Utilization Rate
Stop-N-Stay and Paradise Inn operate motels across the northwest. Operating data for each chain are as follows:
Hotels | Rooms per Hotel | Total Rooms | |||||||
Stop-N-Stay | 50 | 180 | 9,000 | ||||||
Paradise Inn | 60 | 175 | 10,500 |
For August, each chain reported the following:
Room Nights Occupied |
Average Daily Room Rate |
|||||
Stop-N-Stay | 239,940 | $125 | ||||
Paradise Inn | 292,950 | $ 95 |
1. Determine the occupancy rate for Stop-N-Stay
for August.
%
2. Determine the occupancy rate for Paradise
Inn for August.
%
3. Determine the total room revenue for each
chain for August.
Stop-N-Stay $
Paradise Inn $
4. Compare and comment on the operating results for each chain.
"Stop N Say / Paradise Inn" a higher occupancy rate.
"Stop N Say / Paradise Inn" has a higher average daily room rate.
"Stop N Say / Paradise Inn" higher daily room rate offsets the effects of the lower occupancy rate