Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Sources of reservation

Sources of reservation

Request for room reservation may come from number of sources by a prospective guest. Commonly, the sources of reservation are as follows:
1. Personal approach: If the guests are free individual traveler or chance guests, they may directly give their reservation to the hotel.
2. Travel agent: Travel agent may make reservation for groups at a hotel.
3. Companies: The companies may book rooms or other services for their visitors or clients in a hotel.
4. Airlines: Various Airlines may book a hotel for their regular crews or clients in case of cancellation of onward flights.
5. Embassies: The embassies also provide a large business to a hotel booking for the delegations.
6. NGO/INGO: These organisations also book a hotel directly.
7. Government offices: They can be a good source of income to a hotel as they conduct conference and seminars hosted by the government.

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