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Hotel Operations Management
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1. The first place where a lot of people could stay overnight and keep all their animals etc
Moments of truth
Caravanseri
NON REIT Owner
Service recovery
2. A collection of all transactions incurred by a guest.
When does the night audit begin?
Distribution of the reports is the final step in night audit process?
What is a guest account?
Guest satisfaction
3. Hotel gets money later - pays employee up-front
What was the first Inn?
What is the responsibility of the reservations?
What is posting?
Float Losses
4. Very sensitive to price. Leisure travel market
What do on going franchise fees (including marketing fees) typically cost a hotel in terms of percent of revenues?
What is elastic demand?
Cut off date?
Discuss a weakness of functional organizational design.
5. Hotel holds room for guest credit card - advanced deposit. Billed even if they do not use the room
What is a guaranteed reservation?
What is the responsibility of the reservations?
When does the night audit begin?
Top down or bottom up
6. Rooms actually reserved by group members
WHat department is the heart of the hotel?
What is yield statistoc?
Give an example of a fence used in the hotel industry
What is booked mean?
7. Housekeeping status differs from front desk status
What is Room status discrepancy ?
What is posting?
What is...
Who deal with the pre arrival of the guests?
8. 6%? look up
The lodging industry has several unique characteristics which make it ideal for utilizing yield management. Name at least four of the characteristics.
What do on going franchise fees (including marketing fees) typically cost a hotel in terms of percent of revenues?
When would you want to use a minimum LOS control?
Extended stay hotels
9. Cash according to accounts
Guest expectations
What should be
What is yield statistoc?
European Plan
10. Less money in cash drawer than should be
Distribution of the reports is the final step in night audit process?
Short
What is the responsibility of the reservations?
WHat department is the heart of the hotel?
11. 70% occupancy - each room category is occupied at 70%.
Ideal Room Rate
What is the American Plan?
When are lodging analysts bullish on hotel stocks?
Reality
12. City Hotel - NY city
Code of Hammurabi
What is the difference between an employee and an associate?
European Plan
What was the first Hotel?
13. They are bullish because there is a near-zero amount of new hotel supply - Loans are difficult to get - Extremely limited new build activity
10000 rooms revenue. Sold 95 rooms with 5 comps
What is the largest department?
When are lodging analysts bullish on hotel stocks?
European Plan
14. Luxury - upper-upscale - upscale
Modified American Plan
When are lodging analysts bullish on hotel stocks?
The hotel classifications that make up 7% of all hotels but make 36% of all hotel revenue
Paying off house vouchers
15. Turning away free independent traveler guests for lack of rooms due to group business
Independent Management Company
What is displacement?
Distribution of the reports is the final step in night audit process?
What do on going franchise fees (including marketing fees) typically cost a hotel in terms of percent of revenues?
16. More money in cash drawer than should be
Guest expectations
The difference between guest accounts and house accounts ?
Over
What is corporate rate?
17. No - there aren't - it is self proclaimed - not awarded
Is there really such a thing as a six or seven star hotel?
What is a guaranteed reservation?
Who deal with the pre arrival of the guests?
Where will the majority of the global growth take place
18. Determines a rooms long term availability
What is a guest account?
What is reservation status?
What was the first Hotel?
Give an example of a fence used in the hotel industry
19. A number of rooms set aside for a group
What is corporate rate?
Merchant discount fee
What is a guaranteed reservation?
What is a block?
20. Blocking/pre-assigning rooms
Tourism
Forbes 5 star
Room assignment process
How do you calculate the % of no shows?
21. Rooms fill from bottom-up so we may need to construct that way - with greater availability of cheaper rooms
Top down or bottom up
What is decentralization?
Who is the keys of gold?
What is displacement?
22. A statement of all transactions that affect the balance of an account
What was the first Inn?
How do u calculate occupancy %?
Tour package coupons
What is a guest folio?
23. Encourages department performance instead of the main goal which is overall hotel performance
10000 rooms revenue. Sold 95 rooms with 5 comps
Give an example of a fence used in the hotel industry
Discuss a weakness of functional organizational design.
Who is the keys of gold?
24. Front Desk
Short
Suite hotels
WHat department is the heart of the hotel?
