Incentive companies and tour operators exert the same type of price pressure on the hotel/seller because each represents the possibility of additional and continuing business.
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If the lodging industry has about 4,000,000 rooms and something like 2,100,000 employees working in approximately 50,000 hotels, the average hotel is less than . rooms in size with a employee/room ratio of approximately .
a. 50; and 0.5
b. 50; and 2.2
c. 100; and 0.5
d. 100; and 2.2
e. None of the above
Detail the functions of the accounting department.
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Which characteristic(s) differentiate a conference center from a hotel offering meeting facilities: Conference Centers have -- but hotels do not:
a. Dedicated space
b. Higher double occupancy
c. Bundled rates
d. Food service only for house guests
e. All of the above
The airlines' decision to eliminate commissions to travel agents had a similar consequence for hotels. Reservations originating with travel agencies almost disappeared for both airlines and hotels.
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Because hotels are so open with people coming and going, registered guests must pay for their purchase (rooms, food, etc.) with cash or a credit card when the service is delivered.
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To forestall after-the-fact issues, desk agents repeat several points of agreement as part of the registration's close, including:
a. The in-room security devices
b. No-smoking room
c. Date and hour of arrival
d. Hours of the dining room (especially at MAP hotels)
e. EITHER a and b OR c and d
Incentive companies are nonguest buyers that place themselves between the destination resort and the company that uses the incentive to increase sales (or productivity).
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Explain the function of the back of the house departments in a casino operation.
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Which of the following components would NOT be in a mixed-use project?
a. Hotels
b. Retail
c. Entertainment
d. Businesses
e. Government