Question: Q2. Please make full displacement analysis based the following information: Hotel A has 40 rooms. The average transient rate in March is $120. The variable

Q2. Please make full displacement analysis based the following information:

Hotel A has 40 rooms. The average transient rate in March is $120. The variable room cost is $17 (per room).

The Windsor is also paying a management fee of 4% and a marketing fee of 3% of room revenue (both).

A local universitys business student alumni association plans a reunion. The group requests single rooms for $72 per room night, meals (breakfast $8, lunch $18, dinner $20), and other services for a 3-day event between March 6 8.

The following is the groups request:

Date

Rooms

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Meeting room

03/06

21

21

0

21

-----

03/07

20

20

0

0

$200

03/08

20

20

15

0

$200

Total

61

61

15

21

$400

The forecasted occupancy of the hotel for the days in question is as follows:

03/06

03/07

03/08

30

27

25

This means that the hotel will have to displace some of the forecasted transient demand.

The hotels capture rate (% of transient guests purchasing a meal) and other relevant data per meal period for transient guests in March are as follows:

Meal

Price

Food cost %

Transient capture %

Breakfast

$10

30%

60%

Lunch

$25

34%

35%

Dinner

$30

32%

45%

Beverage costs and prices are the same for group guests and transients. The average beverage price is $5.00 and the average beverage cost is 20%. The organizer believes that 80% of the group members will purchase one beverage per day. The beverage capture rate of transient guests is 40%.

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