Hotel Terms and Acronyms
Hotel Math
Hotel Sales Terms and Acronyms
Brands
Fun Facts and Miscellaneous
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What does ADR stand for?

Average Daily Rate

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Total Revenue: $4,403

Number of Rooms Sold: 37

Number of Rooms Available: 50

What is the ADR?

$119

$4,403 (total revenue) divided by 37 (rooms sold)

100

LNR

Local Negotiated Rate

100
Largest hotel company in the world

Marriott International

100

True or false:

The Leisure and Hospitality industry is the 3rd largest employer in the United States

True! 

As of June 2023

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What does RevPAR stand for?

Revenue per available room

200

Total Revenue: $4,403

Number of Rooms Sold: 37

Number of Rooms Available: 50

What is the RevPAR?

$88.06

$4,403 (Total Revenue) divided by 50 (Number of rooms available)

200

CNR

Corporate Negotiated Rate

200

What Marriott Hotel brand are you shadowing right now?

Fairfield Inn and Suites

200

What is the international symbol of Hospitality?

Pineapple

300

What is the formula to find ADR?

Total Room Revenue divided by number of rooms sold

300

Total Revenue: $13,888

Number of Rooms Sold: 112

Number of Rooms Available: 120

What is the ADR?

$124

$13,888 (total revenue) divided by 112 (rooms sold)

300

SMERF

Social, Military, Educational, Religious, Fraternal

300

Embassy Suites, Waldorf Astoria, and Hampton Inn's are all brands from which hotel company

Hilton

300

Where was the first Marriott hotel opened?

Washington DC (in 1927!)

400

What is the formula to find RevPAR?

Total revenue divided by number of rooms available

400

Total Revenue: $13,888

Number of Rooms Sold: 112

Number of Rooms Available: 120

What is the RevPAR?

$115.73

$13,888 (total revenue) divided by 120 (total rooms available)

400

Name one example for each segment of the SMERF acronym.

Social: Wedding Blocks, Family Reunions, Bachelorette/Bachelor Parties, Etc.

Military: Military Training or Reunions, Veteran Events, Etc.

Educational: School Trips, College Conferences, Educational workshops, etc.

Religious: Mission Trips, church retreats, religious festivals, etc.

Fraternal: Sorority/fraternity trips, formals, etc.

400

Ritz Carlton, Courtyard, and Residence Inn are all brands from which company?

Marriott

400

Where is the oldest hotel in the world located?

Japan

500

A hotel is overbooked or experiences unexpected issues that prevent them from accommodating a guest with a confirmed reservation. The hotel relocates the guest to another nearby hotel. What is this called?

Walking a guest

500

I have a 100 room hotel. I sold 68% of the rooms last night at an average rate of $137. What was my RevPAR?

$93.16

I sold 68 rooms at an average rate of $137. This makes my total revenue $9,316.

Formula: $9,316 (total revenue) divided by 100 (total rooms)

500

The activity of searching for something - especially potential customers and clients

Prospecting

500

Holiday Inn, Hotel Indigo, and Crowne Plaza are all brands from which company

IHG (InterContinental Hotel Group)

500

Where did Jessica go to college?

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania