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When
1. Demand for the hotel can be divided into distinct market segments.
6. Demand for the room fluctuates and cannot be predicted with any
certainty.
1. Improved forecasting.
Through
1. CAPACITY MANAGEMENT & SELECTIVE OVERBOOKING
3. DISCOUNT ALLOCATION
Protect forecasted rooms at higher rate; then discount the balance rooms
in each rate category to fill vacant rooms
80%
and companies
60%
40%
Some YM TERMS
* BOOKING HORIZONS
* DISPLACEMENT
Potential High &Low Demand Tactics are based on:
Another factor is the actual group booking pattern already on the books or
reserved.
If historical trends have been strong, but recent business has been weak,
management is smarter if planning for weak business and attempt to attract as
much as possible through low rates.
Tracking business by revenue source will also help determine when to allow
discounted business and when not to allow it.