Today is June 1 and you are the Sales Manager for a 135-room hotel. The statisti
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Today is June 1 and you are the Sales Manager for a 135-room hotel. The statistics are as follows for the week of June 22.
Yes or No, does the hotel have the potential to out on June 23? Why or why not?
Assuming that within this time frame, the hotel expects cancellations and no-shows to amount to 5% of total rooms sold. How many more rooms should you sell to ensure a sell-out on June 26?
Transient Rooms On-the-Books Same Time Last Year Last Year Actual Rooms Sold Fri 22-Jun-18 51 47 119 Sat 23-Jun-18 65 57 130 Sun 24-Jun-18 52 48 124 Mon 25-Jun-18 58 52 129 Tue 26-Jun-18 65 61 135 Wed 27-Jun-18 52 47 126 Thu 28-Jun-18 40 32 108Explanation / Answer
comparing transients rooms on the books and rooms same time last year on June 23,
Transient rooms on the books = 65
Rooms same time last year = 57
% increase = ((65-57)/57)*100 = 14.035%
Actual rooms sold last year on 23rd Jan = 130
Potential number of rooms that can sold = 130+14.035% of 135 = 148.246
There are 135 rooms in hotel where as there is a potential to sell 148 rooms. Therefore the hotel has the potential to sell out on 23-Jun-18
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Let n be the number of rooms sold during this time frame.
(65+n)*0.95 = 135
65+n = 142.105
n = 77.105
They need to sell 78 rooms to ensure a sell out