Service recovery
25. Occupancy %
What is displacement?
What is the most used operating ratio?
What is the American Plan?
How do u calculate occupancy %?
26. Concierge/bellstaff
Confirmed reservation?
Who is the keys of gold?
What are the six steps in the Revenue Management Model?
Suite hotels and extended stay hotels
27. 1. Solid brands 2. Strong frequent guest program backed by excellent service and high product quality
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28. Owns hotels affiliated with chain brands
Reality
Market Segmentation
Chain Management
What is Room status discrepancy ?
29. The second largest employer in US - 1 OF EVERY 14 AMERICANS EMPLOYED IN TOURISM - MAKES $20000 A SECOND
Service recovery
Tourism
WHat department is the heart of the hotel?
European Plan
30. The first american hotels differed from European hotels by charging a fixed fee (1$ per day) for food and lodging
What is a narrow span of control?
What is a guest ledger
Hotels are typically organized along functional lines. List three strengths of functional organizational design.
What is the American Plan?
31. Flat organization/ large number of employees reporting to one supervisor
What are the differences between a C-Corp. and a REIT?
Top down or bottom up
What is a wide span of control?
Service recovery
32. 1990; accomodate guests and employees with disabilities
Forbes 5 star
What is the average daily rate?
ADA
Hotels are typically organized along functional lines. List three strengths of functional organizational design.
33. Issuing the room key
What completes the registration process?
WHat department is the heart of the hotel?
How the hotel size that has the largest percentage
Discuss a weakness of functional organizational design.
34. Travelers who intend to stay five days or longer and required reduced hotel services
Forbes 5 star
Ideal Room Rate
Extended stay hotels
What is posting?
35. Reality = expectations satisfied
How to calculate average room rate?
Reality
Guest satisfaction
Short
36. Hotel has to pay fee to VISA or AMEx - but does not reduce tip
Non-guaranteed reservation?
Franchisor
Merchant discount fee
Guest expectations
37. Uniformed services/FD
Role of management
What is yield statistoc?
Who deals with the arrival of guests?
The lodging industry has several unique characteristics which make it ideal for utilizing yield management. Name at least four of the characteristics.
38. Frequent travelers - vacationing families - professionals( accountants - lawyers - and executives)
What is the most used operating ratio?
What is wash (down)?
Suite hotels
A hotel sold 95 rooms with 5 compted rooms. It is a 150 room hotel with 25 out of order. What is the occupancy %?
39. Harder to get than 5 diamond
Discuss a weakness of functional organizational design.
What are the differences between a C-Corp. and a REIT?
Forbes 5 star
Reality
40. Reversal of problem; solving the problem and retaining the goodwill of the customer.
Due bank
What is a wide span of control?
Taberna
Service recovery
41. Reality > expectations 'thrilled'
Reality
Who deals with the occupancy of the guest?
Over
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?
42. Provided to frequent business guests
What is corporate rate?
What are the differences between a C-Corp. and a REIT?
Airport hotels
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?
43. Expedia or Orbitz
What is a third-party distribution company?
Market segmentation
Net Receipts
What is a guest folio?
44. Not sensitive to price. Business travel market
What is inelastic demand?
Franchisor loading corporation
Where will the majority of the global growth take place
What is the most used operating ratio?
45. Appeal to both business and leisure travelers
What is the responsibility of the reservations?
Modified American Plan
Suite hotels and extended stay hotels
What is wash (down)?
46. First laws to govern hotels - no watering down beer and must pay hotel tax or get hand chopped off
European Plan
Discuss a weakness of functional organizational design.
Code of Hammurabi
Non-guaranteed reservation?
47. An organization member has the right to make a decision without obtaining approval from a higher level manager.
What is decentralization?
Franchisor loading corporation
Merchant discount fee
Room assignment process
48. No difference - just sounds nicer
What is the difference between an employee and an associate?
What is centralization?
Non-collectible account
Role of management
49. Room and meals are separate
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?
Owner/operator
When does the night audit begin?
European Plan
50. Number of rooms occupied divided by number of rooms available
How do u calculate occupancy %?
Taberna
Independent Management Company
What is the difference between an employee and an associate?