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Hotel Front Office Management, 3rd Edition

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158 CHAPTER 5: RESERVATIONSMay 7:Departures 200 roomsArrivals 180 rooms (10 percent confirmed, 90percent guaranteed)Walk-ins 25 roomsNo-shows 0.0223 percent of expectedarrivalsSoftware Simulation ExerciseReview Chapter 2, “Reservations,” of Kline and Sullivan’s <strong>Hotel</strong> <strong>Front</strong> <strong>Office</strong> Simulation:A Workbook and Software Package (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2003), and workthrough the various concepts as presented in their chapter.• Reservation Process in INNSTAR• How to Make a Basic Reservation• How to Retrieve and Display a Reservation• How to Cancel a Reservation• How to Reactivate a Reservation• How to Make a Group Block• How to Book a Room from a Room Block• Analyzing Reservation Status Screens• Special Situations• Chapter 2 ExercisesKey Wordsblocking on the horizonblocking proceduresbus association networkcancellation codeconfirmed reservationscorporate clientcurrent guestsdaily blockingdatabase interfacesforecastingfranchiseefull housegroup plannergroup travelersguaranteed reservationshotel brokerhotel representativehouse countinterhotel property referralsno-show factoroccupancy management formulaoutsourcingoverbookingpleasure travelerreferral memberreservation codereservation referral systemreservation statusTLFeBOOK

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