This document contains a forecasting sheet for unconstrained hotel room demand. It provides historical booking data for corresponding dates last year, including last year's on the books totals, final booked rooms, and pacing. The sheet forecasts room demand totals by market segment for upcoming dates, and calculates on the books figures and differences from the forecast. Key events that may impact demand are also noted for reference.
This document contains a forecasting sheet for unconstrained hotel room demand. It provides historical booking data for corresponding dates last year, including last year's on the books totals, final booked rooms, and pacing. The sheet forecasts room demand totals by market segment for upcoming dates, and calculates on the books figures and differences from the forecast. Key events that may impact demand are also noted for reference.
This document contains a forecasting sheet for unconstrained hotel room demand. It provides historical booking data for corresponding dates last year, including last year's on the books totals, final booked rooms, and pacing. The sheet forecasts room demand totals by market segment for upcoming dates, and calculates on the books figures and differences from the forecast. Key events that may impact demand are also noted for reference.
Today's Date : 8/25/2015 Days until month begin: 7
Unconstrained Roomnight Demand Forecasting Sheet
Legend Variable Fields LY Last Year TY This Year DOW Day of Week. The weekday. Events Special events such as trade fairs that impact the demand, rate sensitivity, or typical segments. OTB On the books: The number of rooms currently reserved for a future date as of today (25.08.2015 for this forecast) LYOTB Last Year On the Books: The number of rooms reserved for a given future date; as of the same date in the past / the same number of days in advance (26.08.2014 for this forecast - 1 day adjusted due to day of week shift) LY Final Last Year Final: The final number of room actually sold. Sometimes called "-1" as in one day after arrival. LY Pace Last Year Pace: LYOTB / LY Final - The percent of bookings that were already picked up by the same number of days in advance. In this case 7 (as of 25.08.2015) 7 day Pickup The number of rooms booked (picked up) in the last week. If the number is negative it reflects net cancellations. Today OTB Today On the Books: The number of rooms reserved as of today (25.08.2015 for this forecast) for a given date in the future. Fcst Forecast: In this case the Unconstrained Rooms Demand Forecast. Please enter your forecast in the light red highlighted fields below. LY Wash LY Wash (Group Wash): The % of "confirmed" Group bookings that cancel or no show (regardless if they are charged or not) OTB +/- On the books +/- + positive numbers are the number rooms left until full; - negative numbers are overbooked rooms (overbookings) Fcst +/- Forecast +/- + positive numbers are the number of rooms forecasted to be empty; - negative numbers the predicted number of guests turned away due because no rooms were available
Date / Event Rooms by Market Segment Total
Day of Week Transient (Individual) Non Transient (Individual)