Purpose This study aims to analyze how different room-committing practices affect the
occupancy and profitability of hotels and it critically reviews the role of minimum-length-of …

Purpose Many hotels allocate guests to specific rooms immediately after reservation. This
happens because individual rooms are sold (and there is no concept of room type) or …

Deciding on optimal hotel capacity is strategically important and even very sensitive for
investors in the hospitality industry. This article is an attempt to determine optimal hotel …

Setting Reservation Policies: A Microcomputer-Based Simulation Page 1 SElTlNG
RESERVATION POLICIES: A MICROCOMPUTER-BASED SlMULATlON Carolyn U. Lambert …

This dissertation develops new techniques for obtaining strategies to allocate rooms to
customers belonging to various market segments, considering time-dependent demand …

The main objective of this research note is to explore the current landscape of hotel
overbooking practices and describe the types of overbooking methods used. Among several …

In this paper, we develop a large-scale integer programming model to optimize decision
rules for accepting reservations for groups' stays--as well as individuals--in a hotel …

Purpose–This paper aims to present an integrated framework for hotel revenue room
maximization. The revenue management (RM) model presented in this work treats the …

This article studies hotel room assignment for reservations. We develop a heuristic method
to maximize the number of bookings to accommodate. A feasible solution from the heuristic …

A notable difference in rooms (hotel) revenue management reservations versus table
(restaurant) revenue management (TRM) reservations is the variation that occurs in …