REVENUE MANAGEMENT FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the main reason that travelers today have more clout than ever before? - They
have information on virtually everything at their fingertips.
Revenue Management is NOT necessarily about... - Achieving 100 % occupancy and a
perfect science
The Hurdle Rate is...? - The Lowest Rate for a Given Day
A benefit of variable pricing within revenue management is the smoothing of demand.
T/F - True
Revenue management is a set of revenue maximization strategies and tactics that... - can
be used to improve the profitability of certain businesses.
In January, the 200-room SnowBound Inn ran a skiers special that resulted in them
selling 5,735 rooms during the month. What was the occupancy percentage for the
month? - Occupancy % = Room nights sold in a period / Room nights available in that
period
Answer: 5,735 / (200x31) = 5,,200 = 92.5%
When the American Airlines CEO developed yield management, what type of
information was crucial to its success? - forecasting
Revenue Management
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The goal of revenue management is to MAXIMIZE REVENUE per Available Time-
Based Inventory Unit (or RevPATI). RevPATI formula applied to all industries translates
into...? - Capacity Utilization x Average Revenue per Service Transaction
Which of the following is NOT a criterion needed for an industry to unlock the full
potential of revenue management? - low fixed costs and high variable costs
To interpret measures of a hotel's performance, managers often compare those measures
with: - industry or sector averages, the budget for the period, and historical figures from
comparable earlier periods at the hotel.
Which of the following statements about hotel revenue management is FALSE? -
Revenue management is new, as are all of the strategies that are employed to maximize
profit.
Revenue Management includes a multidisciplinary management techniques applied to
several sub-sectors of the hospitality. Which of the following is NOT one discipline
within Revenue Management? - Logistics Management
Identify which of these is not a positive of using revenue management strategies and
tactics: - Motivate employees
If a 300-room hotel achieves 70 percent occupancy for April at an ADR of $153 per
room, what will room revenue equal? - $963,900
What is the main reason that travelers today have more clout than ever before? - They
have information on virtually everything at their fingertips.
Revenue management can be defined as - A set of strategies and techniques used to sell
the right product, to the right customer, at the right time and at the right prices.
Revenue Management