests - and house accounts are all charges and payment of non guests
Service recovery
The difference between guest accounts and house accounts ?
Given the high barriers to entry in some of the major lodging markets - increased revenues at the hotel level can only be derived from taking market share. What are the necessary 'tools' for attracting business from competitors?
How to calculate average room rate?
44. Reservations and non refundable purchases for price sensitive guests versus opposite
Airport hotels
Mansio
When would you want to use a minimum LOS control?
Give an example of a fence used in the hotel industry
45. Reservations
Franchisor
Who deal with the pre arrival of the guests?
10000 rooms revenue. Sold 95 rooms with 5 comps
WHat department is the heart of the hotel?
46. Blocking fewer rooms than requested by the group based on past history
Over
TShe income Audit
What is wash (down)?
Short
47. FD/PBX
What are the differences between a C-Corp. and a REIT?
Ideal Room Rate
What do on going franchise fees (including marketing fees) typically cost a hotel in terms of percent of revenues?
Who deals with the occupancy of the guest?
48. To sell every available room at the most profitable rate
What is the responsibility of the reservations?
What is a guaranteed reservation?
Suite hotels
Room assignment process
49. Housekeeping status differs from front desk status
Given the high barriers to entry in some of the major lodging markets - increased revenues at the hotel level can only be derived from taking market share. What are the necessary 'tools' for attracting business from competitors?
Suite hotels and extended stay hotels
What is Room status discrepancy ?
What was the first Hotel?
50. The process of recording transactions onto a folio
What was the first Hotel?
What is posting?
What is the largest department?
Paying off house vouchers