- Youreka Hotel is an international luxury hotel chain with 3800 hotels across 80 countries, including 10 hotels in India. The Youreka hotel in Amritsar, Punjab has been unable to achieve operating breakeven after two years.
- Key issues identified are high administrative costs, energy costs, and average occupancy of only 31.5%, resulting in daily losses of Rs. 600,000. Supplier selection and identifying the hotel's break even occupancy point of 52 rooms are areas that need improvement.
- Suggested actions include reducing fixed costs by training and hiring more local staff, finding local suppliers, improving marketing to target tourists visiting nearby Golden Temple, and addressing issues around seafood availability and
- Youreka Hotel is an international luxury hotel chain with 3800 hotels across 80 countries, including 10 hotels in India. The Youreka hotel in Amritsar, Punjab has been unable to achieve operating breakeven after two years.
- Key issues identified are high administrative costs, energy costs, and average occupancy of only 31.5%, resulting in daily losses of Rs. 600,000. Supplier selection and identifying the hotel's break even occupancy point of 52 rooms are areas that need improvement.
- Suggested actions include reducing fixed costs by training and hiring more local staff, finding local suppliers, improving marketing to target tourists visiting nearby Golden Temple, and addressing issues around seafood availability and
- Youreka Hotel is an international luxury hotel chain with 3800 hotels across 80 countries, including 10 hotels in India. The Youreka hotel in Amritsar, Punjab has been unable to achieve operating breakeven after two years.
- Key issues identified are high administrative costs, energy costs, and average occupancy of only 31.5%, resulting in daily losses of Rs. 600,000. Supplier selection and identifying the hotel's break even occupancy point of 52 rooms are areas that need improvement.
- Suggested actions include reducing fixed costs by training and hiring more local staff, finding local suppliers, improving marketing to target tourists visiting nearby Golden Temple, and addressing issues around seafood availability and
Mehul Kukreti – 30NMP27 Pawan Kumar – 30NMP33 Piyush Kumar – 30NMP34 Umang – 30NMP46 Jimmy Xavier – 30NMP THE YOUREKA GROUP • Youreka Hotel is International luxury chain of hotels • Total rooms – 658000 • Presence in 80 countries with 3800 hotels. • Its first hotel was opened in Delhi in 1968 • In 2014 it had 2267 rooms in 10 cities in India YOUREKA Amritsar ROOMS • Hotel Rooms contributes for 55% revenue of hotel • Of 150 rooms divided categorically
Category No. of rooms Room rent
Standard 60 4000 delux 50 6000 Suite 40 8000 F&B • F&B contributes for 45% revenue of hotel and 60% costs for department. • Revenue contributes 2000 per occupied room YOUREKA Amritsar Banquets & Conference rooms: • One banquet hall with capacity of 300 people • 03 conference rooms with modern facilities Restaurants: • BARN : 250 guests • BERTA: 130 guests (Italian) • Barre: 25 guests (hard drinks & high tea) Other sources of revenue: • Spa services, telecommunication , laundry, & Transportation services, Fixed Expenses • 2.3 million (FC for electcity) • 1.0 million (diesel expenses for generator) • Property Tax • Insurance • Rent • Franchise cost • Salaries for staff: 1. Top level employees (heads and GM ) 2. Second level employees (engineers, head chefs, etc.) 3. Third level employees (waiters, staff, cooks, etc) Variable Expenses • Marketing expenses • Variable cost of 700 per occupancy • Operation & Maintenance • Departmental Expenses • Food items: Dairy products (locally procured) Vegetables & fruits (within 500 km ) Chicken & Mutton (locally procured) Seafood (constituted of 50% of items purchased) Problem ???
•Youreka , Amritsar was unable to achieve
operating breakeven after two years of operations.
•Average occupancy 31.5% only, losing
rs600000/- per day. Findings • Supplier selection criteria • Break even point comes to occupancy of 52 rooms per day (On average ) • Is there anything that he could do to make a difference in the bottom line of the hotel? • As compared to industry standards admin cost and energy cost are really high for youreka group • Aneesha was hiring level 2 people from metro cities and increased incentives and provided accommodation to stop attrition. They should train local people in their own institute and employ them in hotel. This will reduce fixed cost and attrition rate. • Finding local supplier base for procurement of vegetables and fixtures • Comment on Girish’s statement about the location of the hotel. • 5-star room ocupants were mainly • Tourists • NRI’s • Industrialist • Airline crews • Case says 100000 people per day visits Golden temple. They have to put effort in marketing against two competitor only,to convert average occupancy of 62%(Industry Average) i.e. 93 rooms every day. Attributes Disadvantage Opportunity Actions Target 2% of tourist Low corporate promotion and 1 Place footfall for 167 footfall advertisement rooms Direct - Direct team, tele, social network, print, Conceptualise media, web Local people not restaurants into booking,Indirect - 2 Promotion prone to 5-star foodie spots e.g. Travel culture Murthal Agents(direct, indirect, online), travel portals, event planner 5-star material sourcing costs - Finding local 3 Sourcing furniture,vegetable supplier base s and fixtures Outsource/Contrac Sea-food 4 Sea food t to cold supply Supplier selection availability chain vendors Incentives + Training of local 5 Human resource Talented workforce Accomodation for people in their own employees institute Thank You