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Forecasting Room Availability

Forecasting Room Availability The most important short-term planning performed by front-office managers is forecasting the number of rooms available for sale on any future date. Room availability forecasts are used to help manage the reservations process and guide front-office in effective room management. Forecasting may be especially important on nights when a full house (100% occupancy) is possible. A room availability forecast can also be used as an occupancy forecast, since there is a fixed number of rooms available in the hotel, forecasting the number of rooms expected to be occupied forecasts the occupancy percentage expected on a given date Rooms occupancy forecasts can be useful to the front-office and other departments for scheduling the necessary number of employees for an expected volume of business. Obviously, a forecast is only as reliable as the information on which it is based .Since forecasts can serve as a guide in determining operating costs, every effort should be m...

Budgeting in front office department

Budgeting( front- office ) Defination : A budget is the monetary or and quantitative expansion of business plans and policies to be pursued in the future period of time. The term budgeting is used for preparing budgets and other procedures for planning. According to I.C.W.A London “A Budget is a financial and or quantitative statement prepared prior to a defined period of time , for attaining a given objective ‘. Budget portrays the intensions of Management about future plans … it indicates sales to be made, the expenses to be incurred, and the profit or income to be received. Importance Of Budget It is difficult to overstate the importance of a meaningful budgeting process for a hotel. Ultimately the budget represents the implementation of the Owners and Operators vision for the hotel. It the means by which the Owners and the operators achieve the qualitative goals we associate with the brand or style of the hotel and the quantitative goals of achieving a well-run , efficient and pro...

THE HOTEL INDUSTRY IN INDIA-THE PAST AND THE PRESENT

A Brief History of India's Hotel Industry Before World War 2, most hotels in India were developed in locations that were frequented by the British and Indian aristocracy. This period saw the development of hotels being undertaken by individual British and Indian entrepreneurs, with only a few companies owning hotels in India, such as The Taj Group--Indian Hotel Company (owned by J. R. D. Tata) and Faletti's Hotel, East India Hotel-Oberoi Group. The important hotels that were built during India's British period were: The Rugby, Matheran (1876) ...

Placement of Guest Room Supplies

Guest supplies include all the items that is conducive to the guest’s comfort and convenience. Many hotels follow a common pattern in placement of guest supplies in their rooms. In the room Behind the door:  A DND card the reverse of which is “Please make up my room” on the door knob on the inside of the door.  A detailed map of fire exits ideally affixed behind the door.  A notice reminding guest of safe deposit facilities at the cashier’s desk (Many hotels have an electronic safe box in the guest room. However, in that case the notice is not required.) In the wardrobe:-  Coat hangers  Skirt hangers  Laundry bags and the list of laundry facilities and charges  A few plastic utility bag (valet bags)  A sewing kit (Dutch wife) is placed in the drawer On the dresser table:-  An ashtray and match box  A candle on a candle stand  A guest stationery folder with monogrammed note papers, envelopes, post cards with hotels picture, guest comment card, Letterheads, house rules and reg...

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