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Scenario 2- Block codes associated to Marketing Promotions Users would like to run a marketing promotion that provides users with a total of $200 off any booking made on Black Friday. They would like this promotion to only be eligible for 150 bookings. Users will build the block code under Operations Inventory first, associate the allotment and dates to the block code, with an IDate of Dec 31, 2050 and the appropriate allotment, and then apply add the block code to the promotion in Marketing. For additional information regarding marketing promotions, review the promotions article. |
Contracted
Enter the number of rooms or the amount of space that is contracted for this block code.
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Asset ID
This is a pointer to the inventory asset table.
Shares: Shared inventory to be used for rooms that will be shared among one or more reservations. Uses prefixes M for Male, F for Female
Ex. M:2/2. This is a system generated value. It is not directly user created.
This field can be left empty.
Block Cap
This is the maximum number of rooms that can be sold within a block. Once the inventory reaches this value, the inventory state will be changed to the cap type defined. This field can be left empty.
Cap Type
The Cap Type is the inventory state that will only apply to the inventory once the block cap
BlockCapis reached. If the block capBlockCapfield is left blank, the cap typeCapTypecan be left blank as well.
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Scenario At Harry's hotel, there are 60 rooms contracted for the first week of January. The business has decided that they will allot 50 rooms to sell and all other rooms sold after the 50 are depleted should be sold on request. However, the business has also decided that they will allow only 5 rooms to be sold within the block "on request" after the 50 are sold. Once the inventory sold reaches 55, they want to cap the block and the state of any room after 55 will now be displays as "closed." In the above scenario, users will enter a value of 55 under the "block cap" and "c" under the cap type. |
The possible Values are:
B(Block),R(On Request), andF(Freesale):B(Block) - Once theBlockCaphas been exhausted, all remaining rooms/inventories will be sold asB(Block)R(On Request) - Once theBlockCaphas been exhausted, all remaining rooms/inventories will be sold asR(On Request)F(Freesale) - Once theBlockCaphas been exhausted, all remaining rooms/inventories will be sold asF(Freesale)
Date Ranges
Single Date
Users can create inventory for a single date.
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Multiple Days
Users can create and allocate inventory to multiple days. This option gives users the opportunity to select multiple dates during the week, keeping a running list of the dates as they are selected.
Date Range
Users can select a date range for the inventory to be created. This option is mostly used when users are associating inventory based on a contract provided by a vendor (supplier).
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Because the search filters provide users with the opportunity to conduct a search that may include multiple results, users can take advantage of the grouping options available at the top of the screen. Using the grouping options allow users to filter through their results easier. These grouping options are expandable and collapsible.
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Updating Inventory:
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