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MANAGING FORECAST DATA
FIGURE 3
Occupancy forecast for the Altoona Hotel—Monday, Jan. 1.
Date:
Jan. 1
Day:
Mon.
Total rooms available:
300
Line 1
(
⫺
) Out-of-order rooms
0
Line 2
Net availability
300
Line 3
(
⫺
) Stayovers
40
Line 4
(
⫺
) Reservations (arrivals)
150
Line 5
Rooms sold or reserved
190
Line 6
Forecasted adjustments:
(
⫺
) Reservation no-shows
15
Line 7
(
⫺
) Early departures
5
Line 8
(
⫹
) Overstays
10
Line 9
Total forecast sold or reserved after adjustments
180
Line 10
Occupancy forecast
60%
Line 11
Net rooms availability
120
Line 12
Net availability
40%
Line 13
219

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Line 11: Dividing the total number of rooms forecasted to be sold or reserved
after adjustments (line 10) by net availability (line 3) to yield the occu-
pancy forecast (60 percent)
Line 12: Calculating net rooms availability (120)
Line 13: Dividing net rooms availability (line 12) by net availability (line 3) to
yield net availability percentage (40 percent)