roblems

What is the difference between out$-$of$-$order and out$-$of$-$inventory rooms? Explain why one of these designations affects the occupancy count while the other has no bearing.

$.$ Prepare a simple unadjusted plus count from the following scenario: A $700-$room hotel had $90\%$ of its rooms occupied last night. Of those occupied rooms, $260$ are due to check out today. In addition, there are $316$ reservations scheduled for arrival today, and $10$ rooms are currently out of order.

$.$ The rooms forecast committee is scheduled to meet later this afternoon. You have been asked to prepare remarks on group no$-$shows. Contrast the likelihood of no$-$shows for $($a$)$ business groups, $($b$)$ tour groups, and $($c$)$ convention groups. How would your remarks differ if the group reservation had been made by $($a$)$ the vice$-$president of engineering, $($b$)$ an incentive travel company, or $($c$)$ a professional convention management company?

$.$ The rooms forecast is a tool for managers throughout the hotel; it is not for the front office alone. List and discuss how several other nonroom departments $($housekeeping$,$ food and beverage, etc.$)$ would use the rooms forecast.

$.$ A chain's corporate office launches a national campaign advertising its policy of honoring every reservation. Each property is notified that

overbooking will not be tolerated. What policies can be implemented at the hotel level to meet corporate goals and still generate the maximum occupancies on which professional careers are built?

$6.$ Two hours before the noon check$-$out hour, a walk$-$in party requests five rooms. The following scrambled data have just been completed as part of the desk's hourly update. Should the frontoffice supervisor accept the walk$-$ins?

$\backslash$table$[[$General no$-$show factor,$10\%$