CHIA CERTIFICATION FINAL PAPER UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔comparative trend - ✔✔you can select 2 groups of hotels and it makes it easy to
compare one group to a second group
✔✔if you generate a trend and some of the hotels you chose do not participate, star will
use - ✔✔"modeled" data
✔✔destination reports are most often received by - ✔✔tourism organizations
✔✔valid ways to select hotels for trend reports - ✔✔1)specify industry segment such as
country, market, or tract
2)specify query based upon variables
3)obtain participation list and pick properties
✔✔which is not a valid type of data you can request in addition to monthly data on a
trend report - ✔✔weekly data
✔✔census props and room and star participation page on trend reports - ✔✔show total
number of hotels and rooms for the selected group of hotels, and percent that submit
performance data to star
✔✔pipeline reports - ✔✔display statistics on existing, developing, and converting hotels
✔✔hotels in pipeline are referred to as - ✔✔projects
✔✔2 phases for existing hotels - ✔✔existing supply and recently opened
✔✔existing supply - ✔✔hotels already open
✔✔recently opened - ✔✔hotels that opened within the previous 12 months
✔✔4 phases for hotel projects in development pipeline - ✔✔pre-planning, planning, final
planning, in construction
✔✔pre-planning - ✔✔potential projects that are unconfirmed
✔✔planning - ✔✔confirmed, under contract projects where construction will begin in
more than 13 months
✔✔final planning - ✔✔confirmed, under contract projects where construction will begin
within the next 12 months
, ✔✔in construction - ✔✔construction has begun
✔✔projects placed on hold or cancelled are referred to as - ✔✔deferred or abandoned
✔✔deferred - ✔✔activity has stopped but may resume within 12 months
✔✔abandoned - ✔✔project terminated
✔✔with a pipeline report, you can graph supply changes in what time periods? - ✔✔1
year or 5 years
✔✔HOST stands for - ✔✔hotel operating statistics report
✔✔in the US, it is called a host report, but outside of the us, it is called a -
✔✔profitability report
✔✔host/profitability report displays - ✔✔profit and loss info
✔✔host reports display report data for - ✔✔2 years
✔✔annual industry report providing ratios for different segments - ✔✔HOST Almanac
✔✔how many hotels in the US and non-US submit P&L data - ✔✔5200, 2500
✔✔for every account within a host report, three different metrics are displayed: -
✔✔ratio to sales (RTS), amount per available room (APR), amount per occupied room
(APO)
✔✔host report displays data based upon what time period - ✔✔annual
✔✔host report displays data for how many years - ✔✔2
✔✔who uses destination reports - ✔✔convention and visitor bureau, local hotel
association, tourism organization
✔✔users can obtain separate reports about destination reports when? - ✔✔monthly on
or around the 17th, and weekly on wednesday
✔✔what is the most popular page for tourism organizations to include in their
destination reports? - ✔✔multi-segment
✔✔with a destination report, they are available - ✔✔monthly and weekly if you want
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔comparative trend - ✔✔you can select 2 groups of hotels and it makes it easy to
compare one group to a second group
✔✔if you generate a trend and some of the hotels you chose do not participate, star will
use - ✔✔"modeled" data
✔✔destination reports are most often received by - ✔✔tourism organizations
✔✔valid ways to select hotels for trend reports - ✔✔1)specify industry segment such as
country, market, or tract
2)specify query based upon variables
3)obtain participation list and pick properties
✔✔which is not a valid type of data you can request in addition to monthly data on a
trend report - ✔✔weekly data
✔✔census props and room and star participation page on trend reports - ✔✔show total
number of hotels and rooms for the selected group of hotels, and percent that submit
performance data to star
✔✔pipeline reports - ✔✔display statistics on existing, developing, and converting hotels
✔✔hotels in pipeline are referred to as - ✔✔projects
✔✔2 phases for existing hotels - ✔✔existing supply and recently opened
✔✔existing supply - ✔✔hotels already open
✔✔recently opened - ✔✔hotels that opened within the previous 12 months
✔✔4 phases for hotel projects in development pipeline - ✔✔pre-planning, planning, final
planning, in construction
✔✔pre-planning - ✔✔potential projects that are unconfirmed
✔✔planning - ✔✔confirmed, under contract projects where construction will begin in
more than 13 months
✔✔final planning - ✔✔confirmed, under contract projects where construction will begin
within the next 12 months
, ✔✔in construction - ✔✔construction has begun
✔✔projects placed on hold or cancelled are referred to as - ✔✔deferred or abandoned
✔✔deferred - ✔✔activity has stopped but may resume within 12 months
✔✔abandoned - ✔✔project terminated
✔✔with a pipeline report, you can graph supply changes in what time periods? - ✔✔1
year or 5 years
✔✔HOST stands for - ✔✔hotel operating statistics report
✔✔in the US, it is called a host report, but outside of the us, it is called a -
✔✔profitability report
✔✔host/profitability report displays - ✔✔profit and loss info
✔✔host reports display report data for - ✔✔2 years
✔✔annual industry report providing ratios for different segments - ✔✔HOST Almanac
✔✔how many hotels in the US and non-US submit P&L data - ✔✔5200, 2500
✔✔for every account within a host report, three different metrics are displayed: -
✔✔ratio to sales (RTS), amount per available room (APR), amount per occupied room
(APO)
✔✔host report displays data based upon what time period - ✔✔annual
✔✔host report displays data for how many years - ✔✔2
✔✔who uses destination reports - ✔✔convention and visitor bureau, local hotel
association, tourism organization
✔✔users can obtain separate reports about destination reports when? - ✔✔monthly on
or around the 17th, and weekly on wednesday
✔✔what is the most popular page for tourism organizations to include in their
destination reports? - ✔✔multi-segment
✔✔with a destination report, they are available - ✔✔monthly and weekly if you want
